Company Description
The energy market is in an exciting transition, moving away from fossil fuels towards decentral solutions, renewables and energy efficiency. Important drivers are changes in customer expectations and behavior and rapid technological developments. Our ambition is to take the lead in this transition.
Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 21 000 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. We are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission.
Vattenfall is one of Europe`s largest electricity generators and producers of heat. We operate in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK. Our strategy is to reduce emissions from power generation with a road map aiming at achieving climate neutrality by 2050.
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.
We are looking for someone who has:
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
Additional Information
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.
More Information
We welcome your application in Swedish, no later than August 15th 2026. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website.
An executive assessment is normally part of the recruitment process. By applying you agree to the use of potentially already existing assessment reports and talent management data during the selection process.
Location: Solna
For more information about the position, please contact Recruiting Manager Mattias Hedenryd, mattias.hedenryd@vattenfall.com, . For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Executive recruiter Cecilia Wijkman, cecilia.wijkman@vattenfall.com
Trade union representatives in Sweden: To get in contact with the representatives, please call Vattenfall´s switchboard +46 8 739 50 00. Marika Westman (Akademikerna), Christer Gustafsson (Ledarna) Juha Siipilehto (SEKO), Anders Bohlin (Unionen)
The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. Since Vattenfall is part of the Swedish critical infrastructure many of our positions are security classed. If this position is security classed the final candidate can be subject to a security vetting process, according to the Swedish legislation.
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.