Head of Security & Resilience

Company Description

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 21 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission. 

Business Area (BA) Markets’ role in Vattenfall is to maximize the value of the overall portfolio by optimizing and dispatching, hedging, and sourcing for Vattenfall's sales and generation volumes. We serve as Vattenfall’s single access to energy commodity markets and trade electricity, emissions, fuels, freight, and renewable certificates. We employ around 500 professionals who are active across Europe with offices in Sweden, Germany, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.

In BA Markets the mission of the Unit OU Operations is to drive the digital transformation. OU Operations consists of diverse and highly skilled employees from more than 20 countries. We work internationally from our locations in Stockholm, Hamburg and Amsterdam.

We have a culture of care and growth. You will collaborate with inspiring people around you, on complex and interesting topics. Together, we drive the energy transition.

Job Description

At Vattenfall, we don’t just “do energy”, we exist to help our customers power their lives in ever climate smarter ways. If you are looking for interesting challenges and the opportunity to be part of this change, then join our diverse and talented team and make a difference.

Our Operational Unit (OU) Operations is looking for the right person to fill the position as

Head of Security & Resilience

for our offices in Hamburg and Stockholm. 

About the Security & Resilience Function

The Security & Resilience unit is part of the Change Efficiency & Effectiveness (CEE) department, which serves as the central hub for managing change initiatives, driving the Agile transformation, and overseeing the Security function within BA Markets.

The CEE department consists of three units:

• Initiative Management & Planning
• Business Analysis & Enablement
• Security & Resilience

The Security & Resilience function is responsible for owning, developing, and implementing the local (BA-level) Security Management System, which builds on the Group Security Management System and follows a risk-based approach.

Our work is guided by the Security Management Cycle, through which we develop and execute an annual Security Plan based on identified and prioritised risks. This plan helps us progress toward our long-term strategic security objectives and vision.

We cover all aspects of security and resilience relevant to BA Markets and operate in accordance with several key regulations, including Protective Security, NIS-2, CER, KRITIS, and NCCS.

A core part of our role is to support and advise change initiatives within the Business Area on security-related topics—such as security sensitivity and risk assessments—and to propose appropriate mitigation measures.

Your key responsibilities:

• Own and continuously develop the Local Management System for BA Markets.
• Lead and strengthen the Security & Resilience function within the business area.
• Develop and implement a risk-based Security Plan aligned with both Group and BA Security & Resilience objectives, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations.
• Drive security awareness initiatives across the organisation.
• Plan and deliver regular training and awareness sessions on Business Continuity and Crisis Management.
• Ensure active engagement in Group Security Forums and represent BA Markets effectively.
• Collaborate closely with the Director of Change Efficiency & Effectiveness, who also serves as the Business Area Security Officer (BASO).
• Lead and support a team of six employees based in Stockholm and Hamburg, fostering professional growth and collaboration.

Qualifications

Your profile:

• Strong and broad expertise in the field of Security and Resilience.
• Proven experience in working systematically and risk-based with Security Management Systems.
• A skilled people manager with a genuine interest in leading and developing experienced, senior colleagues.
• Excellent networking and collaboration skills, enabling you to build strong relationships across Business Areas, with Group functions, and external stakeholders such as authorities.

Additional Information

We welcome your application in English, no later than 11th of June 2025. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website. 

For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our Recruiter Jil Ungethüm via phone at +49 40 79022 1378. 

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.

The trade union representatives in Sweden can be reached via Vattenfall´s switchboard +46 8 739 50 00. Sven-Gunnar Gremlin, Akademikerna and Anders Bohlin, Unionen.

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party, called Validata. In addition, a certificate of good conduct (i.e. criminal record certificate) is required for certain positions.

Since Vattenfall is a part of the Swedish critical infrastructure, many of our services are security classed. If this position is security classed the final candidates might be subjected to a security vetting process, according to the Swedish legislation. 

We look forward to receiving your application!