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About the Role

As part of BA Wind, you will play a key role in one of the most exciting renewable pipelines in Europe, with 24GW of capacity stretching more than a decade ahead across our key markets. We are looking for an experienced and inspiring Resilience Area Lead. In this role, you will lead the continued development of resilience capabilities across Business Area Wind, helping ensure that our wind, solar and battery operations remain resilient and capable of delivering critical business outcomes during disruption. You will serve as BA Wind's designated Business Continuity Officer (BCO) in relevant Vattenfall Group forums and act as the functional lead for resilience across the business.

Responsibilities

Lead the Resilience Area: Define and drive BA Wind's resilience strategy, roadmap and priorities aligned with Vattenfall Group objectives.
Lead the development of resilience capabilities that strengthen operational resilience across BA Wind.
Act as BA Wind's focal point for resilience-related matters and group-level engagement.
Ensure resilience frameworks, governance and activities support business objectives, regulatory requirements and long-term resilience goals.
Business Continuity & Preparedness: Own and continuously develop BA Wind's business continuity and resilience framework.
Support the business in identifying critical processes, dependencies and recovery priorities.
Assess the effectiveness of continuity capabilities, testing activities and improvement measures.
Facilitate resilience assessments, exercises and reviews to identify gaps, vulnerabilities and opportunities for improvement.
Incident & Crisis Management: Drive continual improvement of incident and crisis management capabilities.
Lead resilience exercises and simulations to validate preparedness and organizational readiness.
Identify recurring incident themes, systemic weaknesses and emerging resilience risks.
Challenge and support the business in implementing sustainable corrective actions and lessons learned.
Risk, Governance & Assurance: Provide oversight of security & resilience-related risks, capabilities and improvement activities across BA Wind.
Monitor resilience maturity, emerging risks, trends and key indicators to identify areas requiring management attention.
Provide independent insight, challenge and recommendations to leadership and governance forums.
Monitor alignment with internal requirements, relevant regulations and resilience standards.
Stakeholder Engagement & Business Enablement: Build trusted relationships across BA Wind and act as a trusted advisor on resilience and continuity matters.
Facilitate collaboration, accountability and capability development that enables leaders and teams to strengthen operational resilience and manage disruptions effectively.

Requirements

University degree in resilience, risk management, security, emergency management, engineering, IT or a related field.
Relevant experience in resilience, business continuity, operational resilience, crisis management, risk management, security or related disciplines.
Experience working in complex, multi-stakeholder environments with strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Knowledge of resilience frameworks such as ISO 22301 or similar.
Understanding of critical infrastructure, operational resilience or related regulatory environments.
Experience facilitating workshops, exercises or improvement initiatives.
Professional proficiency in English, both written and spoken.
Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders, drive change and create alignment in complex organizational environments.
Experience from the energy sector or other critical infrastructure industries (advantageous).
Experience in governance, assurance or second-line functions (advantageous).
Familiarity with the EU directives CER and NIS2 or national implementations of those (advantageous).
Relevant certifications such as CBCI, ISO 22301 Lead Auditor, CRISC or similar (advantageous).
Relevant experience may come from resilience, security, risk management, operational leadership, engineering, emergency management, consulting, governance or other disciplines where you have successfully navigated complexity, influenced stakeholders and delivered results.
The most successful candidate will combine professional credibility with the ability to influence stakeholders, build commitment and strengthen resilience across the business.
An effective influencer who creates commitment across diverse stakeholders.
A strategic thinker who connects resilience activities to business outcomes.
A strong communicator who translates complexity into practical action.
Collaborative, pragmatic and focused on creating value.
Comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving change.
Curious, adaptable and motivated by continuous improvement.
A trusted role model who demonstrates integrity and sound judgement.

Skills

Resilience
Business Continuity
Operational Resilience
Crisis Management
Risk Management
Security
ISO 22301
Communication
Stakeholder Engagement
Governance
Assurance
Energy Sector
Critical Infrastructure
EU directives CER and NIS2
CBCI
ISO 22301 Lead Auditor
CRISC

Location

Kolding, Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Stockholm, Sweden
London, UK

Work Type

Hybrid
Full-time

Experience Level

Experienced
Senior

Education Level

University degree

Benefits

Good remuneration
Challenging and international work environment
Possibility to work with some of the best in the field
Working in interdisciplinary teams
Support from committed colleagues
Attractive employment conditions
Opportunities for personal and professional development

About the Company

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 20 000 employees.
For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation.
Business Area (BA) Wind is responsible for Vattenfall’s Onshore and Offshore Wind as well as other non-hydro renewable activities.
Today we develop, construct and operate wind generation in UK, Sweden, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands.

Equal Opportunity

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to building 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.