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 should also drive initiatives to clarify and/or change business processes and ways of workings for IT when required to streamline our operation.

As the Senior Manager for Programs & Portfolio you will 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.

You will also manage a team of specialists working as Subject Matter Experts within their field.

The Senior Manager for Programs & Portfolio should provide all contracted parties, who work 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. Together with the IT Program Managers in each country you will secure quality, time and costs related to the IT scope of Factory programs.

Key responsibilities:

• Support the long-term initiative to strengthen and improve the IT Blueprint of Factory projects.
• 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.
• 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

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 multicultural environment

Personal success factors

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