Statkraft has been making clean energy possible for over a century. That’s what we offer. 125 years of unrivalled expertise in supplying the world with what it needs most. Because in the fight against climate change, we don’t see renewable energy as part of the solution – we believe it must be the solution. With us, you’ll shape a career that is truly forward-facing with many amazing opportunities and offerings to match.

But there’s more work to be done – that’s why we need you to join us.

Your department
IT and digital solutions play a critical role along Statkraft's entire value chain. Our IT solutions are critical for information gathering, analysis, production planning, sales, monitoring, exploration etc. and they are rapidly becoming more sophisticated and interdependent.  IT is also an important part in safeguarding our operations. Based on the characteristics of our business, we develop many of our business-critical systems ourselves in-house.

The IT partner for International Market, Asset Ownership, and Strategy & Development delivers product management and business IT advisory for Market Operation and IT in Statkraft. Working closely with the different business areas, Statkraft IT delivers a full set of services from business development, projects, application development, change management and operational services.

Your role
You will be responsible for activities in the interface between the business and IT for a specific business area and specific subjects; and have a key role in ensuring an excellent customer experience. The Business IT Developer (BIT) works as a link between the Business and IT and need to understand both worlds.

Your responsibility includes having an overview of solutions across the different parts of Statkraft IT services, to ensure the best solutions are implemented with contributions from key departments in IT, such as procurement, security, infrastructure, and integration teams. 

You will work closely with the business areas and product owners and help the resources of Statkraft IT to deliver solutions for business challenges and opportunities. This includes:

• Communicate, translate, and simplify business requirements
• Refine requirements into technical specifications including test scenario descriptions. This will include involving solution experts, developers, architects, vendors, etc.
• Responsible for planning and follow-up of deliveries
• Use agile processes, like scrum mastering, retrospectives, etc.
• Handle IT budgeting, forecasting, and status follow-up relevant for your part of the business.
• Be escalation point for deliveries from IT
• Manage early planning phases for IT projects and possibly be project manager for smaller projects
• Be a team player collaborating closely with both the technology teams and business teams
• Support in continuously strengthening our way of working and optimizing our processes

The position is located at the Head Office in Lilleaker, Oslo, Norway, and will report to the Head of Global Markets & Asset Digitalisation Partner.

About you

We are looking for candidates who are high performing individuals with drive and a clear “can do” attitude. The right candidate has deep interest, motivation, and experience in leading business critical IT and digitalisation activities. You acknowledge the importance of change management and are motivated by collaborating with skilled colleagues to reach ambitious goals.

• Higher relevant education at university level and minimum 5 years of relevant work experience
• Strong communication skills and talent for building network and trusted relationships is a necessity. Ability to connect the dots between business needs and IT solutions and communicate with both end-users on the business side and technology specialists in IT
• Skilled process driver with mindset to plan and structure work to ensure high quality solutions with deliveries from many involved parties across different teams
• Great interest and understanding for the opportunities enabled by digitalisation trends and technologies, e.g. cloud, data platforms, process automation, user experiences, software development or scripting
• Continuous improvement mindset and experience from improving and optimizing deliveries related to a product. Knowhow of innovative techniques is appreciated
• Great at making things happen, starting and moving cases with passion and drive, as well as corporate navigation skills
• Work experience from consulting companies or similar roles in global industrial or energy companies is highly relevant, in particular experience related to energy management or energy trading related processes
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. German is beneficial, but not a must

Statkraft offers
A career with Statkraft is a career filled with purpose – meaning that every employee is not just making a living, they are making a real difference to the planet, our communities and the future. Together, we work on the front lines of changing the game for renewable energy. From hydrogen development to algorithmic trading and everything in between. We have 125 years of unrivalled expertise in creating the technologies that put ecosystems, communities and our environment first. With us, you’ll shape a career that is truly forward-facing with many amazing opportunities and offerings to match. This includes:

• Unlimited learning opportunities at various levels of the organisation including Linkedin Learning and inspiring leaderships program like IMD
• The chance to grow your career alongside a truly global network of experts, leaders, specialists and graduates from different countries and backgrounds
• The opportunity to work somewhere with pride, and to be able to honestly say “My work is contributing to saving the planet”
• A work culture that puts emphasis on the individual, offering flexible working solutions, and work-life balance principles
• Statkraft offers competitive terms of employment and benefits schemes, and we’re a trusted employer that puts the safety of our people first. We believe that a safe and healthy working environment is a matter of choice, not chance
• A focus on fun outside of work, supported by various activity groups such as soccer, yoga, sailing, climbing, boxing, cabin rentals, and much more

Challenged?
For us the ideas of our committed and ambitious colleagues make the difference. If you want to share our passion for renewable energy and be a part of tomorrow’s energy world, please apply by sending your CV and application letter within May 4^th 2022.

Please note: Statkraft manages critical infrastructure and services in several countries. We conduct background checks on qualified applicants before hire.