Senior Manager, Energy Asset PMO

We offer you a chance to play an important role in shaping how projects are executed throughout our organisation, here you will gain exposure across Fortum’s diverse business areas and gain a unique vantage point into the inner workings of Fortum—from high-level strategy to the fine details of operational processes. In this role you can work from our offices in Espoo Finland or Solna Sweden.

About the role
Here, you will play a critical role in shaping Fortum’s project execution framework. This position is designed for a strategic doer who can execute and harmonise processes across multiple business units, ensuring consistency, transparency, and efficiency in project delivery.

Energy Asset PMO exists not only to streamline and standardize practices but also to provide top leadership with the reliable, consolidated information they need to make informed strategic decisions. By driving project governance and implementing robust KPIs, you will enable data-driven insights that influence decisions at the highest level of the organization. Your work will directly impact how projects are delivered across Fortum’s energy asset portfolio, giving you a unique opportunity to shape operational excellence while gaining exposure to diverse business areas and complex projects.

At Fortum, we are committed to driving project excellence and innovation across our energy asset portfolio.

Key responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

• Implement Project Management KPIs across Business Units and Business Areas, ensuring portfolio-level alignment, transparency, and comparability.
• Harmonize project execution practices across Fortum Energy Assets.
• Drive cultural adoption of harmonised PMO practices and foster a mindset shift across Fortum’s business units.
• Support capability building through PM training programmes and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Support scenario-based investment planning and governance processes.
• Take ownership of Energy Asset PMO key processes, including reporting, risk tracking, performance reviews and benchmark against industry standards.
• Proactively monitor projects, risks, and contractor performance using advanced analytics.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration and knowledge sharing across project teams.

About you
You have experience in developing and executing processes and PMO initiatives. A seasonal hands-on doer that is strategic and ensures there is KPI consistency and data-driven decisions in your work. Previously you have focused on implementing strategic actions and driving harmonisation while enhancing governance and adopting best practices to improve performance.

You are comfortable in a pivotal role when shaping our PMO practices and ensuring successful delivery of strategic initiatives.

Other things we think you have in order to succeed in this role:  

• Higher degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Project Management or related field.
• Several years of experience in Project Management and/or Operational Excellence processes in energy infrastructure or asset-heavy industries.
• Experience with project management and agile methodologies (e.g., PMI-PMP, Six Sigma, Agile/Scrum, PRINCE2).
• Proven experience in project management and PMO governance at a strategic level.
• Strong ability to implement harmonization and change management across diverse business units and demonstrated ability to persist and maintain focus in challenging environments, effectively navigating organisational resistance to ensure successful adoption of PMO practices.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, stakeholder management, influencing and coordination skills in order to work with all levels of management, personnel, and cross-functional teams in the organization.
• Self-driven individual – Able to drive ideas independently and challenge the status quo.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications with strong data visualisation skills in Power BI; familiarity with AI tools and technologies is considered a significant advantage.
• Fluency in English is essential; proficiency in Finnish and/or Swedish is considered a strong advantage.

We offer you 
At Fortum, you can take an active role in driving the change for a cleaner world. We embrace a culture of openness, mutual trust, and care for everyone’s wellbeing, which we believe leads to better results. Flexibility is the new normal, and we apply a hybrid way of working wherever possible. Working at Fortum means exciting opportunities to develop your expertise and create a unique career path, with support on your professional journey. We believe diversity and inclusion inspire all of us to innovate and grow together, and we are committed to building teams where everyone feels included and is treated equally.

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

Espoo office is a smoke-free workplace.

Interested?
If you are ready to take on this exciting challenge, please submit your application via our recruitment tool at the latest on 2nd of January 2026. We may start contacting suitable candidates already during the application period. But due to upcoming holidays we will start conducting interviews in the beginning of 2026. If you have questions and would like to hear more about the position, please contact Carlos Tejada via email at carlos.tejada@fortum.com with subject “Energy Asset PMO Vacancy”.

Contact details to union representatives in Sweden can be found on the bottom of this page.

Please note that to be selected for the position, the applicant must successfully complete background clearance and a health examination including drug testing.

We are Fortum
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