Senior VPP Implementation Manager

Company Description

Statkraft has been making clean energy possible for over a century. That is what we offer. 125 years of unrivalled expertise in supplying the world with what it needs most. We envision a world that runs entirely on renewable energy. Because in the fight against climate change, we do not see renewable energy as part of the solution – we believe it must be the solution. With us, you will shape a career that is truly forward-facing with many amazing opportunities and offerings to match. 

But there’s more work to be done – that’s why we need you to join us. 

The Cross Functional Optimisation (MEX) unit drives optimisation of Energy Management processes across business units and geographies, supporting Statkraft’s commercial strategy. MEX creates value by improving core processes and ensuring Energy Management evolves in line with market and digital developments. 

MEX  delivers business Services such as commercial analysis, citizen development, and co-development, supporting optimisation and automated flexibility trading, intermittent production forecasting, and market access for 3rdparty customers. MEX also holds business capability ownership for digital solutions in Energy Management, leading daily collaboration between M and IT and ensuring digitalisation efforts align with strategic objectives and value creation. 

MEXD (Distributed Energy Process Optimization team) owns and drives digital business capabilities for Energy Management across the asset value chain, including platforms for distributed energy resources (e.g., wind, solar, BESS, Hydrogen, eBoilers etc) and Virtual Power Plants. Collaborate with business and IT, ensuring end-to-end development, strategic alignment, and continuous evolution of digital solutions to maximize value creation. 

A Virtual Power Plant (VPP) is a centralised system that controls, aggregates and manages distributed energy resources (DERs)—such as wind, solar, batteries, hydrogen etc—into a single, high-performance energy portfolio that operates as one power plant. A Virtual Power Plant consists of energy management processes and operates within an ecosystem of internally and externally developed IT systems. 

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Senior Virtual Power Plant Implementation Manager who will help bridge the gap between business strategy, commercial direction, and Virtual Power Plant (VPP) implementation. Thereby, you will play a vital role in shaping and managing the Virtual Power Plant portfolio and ensuring it continuously supports Energy Management business strategy while remaining competitive across markets and countries. 

Your work will be in the centre of these activities and you will be given responsibility from day one. As part of MEXD, you will: 

• Own VPP business needs and business direction and work with business and IT within the VPP ecosystem 
• Provide hands-on business expertise and work closely with VPP users (eg energy traders, commercial analysts etc) 
• Drive continuous benchmarking of VPP market solutions and vendor value 
• Represent business requirements during implementation, ensuring what is built and configured serves the business 
• Validate that delivered solutions meet business needs and value 
• Support VPP knowledge transfer, documentation and operational follow-up 
• Flag commercial and business-continuity risk in the vendor landscape from a business standpoint 
• Bring cost and value transparency into the Service Cost Allocation Model 

Qualifications

• University degree in engineering, natural sciences or business 
• Ability to summarize and solve problems in a fast and efficient way 
• Relevant experience in energy management 
• Technical understanding of VPP systems would be an advantage 
• Strong understanding of business processes, commercial models and VPP market environments 
• Experience translating business needs into structured requirements and implementation activities 
• Strong cross-team collaboration and stakeholder management skills with an ability to effectively influence decisions, direction and outcomes 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills 
• Strong process design and automation mindset to enable lean and scalable process solutions 
• Ability to assess business value, commercial opportunities and risks across supplier landscapes 
• Excellent communication skills in English 
• Experience working in agile and cross-functional environments is considered an advantage  

Additional Information

• Project experience in a company strongly growing in its industry 
• A positive working environment characterised by competence, responsibility and innovation 
• A diverse workplace with regard to gender, age and cultural background 
• Competitive terms of employment and excellent benefit schemes 
• Being part of a company proudly certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ 

Statkraft manages critical infrastructure and services in several countries. For some specific roles we might have to conduct another round of background checks on qualified applicants before hire. This may include a conflicts of interest statement from candidates.