Company description

Vattenfall is one of Europe's largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat. Our main markets are Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and the UK. The Vattenfall Group has around 21,000 employees. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming lives through innovation for over a century.

About the role

Do you want to make a real difference? Does "Working for Fossil Freedom" sound like a signature you want in your email? Do you have experience in IT, are a project manager and are interested in digitizing Sweden's critical infrastructure? Then the Asset IT Project Management & Consultancy team at Vattenfall IT is looking for you!

As a business specialized IT project manager towards Vattenfall, you will gain knowledge of their operations and that will be your unique superpower. You will work closely with the core business to enable knowledge transfer and ensure the close connection to business processes and know-how. You will work on some of our most important IT projects that enable business processes using IT systems and part of your focus will be infrastructure and IT security components. But above all, you are a great project manager who takes your project team towards the goal together.

You will be part of Vattenfall's international IT organization and work in the Asset IT Project Management & Consultancy team. We are located in Amsterdam, Kolding, Stockholm and also in Luleå. We work closely with the business areas that produce and distribute electricity, where our team supports in their most complex and strategic IT projects.

You will independently lead projects according to VPGP (Vattenfall's project model). One of your strong qualities will be that you have knowledge of how Vattenfall Power or Electricity Distribution runs their projects according to Vattenfall's project model and be able to weave this together with how Vattenfall IT runs their projects. You will also gain an exciting insight into the business processes of the respective business units and be able to apply it in the projects. Many of the projects and requirements documents are documented in Swedish.

The deep technical knowledge is with the project members but you use your experience in IT and understanding of how IT systems and technology can be used to drive the projects forward. As our business is spread across the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Denmark and Sweden so it is important that you can engage a geographically dispersed project team.

Main tasks as IT project manager:

• Drive projects from concept development to completion: plan, execute, monitor project progress, follow up and deliver projects at or above customer expectation
• Understand project value and deliverables: customer needs and translate these into IT requirements.
• Manage project budget and allocate resources
• Communicate and coordinate with various stakeholders: customer, solution architects, other IT departments, external vendors etc
• Develop, implement, deploy and manage project plans
• Lead and support international project team members by being active and engaging

Requirements specification

We are looking for you who/have:

• Have worked as an IT Project Manager for at least 5 years
• Have knowledge in IT
• Have a genuine interest in the energy industry
• Have experience in change management
• Have commitment and have a positive attitude to handle complex tasks
• Have an academic degree in IT, engineering, or relevant field
• Fluent in Swedish and English in both speech and writing
• Advantageous if you have experience from a large organization with a complex work environment

To thrive in this role, we believe you are a driven and organized team player with good communication skills and a problem-solving mindset. You have the ability to work independently and build relationships with other project members. You feel comfortable sharing your ideas, as well as being challenged on them.

Further information

We offer

We offer a challenging and international working environment and the opportunity to work with some of the best in the field. You will work in international teams and you will be matched with a project manager who will be a mentor to support you in your assignments. We also offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for both personal and professional development. There are flexible working hours to ensure a good work-life balance. You will also work closely with the Business Relationship Manager for Hydro Power.

In addition to helping shape the smart energy society of the future, we offer you a stimulating and varied job with many contact surfaces. For us at Vattenfall, it is important that work and private life have a good balance, which is why we offer flexibility in work and the opportunity to work from home if needed. We also have a lot of other employee benefits such as reduced working hours, favorable occupational pension agreements, parental leave allowance and more. Read more about our benefits here.

Place of employment: Luleå. Some travel to other Vattenfall sites and international travel may occur.

For more information about the position itself, contact recruiting manager Åsa Bengtsson, asa.bengtsson@vattenfall.com For questions about the recruitment process, contact recruiter Carolina Osterman, carolina.osterman@vattenfall.com

Union representatives:

Akademikerna - Sofi Wadström and Silvija Vatkovic, Ledarna - Christer Gustafsson, SEKO - Juha Siipilehto, Unionen - Inger Strandberg . You can reach them via 08-739 50 00.

Welcome with your application no later than March 31, 2025. Selection and interviews are ongoing. We only accept applications via our website. We do not accept personal letters in the application. You apply quickly and easily by answering selection questions and attaching your CV.

We are convinced that diversity helps build a more profitable and appealing company and strive to be good role models when it comes to diversity. Vattenfall works actively to ensure that all employees have the same opportunities and rights regardless of age, ethnic or cultural background, gender, religion/belief, sexual orientation or disability. Read more about how we work with diversity and inclusion here.

Because the safety of Vattenfall and its employees is paramount, we will carry out a pre-employment screening prior to each hire. These checks are based on your role that you will fill within Vattenfall.