Business Development Manager, Flexibility

About the role 

As a Development manager in the Flexibility Growth -team, you are driving important initiatives that develop our offering towards our customers and the physical electricity markets. The initiatives consist of multiple internal and external stakeholders and sub-initiatives, which you orchestrate towards a competitive offering. The business cases range from consumer solutions, to large industrial customers and power system actors.

Your work is based on understanding different puzzle pieces fit together and form a competitive solution that is repeatable and operatively manageable. While many of the cases are in the forefront of energy system development, they are not R&D anymore, but managed by fully commercial criteria. Thus you need to also have the skills to calculate and tell the story around the financials and the logic of each case.

The role is new, and your input will be valuable in defining its day-to-day activities in practice. Your contributions will directly support Fortum's mission to drive and accelerate the flexibility agenda. By succeeding in this together with the team, you will be enabling the decarbonization and electrification of the energy system as well as adjacent industries.

The position is permanent and located in Espoo, Finland.

About you

• Understanding of energy systems and commodity markets as well as new business development 

• 3+ years of work experience in project management, business development or similar 

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think creatively 

• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English 

• Customer- and growth mindset 

• Relevant academic degree 

We offer you

At Fortum, we believe in a better future and want to be involved in shaping it. Our workplace is a safe place, both physically and mentally. You will grow with professional colleagues, being trusted and free to challenge yourself. We offer comprehensive benefits, flexible working hours, and hybrid work model to support your productivity, development and wellbeing. We are committed to build diverse teams where everyone feels included and is treated equally.

More information about our culture and benefits can be found here.

Interested? 

Submit your application in English via our recruitment tool by 01.12.2024 at the latest. Please note, we might begin screening during the application period already and will hire once the right individual is found.

If you have questions about the position, you can contact the hiring manager: Director, Flexibility Growth, Janne Happonen through e-mail [email protected].

To be selected for the position, the applicant may go through background clearance and a health examination including drug testing. 

We are Fortum

Corporate Customers and Markets business unit (CCM) is responsible for hedging and value creation in both physical and financial power markets and is managing Fortum's power production portfolio as well as supply for Fortum's Consumer Solutions business unit. CCM is also the customer interface for large industrial customers, pursues value through power demand creation in the Nordic market and is responsible for the Group's strategy development.

Fortum is a Nordic energy company. Our purpose is to power a world where people, businesses and nature thrive together. We are one of the cleanest energy producers in Europe and our actions are guided by our ambitious environmental targets. We generate and deliver clean energy reliably and help industries to decarbonise their processes and grow. Our core operations in the Nordics comprise of efficient, CO2-free power generation as well as reliable supply of electricity and district heat to private and business customers. For our ~5 000 employees, we commit to be a safe, and inspiring workplace. Fortum's share is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki. fortum.com