Value Manager

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 21 000 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


We are now looking for a Value Manager at any of the Vattenfall IT locations in Sweden, Germany, Poland or the Netherlands.


The position is within the Project and Portfolio Management team, whose mission is to provide effective approaches, tools and support to organize, execute, and assess value creation of all IT-related investments within Vattenfall.


Your Job as Value Manager in the Project and Portfolio Management Team (PPM)
The mission of the Value Manager is to optimize the value management and value delivery of the Vattenfall IT Portfolio by owning, utilizing and communicating the Value Assurance processes applied to our IT initiatives. The role implies hands-on evaluation of business cases and product visions while leading the cooperation with other experts throughout our organization (Architects, Contract Managers, Procurement, Financial Controllers, etc) to cover all dimensions of our Assurance and Investment reviews (Strategy, Technology, Economics, Commercial, Organization, Political). You communicate the reviews outcomes and recommendations to stakeholders, and produce a yearly report with compiled findings to recommend changes to our project methodologies and ways of working.


Your responsibilities as Value Manager
Plan, lead and coordinate Assurance and Investment Reviews at portfolio and project levels (Value Assurance Review, Investment Assessments, Post Investment Review)
Own our Value management tools (excel and powerpoint templates, sharepoint pages, powerpoint and PowerBI reports), keeping them updated, user-friendly and fit-for-purpose (LEAN)
Align with Value Owners (Sponsors, Product Owners, Project Portfolio Owners) to assess their initiatives and recommend improvements on project and portfolio levels
Understand the traditional KPI of investment assessments (IRR, NPV, ROI,…) and discuss new ones connected to benefits realization, digitalization and sustainability
Contribute to building IT own roadmap and integrate Business priorities and Must Win initiatives
Produce a yearly report summarizing the findings of Assurance reviews, suggesting improvements and priorities of Value Management for the next 2-5 years
Upon request from higher management, dedicate some of your time to specific support on strategic initiatives
Collaborate with the other PPM team members to keep connecting our stakeholders to the “Big Picture”, adapting our tools and ways of working to incorporate value management





Qualifications


To succeed in this role, you need to have thorough expertise building and reviewing business cases and product visions/backlogs through all milestones of an initiative, from startup to final investment decision and posterior benefits realization. You will need to master our value management processes and constantly improve them, tailoring them to our various project types and methodologies (our portfolio is 25% agile and 75% waterfall). You are comfortable navigating a large organization and interact with specialist profiles as well as various Business Areas. You enjoy sharing your knowledge and being involved in strategic thinking as well as performing analysis work to suggest improvements towards management.


Your profile as Value Manager
Degree in IT or equivalent in work experience
At least 10 years of experience in Project Management
Experience in Value management and Benefits realization processes
Certification in Portfolio and/or Project Management



You…
Are delivery-oriented and used to support decision-making
Display a positive outlook and high level of integrity
Have excellent communication and collaboration skills
Work independently and with own initiative, organizing your time to meet agreed objectives
Live up to the Vattenfall Experience Principles and Behaviors: Active, Open, Positive, Safety
Have excellent skills in written and spoken English language





Additional Information


Our Offer
We offer a challenging and international work environment and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues as ‘Ask and Share’ concept is essential for the way we work. We offer attractive employment conditions (smart working, flexible working hours and a good-work-life balance) and opportunities for personal and professional development. Click here for further information.


Location
Any of the Vattenfall IT locations in Solna, Forsmark, Ringhals, Amsterdam, Berlin, Hamburg, Gliwice or Katowice


For more information about the position you are welcome to contact hiring manager Audrey Larcher at audrey.larcher@vattenfall.com For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Carolina Osterman at carolina.osterman@vattenfall.com
Trade Union representatives are Akademikerna – Sofi Wadström and Silvija Vatkovic, Ledarna – Christer Gustafsson, SEKO – Juha Siipilehto, Unionen – Inger Strandberg and can be reached via Vattenfall´s switchboard +46 8 739 50 00.


We welcome your application in English no later than 23rd of September 2024. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website.

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be a good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation. Click here for further information.


The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process.