Project Manager - BA Markets

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 approximately 20,000 employees. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming life through innovation for more than 100 years. We now want to make fossil free living possible within one generation and we are driving the transition to a sustainable energy system.
Job Description
All employees at Vattenfall are energized by one essential goal: to power climate smarter living and become fossil free within one generation. This requires broader thinking and real changes. It requires people who want to make a real difference.
Do you want to work with integrating new renewable sources into the future energy system? BA Markets is now looking for a skilled Project Manager to strengthen our team in Stockholm or Hamburg.
Business Area (BA) Markets maximizes the value of Vattenfall’s portfolio by optimizing and dispatching, hedging and sourcing for Vattenfall's assets and sales positions. We offer power purchase agreements to operators of wind or solar parks, optimize 3rd party batteries and enter into origination deals within the B2B segment. We serve as Vattenfall’s single market access to energy commodity markets trading in electricity, emissions, fuels, freight, and renewable certificates. We are responsible for generating profits by taking positions within defined risk mandates and limits.

About the position
As a Project Manager you will often be working on more complex initiatives that will require analysis and structuring tasks across several agile teams or departments. You will work closely with business and system experts as well as Business Analysts.
You will be part of the team Initiative Management with team members in Hamburg and Stockholm. As a Project Manager you will be responsible for onboarding assets with complex ownership structures and multiple PPA contracts connected to the asset, cutting across the entire BA Markets structure. The level of complexity is therefore high, involving different systems and organizations (even across different Business Areas). You are therefore a person who can structure, conduct and coordinate analysis phases and major implementation projects.

Your tasks and responsibilities
Typical tasks involve structuring requirements for development work, strategic planning of the different initiatives, updating and creating plans for the implementation of initiatives. Your work will involve improving the flow, sharing plans and keeping stakeholder updated. In addition, you will be coordinating work with different business units and agile teams to secure roll-out alignment, report status, quality issues or delays to stakeholders. You have a good understanding of the impact of any change of requirements involved within the work flow.
Qualifications
You are good at building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. You relate openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people and have experience in working with complex situations where your skills of structure and prioritizing allow for a steady progress in your work flow.
You have a university degree (Bachelors/Masters) within the field of Energy, Engineering, IT, Business Administration or similar
You are fluent in English (written and spoken), proficiency in German or Swedish is an advantage
Preferably good understanding about the Energy industry and how the Energy Markets work
Knowledge of renewable market in Vattenfall core countries and system solutions for managing renewable assets
Experienced in managing projects in an Agile environment
Outstanding relationship building, communication and leadership skills
Good Business Acumen and result oriented skills
Ability to combine conceptual/big picture analysis with attention to detail
Strong analytical and problem solving skills. Ability to challenge status quo
We are looking for an experienced person, being a self starter with ability to both work independently and lead others.

Additional Information
Our Offer
You will be part of an international, highly diverse and skilled team who is responsible for driving complex change projects at the cutting edge within the energy business. You will be working with multiple agile teams and different business areas in driving change, but you can always count on support from your team colleagues when you need it. We offer attractive employment conditions (smart working, flexible working hours and a good-work-life balance) and opportunities for personal and professional development.
"As a manager I’m highly engaged and believe in an open communication and dialogue. I’m convinced that a diverse team is always stronger than the individual person and I focus on ensuring growth and development for each person in the team."- Jenny Tärndel (hiring manager)


Location
Stockholm or Hamburg (some travel between our offices will be required)


For more information about the position you are welcome to contact hiring manager Jenny Tärndal jenny.taerndal@vattenfall.com. For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Teri-Anne Brink. teri-anne.brink@vattenfall.com


Trade Union representatives in Sweden via Vattenfall´s switchboard +46 8 739 50 00. Sven-Gunnar Gremlin (Akademikarna) and Jens Morell (Unionen)
We welcome your application in English no later than 13th of November 2022. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website.

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