Do you have experience as a senior project manager working with complex projects? Are you open minded and enjoy working in a diverse and international team? And are you eager to be part of something new and meaningful?

If you can say yes to the above, then you may be just the person we are looking for. Join Nordic RCC, a fast-developing company determined to make a significant impact in the energy sector to provide for a secure and efficient transition to the green, sustainable energy system.

Nordic RCC is searching for experienced senior project managers to step in and drive our growing pipeline of complex projects with tight timelines, regulatory requirements and technical complexity. The Project Manager shall proactively support implementation of project management best practices, facilitating collaboration and involvement of internal and external stakeholders. The Nordic RCC Project Management scope spans from IT implementation to long multiyear service development aimed at the Nordic energy system landscape. The PM is expected to ensure coordination, completion, and delivery of the projects. You will take lead in scope definition, planning and resource need, stakeholder coordination, project risk management, budget,  monitoring and tracking the project progress as well as reporting to steering groups with senior management. You will work closely with the business teams that may consist of both internal and external parties, as well as with development teams among others.

Nordic RCC – supporting security of supply and the green transition

Nordic RCC provides calculations and recommendations to the four Nordic Electricity Transmission System Operators (TSOs), Energinet, Fingrid, Statnett and Svenska Kraftnät. The main aim of the services is to ensure transparency and help the TSOs with operational planning to ensure continued security of supply with an increase of renewables in the system. In short: We play a small but important part of enabling the green transition.

Reporting to the Head of Project Management Office your main responsibilities are:

• Proactively support timely involvement of relevant internal or external stakeholders and specialists.
• Close collaboration with Chair of Steering committee, typically Senior management from the leadership team.
• Plan and coordinate all aspects of the project, build and continuously update and communicate long- and short-term plans with milestones and deadlines incl. documentation in alignment with a Stage Gate model.
• Ensure structured, well-organized and transparent to all involved parties approach to running a project.
• Ensure overview of budget and update forecasts twice a year
• Establish and facilitate a smooth collaboration between project requestors, business experts, end users, SW architects, IT development and testing teams.
• Assign tasks to the project team members considering their fitness, efficiency and impact on the project performance in different constellations.
• Manage project risks and dependencies in conjunction with other projects in the portfolio at Nordic RCC
• Steerco presentations, e.g. status and gate meetings
• Monitor project progress, assess project performance and report on it.
• Plan and drive transition from project to operational phase ensuring a structured and well-prepared handover.
• Lead the project team throughout the full life cycle of a project.

Proactive position with customer-oriented mindset and excellent communication skills

The ideal candidate is expected to have an education at BA or MA level in e.g. computer science, engineering or likely, but experience from a similar role in the energy sector is preferred.

Furthermore your key skills are:

• A well-developed understanding of project management of IT projects and ability to utilize industry best practices, techniques and standards separately and in combination that fits the concrete project.
• Solid time management and organizational skills including attention to detail and ability to see and communicate the big picture and synergies with other projects in the portfolio.
• Excellent stakeholder- and expectation management skills, with senior management.
• Ability to lead a cross-discipline project team and to deliver a value to internal and external stakeholders with different interests.
• Strong sense of personal accountability regarding decision-making and supervising a project team.
• Ability to recognize challenges early and proactively seek the resolution.
• Full professional proficiency in English.
• Industry experience is highly valued.
• Between 5 - 10 years of relevant work experience.

On the personal level you are communicative, responsible, structured and have a strong focus on finding a solution to a (potential) problem, with a high drive.

An international and flexible working environment

You will join a diverse organization of 24 nationalities, where inclusivity is celebrated, with more than 30% women on board (and a commitment to improving this balance). We are located in Copenhagen Towers office in Ørestad, with the flexibility to balance on-site and remote work 2 days a week.

At Nordic RCC, we live by the values of fellowship, curiosity, respect, and transparency—values defined by our employees that shape how we collaborate and innovate. If you see yourself thriving in such an environment, we’d love to hear from you.

The position is conditioned upon a satisfactory background check as well as a national security clearance, both of which will be facilitated by Nordic RCC. You can read more on security clearance here. Please also note that the process includes 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 provide information to the same extent as the candidate for security clearance.

Application deadline and contact information

GlobeSearch is assisting us with this recruitment. We kindly ask you to apply in English through their website.

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