Melinda Holmgren

Head of IT Enablement @ Telenor

About

🚀 I build high-performing organizations that deliver customer value, drive sustainable growth, and execute with clarity, pace and purpose. With 15+ years of leadership experience across telecom, SaaS, public sector and retail, I’ve had the opportunity to lead transformation efforts at scale: from early-stage growth to enterprise-wide change. I specialize in aligning strategy with execution, scaling internal capabilities, and fostering resilient teams that can adapt and deliver. 🔹 A few highlights: – Scaled a SaaS company from 0 to 60 MNOK revenue and 400+ hires in one year – Built NAV’s internal product leadership unit from 5 to 100+ professionals – Currently part of the IT leadership team in one of Norway’s largest and most complex technology organizations – Lead enterprise-wide initiatives focused on operating model design, digital capability building and scaling value delivery I thrive in environments where strategy needs to turn into momentum, and where complexity is met with clarity and cross-functional collaboration. 💡 My leadership philosophy is grounded in people, purpose and progress. I believe long-term impact comes from building internal capacity, not just delivering short-term fixes.

Country

Norway

City

Ski

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

Creativity and Innovation, Innovation Development, Strategic Human Resource Planning, HR Management

Experience

daglig leder

uwork.no

founder

montørtech as

2019-3 - Present · 7 yrs 8 mos

founder

youngleaders.no

2018-4 - Present · 8 yrs 7 mos

jeans department responsible and purchaser

jc jeans company

2006-5 - 2008-11 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Responsible for the daily work in jeans department. It involves planning, managing, training and coordinating the department. Responsible for procurement and training staff in materials and fabrics.

internship student human resources

verisure securitas direct

2017-1 - 2017-4 · 4 mos

Gaining access to the daily process in an HR department. Getting used theory linked to practice.

store manager and assistant store manager and visual merchandiser and sales person

gina tricot

2009-5 - 2014-6 · 5 yrs 2 mos

Manager with overall result, budgeting and personnel responsibility. Overall responsibility for all aspects of store operations and local HR-processes. Management of medium sized team. Started as a salesman in Oslo's busy shop. The creative side of me is developing rapidly, and gave me the position VM. With good skills in leadership and as a good role model for the company I was challenged in new positions.

retail store manager

2xu

2017-5 - 2019-3 · 1 yr 11 mos

store manager

new yorker

2014-6 - 2016-8 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Through strong teams - we increased sales each year. The "sickness reports" went from 7.1% to 2.1%. And through real acquisitions in the store we could reduce several large inventories. Responsible for managing 25 employees and daily operations as; budget, recruitment, reporting, marketing, conflict management, VM, performance management, work planning and team development in one of the New Yorker's busiest shops. Develop strategic plans and I ensure that all members knew about the way to the goal. Generate interest and ownership (in a busy day) for many young employees.