Company Description

Vattenfall is one of Europe’s largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat. Our main markets are Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the UK. The Vattenfall Group has approximately 20,000 employees. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming life through innovation for more than 100 years. We now want to make fossil free living possible within one generation and we are driving the transition to a sustainable energy system.

Job Description

Data Centre (YIOD)

The Vattenfall IT Data Centre department is accountable for Data Centres and Public Cloud services. Vattenfall IT has adopted a "cloud first" strategy. The Public Cloud Platform Services department is responsible for delivering Public Cloud services. For workloads that are not suitable for public cloud services, Vattenfall IT provides country-based Data Centres with traditional on-premise hosting platforms. Vattenfall IT is transitioning to Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) platforms, moving away from traditional hosting towards private cloud architectures and platform service delivery for workloads that require country or business-specific regulatory compliance.

Private Cloud Platform Services (YIODW)

Vattenfall IT Data Centre has established a new N-4 department to manage Private Cloud Platform Services. This department is responsible for overseeing the services, operations and ensuring the smooth functioning of the Private Cloud Platform. To streamline the operations further, the department has been divided into three N-5 sub-departments, each with a specific focus and responsibilities:

As our new Manager VPC Platform Management you will lead a multi-competence team of approximately 8 internal employees and 3 contractors. You will be responsible for leading Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) platform management department, primarily in the areas of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) operational management. The VPC platform management department will be responsible for managing the BLUE, SESE-D hosting, and private cloud platforms operationally.

Your main responsibilities:

• Develop yourself and your team, including HR-related activities, performance management, career development, recruitment, and onboarding of direct reports.
• Lead a multicultural team of IT professionals with diverse competencies in delivering quality-assured, secure, compliant, and stable IT operations services.
• Ensure that the team meets its operational targets, including service levels, incident response times, and project delivery.
• Manage the day-to-day activities of the team, including scheduling, prioritising, and delegating tasks.
• Act as the primary point of contact for customers and stakeholders, ensuring that their needs are met in a timely and professional manner.
• Together with your team, develop and maintain operational policies, procedures, and documentation.
• Collaborate with other departments to ensure that IT operations are aligned with organisational goals and objectives.
• Continuously seek to improve IT operations processes and procedures to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
• Report on department performance, operational metrics, and other key indicators.

Qualifications

You are looking for your first career step into a managerial position. You are driven by technical and operational challenges and have a strong desire to enable your team to consistently improve and deliver efficient, stable, compliant, and secure services.

You enjoy leading and motivating employees and other stakeholders in times of change and conflicting interests. You are or aspire to be an excellent leader, naturally applying our leadership criteria: Connect people, Accelerate learning and Drive innovation.

Furthermore you bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field (or equivalent work experience)
• Knowledge of IT service management frameworks such as ITIL
• You like to inspire, attract and retain digital talent
• Motivating, energizing and driving team performance brings you satisfaction
• You enjoy communicating and working closely with customers, stakeholders, and team members
• Several years of experience in large-scale Data Centre infrastructure, hosting, or cloud platform operations working with multiple stakeholders
• General technical knowledge in VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), Windows, Linux Server, and storage operations
• Basic understanding of security compliance based on ISO/IEC 27001 (iSMS) international standard in area of IT operations
• You enjoy solving complex problems
• Ability to manage multiple assignments, projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal. Knowledge of the local language in the chosen location (Berlin, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Gliwice, or Katowice) is a plus.

Additional Information

Our offer:

We offer 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.

More information

For further information regarding the recruitment process you are welcome to contact recruiter Folmer Koper +31 638710915.

Please apply before the 17th of June directly with your English CV and cover letter through our website. An assessment will be part of the procedure.

At Vattenfall, we are convinced that striving for diversity helps building a more profitable efficient and attractive company. Therefore, we seek a harmonious balance of employees in terms of gender, age, and ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

Trade union representatives in Sweden (IT) are Sofi Wadström (Akademikerna), Inger Strandberg (Unionen), Christer Gustafsson (Ledarna), Lennart Bengtsson (SEKO). To get in contact with the representatives, please call Vattenfall´s switchboard +46 8 739 50 00.