About the Role
As a (Senior) Project Manager - Strategic Projects in Offshore Wind, you will collaborate closely with internal sponsors to address complex challenges. You will leverage strategic and commercial thinking, along with problem-solving skills, to navigate the rapidly changing business and industry landscape. This role offers direct exposure to senior management within an international setting.
Responsibilities
- Understand key business challenges and identify improvement opportunities.
- Contribute to setting the strategic direction of BU Offshore.
- Scope, align, and lead strategic initiatives and improvement projects.
- Ensure project success through compelling communication and analysis.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to build reputation as a trusted advisor.
- Support the development and mentoring of Project Managers.
- Demonstrate effective leadership within project teams.
Requirements
- Advanced university degree (or equivalent) in business, economics, or engineering.
- Several years of work experience, including strategy consulting or a strategy unit (PM / Engagement Manager level).
- Skilled in executive communication and stakeholder management.
- Strong problem-solving abilities, analytical skills, and strategic, critical, and creative thinking.
- Self-starter with a can-do attitude and proven ability to deliver.
- Strong track record in project management and functional team leadership.
- Experience and confidence in working with and presenting to senior management.
- Background in the wind industry is preferable, but not required.
- Passionate about creating a sustainable energy landscape.
- Structured, pro-active, motivated, and comfortable with ambiguity.
- Working with an end-to-end mindset, seeing the big picture while managing details.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, cooperative team player, and excellent communicator in an international environment.
- Committed to deadlines and eager to take ownership.
- Pre-employment screening will be part of the recruitment process.
Skills
- Strategic thinking
- Commercial thinking
- Problem-solving
- Executive communication
- Stakeholder management
- Analytical skills
- Critical thinking
- Creative thinking
- Project management
- Functional team leadership
- Presentation skills
Location
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Hamburg, Germany
- Berlin, Germany
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Medior
- Senior
Education Level
- Advanced university degree (or equivalent)
Benefits
- Good remuneration
- Challenging and international work environment
- Possibility to work with some of the best in the field
- 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 over 100 years, Vattenfall has electrified industries, supplied energy, and modernized 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.
- BA Wind develops, constructs, and operates wind generation in the UK, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands.
- BA Wind has an exciting pipeline with over 25GW of capacity for more than a decade across key European markets.
Equal Opportunity
- Vattenfall is convinced that diversity contributes to building a more profitable and attractive company and strives 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.
