Resilience Area Lead

Overview

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.

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.

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.
• Location

Kolding or Copenhagen, Denmark; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Stockholm, Sweden; London, UK.

Qualifications

• 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.
• The following would be considered an advantage
• Experience from the energy sector or other critical infrastructure industries.
• Experience in governance, assurance or second-line functions.
• Familiarity with the EU directives CER and NIS2 or national implementations of those.
• Relevant certifications such as CBCI, ISO 22301 Lead Auditor, CRISC or similar.
• What Makes You Successful
• 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.

Benefits

Good remuneration, a challenging and international work environment, and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field.

You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues.

We offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development.

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.

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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 and will be performed by a third party, DISA Global Solutions AB.

Since Vattenfall is a part of the Swedish critical infrastructure, many of our services are security classed.

If this position is security classified the final candidates might be subject to a security vetting process, according to Swedish legislation.

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