Senior Manager Programs & Portfolio

• Applications are considered on a rolling basis
• On-site

Job Description

The purpose of introducing a Senior Manager for Program & Portfolio is to govern the global IT scope of Factory Projects. The Senior Manager for Programs & Portfolio drive initiatives to clarify and/or change business processes and ways of workings for IT when required to streamline our operation and support the long-term initiative to build a solid IT Blueprint for Northvolt and work together with the IT Leadership team for establishing a strategy and an operational model to apply for our Northvolt Factories. The Sr. Manager will manages a team of specialists working as Subject Matter Experts within their field as well.

There are multiple 3rd party contractors assigned for both the design and the installation scope of Northvolt Factories. It will be critical to provide all contracted parties, who works with IT, with accurate information in a timely manner and coordinate the high-level scope of IT deliverables with all Northvolt Business Partners and our internal Northvolt stakeholders. The Senior Manager of Programs & Portfolio will work will all the IT Program Managers in each country to secure quality, time and costs related to the IT scope of Factory programs.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Support the long-term initiative to strengthen and improve the IT Blueprint of Factory projects.
• Manage a team of employees focusing on the global IT Blueprint
• Build relationships towards dependent parties e.g. Northvolt central Blueprint team, Electrical Design teams, Program Managers at global sites (Ett, Drei, Six)
• Support Process improvements and frameworks e.g. creation of estimates related to Factory IT Cost, IT Schedule, IT Requirements.
• Resource allocation, assign IT resources to support early site and Factory program initiatives globally.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives for Project structure and Project Reporting in Jira
• Improve and govern the IT Project delivering model by detailing our ways of working with Factory Projects
• Alignment & Knowledge sharing across Northvolt PMO´s (IPM PMO, New Factory PMO, Digi PMO)

Full time employment, fixed salary. Planned starting date is asap.

Skills & Requirements

Qualifications/education/experience

• Master of Science in Engineering or Management
• 10+ years of Program and or Project Management within the IT Sector
• Project & Program Management Certifications
• Fluent in English
• Documentation capabilities

Specific skills

• Experience of working with 3rd party contractors in major projects
• Experience of working in a multi cultural environment

Personal success factors (Consider Bold – Passionate – Excellent)

• Good communication skills
• Execute on commitments in a timely manner
• Proactive driving forces
• An individual who values structure and documentation

About the company

Northvolt makes green batteries for a blue planet. Affordable, sustainable, and high-quality cells and battery systems. Built to enable the future of energy.

To accomplish this, we do things differently. We design, manufacture, and recycle everything under one roof. We even build our own factories. All this is incredibly challenging and requires us to think in unconventional ways. We’re constantly experimenting, learning and adapting to make the world’s greenest batteries.

Northvolt is growing fast. We’re looking for smart people from all disciplines. Strong individuals that truly want to make a positive impact on the future. Those of us already on board share a passion for our mission. We’re prepared to work hard in pursuit of excellence. We enjoy the ride and our main drive is to make a difference for real. As a team, we’re dedicated to thinking new, working hard and having fun!