Lead Portfolio Manager to Support the Green Energy Transition

Nordic RCC is a fast-developing company providing regional power system planning data and security analysis to support the national Transmission System Operators of Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark - to ensure the efficient operation of the Nordic Power System and high security of power supply at any time, with a vision of green transition.

Right now, we are looking for a Lead Portfolio Manager who likes making a difference!

Job description

As a Lead Portfolio Manager, you will join a team of skilled colleagues and contribute to Nordic RCC ambitious goals of green transition together with our owners in the 4 nordic countries.

The Portfolio team is sitting in the PMO organization, together with Nordic Project Support team and the local project management team. You will report directly to the Head of PMO and have a close collaboration with the Senior Portfolio Manager and the local project management group, as well as the leadership team, Finance, and the manager of the Nordic Project Support team in PMO.

Responsibilities

Your tasks will include:

Portfolio management

• Drive continuous optimization of the Nordic RCC project portfolio with a focus on efficiency and strategic alignment.
• Lead financial budgeting and long-term planning in close collaboration with Finance.
• Deliver monthly portfolio reporting, including dependency tracking, to the leadership team and relevant stakeholders.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Coordination

• Foster collaboration between internal and external stakeholders to enhance efficiency and ensure continuous project execution.
• Act as the central point of contact for project-related inquiries from local project managers and teams.
• Maintain a comprehensive overview of project dependencies and support departments in addressing organizational challenges related to products, processes, and resources.

Governance & Best Practices

• Own and maintain the project Stage-Gate model, including governance structures and project management guidance.
• Ensure best practices are documented and prepare evidence for future audits.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying inefficiencies, standardizing processes, and enhancing project governance within the PMO.

Tools & Processes

• Oversee portfolio and resource management processes and tools, ensuring they support strategic decision-making and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Hold a master’s degree in mathematics, economics, engineering, or a related field.
• Are proficient in English, both written and spoken. Additional languages are a plus.
• Exhibit strong problem-solving skills and the ability to make data-driven decisions.
• Value teamwork and have a collaborative mindset.
• Respectful of agreements, deadlines, other people’s time and ideas, and listening to customer needs.
• Structured in your work and approach to tasks, working in an orderly manner.
• Strong interpersonal skills

Requirements

• Have significant experience (more than 5-10 years) as a Project Portfolio Manager or similar within the European renewable energy sector.
• You bring a strong financial background and analytical mindset, enabling you to lead long-term planning and budgeting in close collaboration with Finance. Your financial insights make you a trusted advisor to the leadership team.
• You like to prepare management reports, presentations and follow up on activities.
• You like to gain and share knowledge/experience of various portfolio methods and processes.
• Have experience with both portfolio management and project management
• Knowledge of implementing IT solutions.

Employment conditions

You will join a company of competent, diverse, and enthusiastic colleagues. We are currently more than 24 nationalities with more than 30% women (striving to improve this balance) and all ages.

Your daily workplace will be in our newly furnished office premises in Copenhagen Towers, Ørestad. We are offering workplace flexibility to ensure a healthy work-life balance including the possibility for working from home some of your worktime. 

Our values of fellowship, curiosity, respect, and transparency have been defined by all employees. They identify how we behave and shape the way we work together, and we expect you to see yourself in them.

The position is conditioned upon a satisfactory background check as well as a national security clearance, both of which will be facilitated by Nordic RCC. You can read more on security clearance here. Please also note that the process includes any spouse, registered partner, cohabitant, steady partner, co-resident, child over 18 living at home and parent with the same address as the candidate must also consent to provide information to the same extent as the candidate for security clearance.

Application deadline and contact information

Please apply online as soon as possible (in English) and no later than 15 December 2025. We may conduct interviews on a continuous basis.

If any questions, please contact Head of PMO, Signe Uhre Guldfeldt by writing an email to sgu@nordic-rcc.net

To ensure a fair and unbiased recruitment process, we kindly request that you do not include photographs in your CVs or application materials.