Director IT & Digitalisation

Vattenfall AB; Solna kommun; Hybrid; SEK 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Occupational pension agreements

Parental leave supplement

Job summary

Vattenfall AB is hiring a Director IT & Digitalisation in Solna, Sweden. This role focuses on leading digital transformation initiatives aligned with business goals, while fostering collaboration and governance across the organization.

The successful candidate will have significant experience in IT leadership and change management, ensuring digital strategies create value for the business and its customers. Flexible working options and attractive employee benefits are part of this offer.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience from senior roles within IT, either in business-facing or supplier/vendor environments.
• Strong experience in program and change management, turning strategy into implementation.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement the BAG IT & Digitalisation strategy.
• Build, develop and lead the IT and digitalisation demand team.
• Develop and take responsibility for the IT & Digitalisation portfolio.
• Partner with business leaders to implement digital solutions.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Change management

Program management

Stakeholder engagement

Digital strategy

Communication skills

Education

Relevant academic degree

Job description

Job Description

As Director IT & Digitalisation, you will drive digital transformation initiatives that maximise business value within Vattenfall’s Business Area Generation. You will ensure that our IT and Digitalisation strategy is aligned with overall business goals and delivered in a modern, data-driven and business-oriented way.

You will play a key role in shaping how digital capabilities enable performance, efficiency and long-term competitiveness across the organisation.

In this role, you will also act as Business Information Officer (BIO), leading IT & Digitalisation governance and collaboration across the business area. You will represent Generation in Vattenfall Group’s BIO forum, working closely with senior leaders including the Group CIO.

You will report directly to the VP Business Control within Business Area Generation.

Overall areas of responsibility

• Define and implement the BAG IT & Digitalisation strategy
• Build, develop and lead the IT and digitalisation demand team, including recruitment, training, and skills development.
• Develop and take responsibility for the IT & Digitalisation portfolio.
• Partner with business leaders across the organisation to identify and implement digital solutions and new ways of working
• Act as sponsor and project owner for common IT & Digitalisation programs and projects.

Qualifications

You are a strategic and results-oriented leader who thrives in complex environments. You build strong partnerships and are skilled at translating business needs into clear digital strategies and solutions.

With a strong drive and a hands-on approach, you ensure that ideas are turned into tangible results. You are comfortable challenging existing ways of working and leading change, both in the short and long term.

You communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders and have the ability to engage, influence and create alignment at all levels of the organisation.

• A relevant academic university or higher education degree.
• Extensive experience from senior roles within IT, either in business-facing or supplier/vendor environments
• Strong experience in program and change management, turning strategy into implementation
• Experience working in large and complex organisations
• Experience of program- and change management with a focus on streamlining and digitalisation turning ideas into implementation.
• Experience of working and collaborating within large, complex organisations.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to engage and influence various stakeholders across the organisation.
• A strong understanding of business models and how digital solutions can create value for both customers and the business.
• Deep knowledge of IT and Information security and the role it plays within highly regulated businesses.
• Deep understanding of enterprise architecture and IT systems within the area utility production.
• Fluency in Swedish and English, both spoken and written

Our offer

In addition to helping shape the smart energy society of the future, we offer you a developing and varied job with many interfaces. For us at Vattenfall, it is important that work and private life have a good balance, which is why we offer flexibility in work and the opportunity to work from home if needed. We also have a lot of other employee benefits such as shortening working hours, favorable occupational pension agreements, parental leave supplement and more. Read more about our benefits here.

Location

Solna

EEO Statement

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.