Modelling & Optimisation Product Manager

About the role

BU Offshore in BA Wind is responsible for developing, constructing and operating offshore wind farms. In the department Offshore Development we develop, mature and secure Vattenfallâs offshore pipeline of wind farm projects.

For the Modelling & Optimisation department, we are now looking for a Product Manager who wants to be part of an energetic, committed, and dedicated team with a strong drive to help shape a fossil free future. In Modelling & Optimisation we work in an inclusive and innovative culture towards turning our mission into a reality: to create winning offshore wind farm designs at the click of a button.

The Modelling & Optimisation department is the competence centre for technical and financial modelling of offshore wind farms. We are responsible for further expanding our fully in-house developed wind farm design tools, utilising advanced mathematical optimisation techniques and co-simulation of multiparameter physical models. These models are used to assess and optimise the design of our future offshore wind farms, mastering the full complexity of each component while maintaining a holistic view of the full system.

Responsibilities & Tasks

As a Product Manager within our Modelling & Optimisation Department, you will play a pivotal role in driving the development and refinement of our proprietary wind farm design tools. Your primary responsibility will be to strategize, prioritise, and execute the evolution of these tools, ensuring they remain at the forefront of industry standards.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define product vision, strategy, and roadmap for our wind farm design tools.
• Prioritize features and functionalities based on business impact and user value.
• Work closely with engineering, system design, and technical solution development teams to define and execute the product roadmap.
• Measure and analyse product performance, using data to drive informed decisions and iterations.
• Translate user needs and market trends into actionable product requirements.
• Facilitate timely delivery and roll-out of new models as well as updates of existing models in close collaboration with the Lead Architect and Tech Lead in the department.
• Development of our industry-leading design tools and techno economical modelling of the innovative technologies we use to build the future energy system
• Professionalizing the software design for quality assurance, efficiency and user experience.
• Creating efficient and automated data interfaces to other departments.
• You will work closely together with modelling experts in an agile environment.
• Your work will drive the direction of our energy system designs and guide our business decisions, as well as making it possible to evaluate new technologies on product, system and park level.

Education/Qualification

• MSc degree (or equal) in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Both oral and written fluency in English is a requirement.
• You can keep critical details and their impacts on a sub-system in check while also being able to take the big view on how the sub-system integrates and interacts with a much bigger system.

Experience

• At least 5 years of experience in managing the development of models and software with a high level of complexity.
• Experience with DevOps best practices and agile project management methods (Scrum, Kanban).
• Experience with design of wind farms and energy systems.

Skills, knowledge, strengths

• You show initiative, can cope with uncertainty, and can both challenge and support the people around you.
• You have a can-do mentality and can combine this with an analytical and structured approach while working on many things at the same time. You quickly pick up new skills and enjoy continuous learning and improvement.
• You have an innovative mind-set and can see yourself working in a department where we value entrepreneurship, a pragmatic approach and helpfulness in our daily work. One of your strengths is to bridge different points of view and find a common ground without compromising the right solution.
• You have a positive mindset and think in solutions rather than in problems. Furthermore, you thrive in complex, international/intercultural and interdisciplinary environments

Location

The role will be based in our office either in Amsterdam (NL) or Kolding (DK). Regular travel to other Vattenfall offices will be required.

We offer
We offer you a challenging and independent job in an informal working environment and an opportunity to drive innovation in the renewable energy sector. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues as âAsk and Shareâ concept is essential for the way we work. We offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development

Additional Information
For more information about the position you are welcome to contact Head of Modelling & Optimisation, Tom Willems; tom.willems@vattenfall.com

For more information about the recruitment process, feel free to contact Senior Recruiter Markus Rutz, markus.rutz@vattenfall.de

We welcome your application in English, including CV and Cover Letter (stating your motivation) no later than 15th of April 2024. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website.  

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation.

Our organization:
Energy is our contribution to quality of life â day after day. With around 20,000 colleagues Vattenfall provides comprehensive electricity and heating offerings to several million customers in northern Europe. For the work ahead we need people who are fully dedicated to our customers and to a sustainable society â people like you.

We look forward to receiving your application

Vattenfall is a leading European energy company driving the transition to a sustainable energy system. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming life through innovation for more than 100 years and now have a mission of working for fossil freedom. We employ around 20,000 people mostly in our core markets in Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the UK.