Digital & AI Lead, Heating & Cooling Nordics

About the role

In this role, you will be responsible for boosting the overall digitalisation level and hands on use of AI in the Heating & Cooling Nordics business, covering customers (sales and marketing), operations and maintenance, production and projects/product development. The role bridges business, data and IT and is accountable for turning use cases into real business solutions.

This position can be located in Espoo, Finland or Solna, Sweden.

You will:

• Drive and own the Heating & Cooling Nordics digital and AI roadmap, ensuring alignment with business strategy.
• Identify and prioritize digital and AI initiatives across the value chain, translating business needs into clear requirements for delivery teams.
• Deliver solutions hands-on by prototyping, configuring, and co-developing with IT, data teams and business stakeholders.
• Develop and operationalize AI use cases in close collaboration with production experts, ensuring readiness for real operations.
• Work closely with our data manager and data experts by ensuring data availability, quality, and governance as a foundation for AI, with understanding of key systems (e.g. OT/SCADA, CMMS, ERP).
• Act as the unifying link across business and enabling functions (IT, data, procurement, finance), supporting responsible managers and ensuring scalable and compliant solutions.
• Track and realize business value from initiatives by defining KPIs, building cases, and driving continuous improvement.
• Lead change and capability building by embedding tools into daily work and promoting a data-driven culture.
• Stay on top of digital and AI trends in the energy sector and drive pilots with clear paths to scale.

About you

To succeed and thrive in this role, we see that you bring:

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Analytics, Industrial Engineering, or similar.
• Proven experience delivering end-to-end digital/AI initiatives in operational environments; product ownership or project leadership experience is a must.
• Solid hands-on skills in data and analytics (e.g. BI/dashboarding), with understanding of data integration (APIs, ETL/ELT) and industrial systems (e.g. OT/SCADA, CMMS, ERP).
• Experience deploying analytics/AI to production (e.g. MLOps, CI/CD, containerization) and familiarity with cloud data/AI services is a plus. Ability to prototype solutions with IT/data teams is highly valued.
• Fluent skills in English. Finnish or Swedish skills will be considered an advantage.

As a person, you bring strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to bridge business, operations, data, and IT. You can translate needs into clear requirements, priorities, and KPIs, and collaborate effectively with experts, managers and central enabling functions. You are hands-on and possess strong change leadership capabilities - driving training, communication, and embedding tools into daily routines. Additionally, you apply a structured approach to business cases, value tracking, and benefits realization.

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 latest on 25th of May. We start contacting suitable candidates already during the application period. If you have questions and would like to hear more about the position, please contact Ulla Leppä (Director, Customers) via email at ulla.leppa@fortum.com.

To be selected for the position, the applicant must go through background clearance and a health examination including drug testing. Contact details to union representatives can be found on the bottom of this page.

We are Fortum

Fortum is a Nordic energy company. We generate and deliver reliable energy to our customers and the Nordic energy system while at the same time helping industries decarbonise their processes and grow. Our core operations comprise efficient and best-in-class low-carbon power generation, customer services, and heating and cooling. Fortum’s power generation is already 99% from renewable or nuclear sources with one of the lowest specific CO2-emissions in Europe. We are guided by our ambitious SBTi-validated emission reduction targets on our way towards net-zero by 2040. For our ~4,500 employees, we commit to be a safe and inspiring workplace. Fortum's share is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki. fortum.com