IT & Strategy Talent Programme: Service Manager/Strategist

Now you can shape the path towards fossil free living. We're searching for talented individuals to join us on our journey towards fossil free living. Individuals that challenge the way we think, lead us down new paths and contribute to solving the biggest challenge of humankind – climate change. Is this you?
By applying for the IT & Strategy Talent Programme you can become 1 of 40 talents working towards that goal. Each of the 40 positions in the programme is unique and has its own specific responsibilities and challenges. This is a two-year programme with a strong focus on your development. From the outset you’ll have your own development plan which will be tailored towards a role suitable for you and include building blocks with learning goals towards that target. The focus is very much on learning by doing, and together with your manager you’ll select different assignments and rotations where you’ll participate in real projects, and contribute to fossil free living, at the same time as you get the experience you need to boost your development.


Your role as a Service Manager/ Strategist
Your daily activities:
• Analyze and conceptualize different topics within the IT Service Management department by together with team members and other departments in Vattenfall IT
• Work with areas connected to service improvements and trends (e.g. hybrid way of working, digital workplace technologies, office 365) with communication, solution analysis and exploring features together with key stakeholders
• Create content and descriptions like communication material and processes descriptions and maps and take lead in managing and representing the process over time (process management)
• Run initiatives from start to finish using project methods like Sequential and agile for in-team initiatives (project management)
• Rotate within the departments in IT Service Management to gain knowledge, bring in perspective and initiate and drive continuous improvement initiatives based on identified points
• Concretize the unknowns that comes with an constantly evolving IT landscape (regulations, cloud, emerging technology, new business demands, strategic projects towards business)


Who are you?
• Graduate, or up to two years’ work experience
• Strong academic background in engineering
• Passionate about wanting to create change
• Keen to ‘learn by doing’ and have a service-oriented approach
• Able to handle a steep learning curve
• Committed to climate-smarter living
• Able to travel regularly


As a Service Manager/Strategist you recognize yourself in the following:
• Study or have experience in IT disciplines for example service-orientation, architecture, hardware or similar or a business related study or experience closer to customer relationship, marketing, communication or finance
• It’s nice if you have an interest or experience in driving initiatives or projects in any discipline of your interest or would like to explore and learn these skillsets




You are our ideal talent if you are…
A bold and curious communicator who gets energy from variation in both the people you talk to and the problems you solve – nothing is too big or to small if the results is something better for a customer!


Location
You will be working somewhere in the department of YINS, IT Service Management and the location for this position is flexible (Sweden, Germany, Netherlands, Poland).


Our offer
The IT & Strategy Talent Programme is a kickstart to your career within Vattenfall. We offer a two-year accelerated development programme based around your specific talents and personality. Each stage of the programme will have new abilities to learn and different targets to achieve, all aimed at accelerating your development towards the next sweet spot in your career. You can read more about our offer here: IT & Strategy Talent Programme - Vattenfall


Application process
We welcome your application in English, including resume and cover letter. Last day to apply is April 22nd 2022. Selection period starts in April, followed by online tests and interviews in April and May. The recruitment process will be finalized around the end of May/beginning of June. The last step will be a pre-employment screening. Starting date of the IT & Strategy Talent Programme will be September 1st 2022.


We look forward to your application!


If you have any questions regarding the Talent Programme in general, Frequently asked questions - IT & Strategy Talent Programme - Vattenfall
Don’t miss our digital event: 07.04.2022: IT & Strategy Talent Programme | digital career event - Vattenfall


More information
For further information about the position or the recruitment process, please contact recruiter Sabina Eriksson at sabina.eriksson@vattenfall.com
Trade union representatives in Sweden are Silvija Vatkovic (Akademikerna), Inger Strandberg (Unionen), Christer Gustafsson (Ledarna), Lennart Bengtsson (SEKO). They may all be reached via Vattenfall’s switchboard +46 (0)8-739 50 00.
Due to COVID-19 all steps of the recruitment process will take place virtual. At Vattenfall we are committed to acting responsibly in response to the challenges posed by COVID-19 and we are taking all necessary measures to protect employees and job applicants. For more questions about COVID-19, please visit our generic FAQ page.


Our organization
At Vattenfall you can free your superpowers! We are one of the European market leaders in the generation of renewable energy and are primarily active in Sweden, Germany, Denmark, UK and the Netherlands. We take our responsibility seriously and together we are making the change towards fossil freedom. Our goal is to enable a fossil-free living within one generation. We are a dynamic company with an international focus and a social face at the heart of society. Diversity and inclusion is in everything we do: Read more about our work with diversity.
Vattenfall is a part of the Swedish critical infrastructure and many of our services are security classed. If this position is security classed, the final candidates might be subjected to a security vetting process in accordance with Swedish legislation.
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