Lead Portfolio Manager to Support the Green Energy Transition

Nordic RCC A/S; København; Hybrid; DKK 1,100,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work from home option

Office in Copenhagen Towers

Job summary

Nordic RCC A/S seeks a Lead Portfolio Manager to steer the Nordic energy transition. You will lead portfolio optimization, budgeting, and reporting, coordinating with Finance, PMO, and leadership to ensure strategic alignment and efficient project execution.

The role emphasizes governance, process improvement, and stakeholder collaboration within a diverse, multi-country team based in Copenhagen with hybrid work options.

Qualifications

• Hold a Master’s degree in mathematics, economics, engineering, or a related field.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with data-driven decision making.
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
• Structured, collaborative, and deadline-focused work style.

Responsibilities

• Drive optimization of the project portfolio with focus on efficiency and strategic alignment.
• Lead budgeting and long-term planning in collaboration with Finance.
• Deliver monthly portfolio reporting and dependency tracking to leadership.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration and act as central contact for project inquiries.
• Maintain governance, Stage-Gate model, and best practices across PMO.
• Oversee portfolio and resource management processes and tools to support decisions.

Skills

Data-driven decisions

Stakeholder management

Teamwork

Analytical mindset

Interpersonal skills

Structured approach

Education

Master’s degree in mathematics, economics, engineering, or related field

Tools

Excel

Job description

Lead Portfolio Manager to Support the Green Energy Transition

Nordic RCC is a fast-developing company providing regional power system planning data and security analysis to support the national Transmission System Operators of Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark - to ensure the efficient operation of the Nordic Power System and high security of power supply at any time, with a vision of green transition.

Right now, we are looking for a Lead Portfolio Manager who likes making a difference!

As a Lead Portfolio Manager, you will join a team of skilled colleagues and contribute to Nordic RCC ambitious goals of green transition together with our owners in the 4 Nordic countries.

The Portfolio team is sitting in the PMO organization, together with Nordic Project Support team and the local project management team. You will report directly to the Head of PMO and have a close collaboration with the Senior Portfolio Manager and the local project management group, as well as the leadership team, Finance, and the manager of the Nordic Project Support team in PMO.

Responsibilities

Your tasks will include:

Drive continuous optimization of the Nordic RCC project portfolio with a focus on efficiency and strategic alignment.

Lead financial budgeting and long-term planning in close collaboration with Finance.

Deliver monthly portfolio reporting, including dependency tracking, to the leadership team and relevant stakeholders.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Coordination

Foster collaboration between internal and external stakeholders to enhance efficiency and ensure continuous project execution.

Act as the central point of contact for project-related inquiries from local project managers and teams.

Maintain a comprehensive overview of project dependencies and support departments in addressing organizational challenges related to products, processes, and resources.

Governance & Best Practices

Own and maintain the project Stage-Gate model, including governance structures and project management guidance.

Ensure best practices are documented and prepare evidence for future audits.

Drive continuous improvement by identifying inefficiencies, standardizing processes, and enhancing project governance within the PMO.

Tools & Processes

Oversee portfolio and resource management processes and tools, ensuring they support strategic decision-making and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

Hold a master’s degree in mathematics, economics, engineering, or a related field.

Are proficient in English, both written and spoken. Additional languages are a plus.

Exhibit strong problem-solving skills and the ability to make data-driven decisions.

Value teamwork and have a collaborative mindset.

Respectful of agreements, deadlines, other people’s time and ideas, and listening to customer needs.

Structured in your work and approach to tasks, working in an orderly manner.

Strong interpersonal skills

Advanced Excel skills

Requirements

Have significant experience (more than 5-10 years) as a Project Portfolio Manager or similar within the European renewable energy sector.

You bring a strong financial background and analytical mindset, enabling you to lead long-term planning and budgeting in close collaboration with Finance. Your financial insights make you a trusted advisor to the leadership team.

You like to prepare management reports, presentations and follow up on activities.

You like to gain and share knowledge/experience of various portfolio methods and processes.

Have experience with both portfolio management and project management

Knowledge of implementing IT solutions.

Employment conditions

You will join a company of competent, diverse, and enthusiastic colleagues. We are currently more than 23 nationalities with more than 30% women (striving to improve this balance) and all ages.

Your daily workplace will be in our newly furnished office premises in Copenhagen Towers, Ørestad. We are offering workplace flexibility to ensure a healthy work-life balance including the possibility for working from home some of your worktime.

Our values of fellowship, curiosity, respect, and transparency have been defined by all employees. They identify how we behave and shape the way we work together, and we expect you to see yourself in them.

Note that as part of the recruitment process, the candidate must undergo a satisfactory background check. The position is also conditioned upon a national security clearance. Both will be facilitated by Nordic RCC. You can read more on security clearance here . Please also note that the process includes that any spouse, registered partner, cohabitant, steady partner, co-resident, child over 18 living at home and parent with the same address as the candidate must also consent to be examined.

To ensure a fair and unbiased recruitment process, we kindly request that you do not include photographsin your CVs or application materials.