Head of Innovation

1 month ago

Gentofte Kommune, Denmark Ørsted Full time

Join us in this role where you’ll play a pivotal role to shape and lead this journey by creating Ørsted's competitive edge through new innovations together with a great innovation team.

Welcome to Strategy, Innovation and In-House Consulting
You’ll be part of a bigger team of senior leaders who all report to our SVP- Head of Innovation, Strategy & In-House Consulting. You’ll, together with your colleagues, lead innovation across the organization and be responsible for ensuring a clear innovation strategy, a fine-tuned value-driven innovation portfolio, a clear innovation process, and value-creating delivery of new opportunities to our markets. You’ll also be responsible for building a strong performing team, ensuring strong stakeholder management, clear communication of innovation internally and externally, and fostering an innovation culture that focuses on value creation. As a team, we are driven, curious, and passionate about shaping a better world through green initiatives. We are diverse and work across country borders, and we value people who come with different perspectives.

You’ll play an important role in:

  • Delivering a prioritized portfolio of innovation activities with clearly articulated high-value investments and clear decisions on which activities to prioritize or discontinue.
  • Implementing a clear governance model for how we create value from innovation across Ørsted.
  • Leading and creating a strong innovation management team and driving performance and a value-creating innovation culture.
  • Building strong collaboration across innovation units throughout the organization, as well as reporting to our C-level and board of directors to ensure our innovation activities drive clear value to our business.
  • Building up strong innovation capabilities both within the innovation team as well as in the wider organization.
  • Ensuring Ørsted is investing wisely into the right areas of innovation and deliver the innovation projects that create the highest returns on investment over time.

To succeed in the role, you:

  • Hold an MBA, innovation management degree, or similar, and have several years of innovation leadership experience leading teams that have demonstrated innovation success by bringing impactful projects and businesses to scale in the market.
  • Have expertise in the energy industry or adjacent sector; experience in larger corporations is a plus, and possess strong senior management presence with years of experience in presenting to top management and board of directors.
  • Possess strong collaboration skills and the ability to work in cross-functional contexts and build followership.
  • Have a strong innovation toolkit, not only for personal use but also for the ability to upskill others, and can demonstrate commercial competencies and the ability to write and present business cases.
  • Are a strategic thinker with a strong implementation mindset, excellent stakeholder management, and external relationship-building capabilities.
  • Have excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate complicated topics in an easily digestible manner, paired with experience working in a dynamic international environment.

Join a global leader in renewable energy
Ørsted is a growing green energy major and global leader in climate action. With us, you’ll play a part in driving change towards a green energy future. You’ll grow your talent in a fast-paced and high-growth industry where you have plenty of opportunities to learn and develop through challenging assignments and industry-leading experts. Here, you can perform in a friendly work environment based on trust, respect, and collaboration.

Shape the future with us
Send your application to us as soon as possible. We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we’ve found the right candidate.

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via

Please note that you’re expected to do some traveling in relation to your work, as you’ll have teams in Denmark, the UK, and the US. In your role, you’ll also help our business regions deliver on innovation.

Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country. We don't take applications or inquiries from external recruiters or agencies into account for this position.

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