Business Security Officer

Company Description

Vattenfall is one of Europe’s largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat. Our main markets are Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the UK. The Vattenfall Group has approximately 21 000 employees. We have been electrifying industries, powering homes and transforming life through innovation for more than 100 years.

Job Description

Do you want to contribute to fossil freedom and work within Business Security? Now you have the opportunity!

Business Security Officer (BSO) is a new Nordic level 1st Line of the Defence role within our organisation, located in Solna, Sweden at Vattenfall head office. You will be located in the Strategy & Business Support function within the Nordic Sales organization, Customers & Solutions (C&S) Nordic.

The responsibility of the BSO will be steering and managing security work within our newly set security organization together with line managers, security coordinators, data protection coordinators, system and information owners in our four operating units handling both B2C and B2B customers. You will have strong Customers & Solutions Nordic management team’s support to drive the business-driven security development initiatives and the implementation activities of the group’s Security Management System’s standards & requirements within our operations. To accelerate this, you will have corresponding organisational security structures to support your activities and success. We work aligned with applicable IEC/ISO standards.

As a BSO you will have the responsibility to:

• Govern the corporate security work within C&S Nordic business unit with the emphasis for cyber and information security
• Manage and develop our security operating model, supporting processes and guidelines to meet the business requirements, evolving regulations and to be aligned with the existing Vattenfall Security Management System (SMS)
• Work closely with set security organisation and the business to manage and drive the implementation of security processes, guidelines and controls into our Nordic operations
• Work closely with the C&S Global Security and Personal Data Protection organisation to assure the alignment with the set security objectives, standards and baselines
• Collaborate with 2nd Line of Defence operators, such as Nordic Business Information Security Officer (BISO), the Business Area Security Officer (BASO) and the group Data Protection Officer (DPO)

Qualifications

To be successful in the BSO role, we are expecting you to have experience in:

• Security manager or similar role, including holistic security point of view from cyber and information security, physical security, personnel security, business continuity and data privacy
• Working closely with the management team and business
• ISO/IEC 27001 standard, its implementation and running and developing an ISO based Information and/or security management system
• Supervising and advising people and/or security organisation with the strong “can-do” attitude
• Managing 3rd parties risks such as external vendors and service providers related to security
• Having business driven mindset simultaneously when assuring and understanding compliance management related topics
• Reporting holistic security situational awareness to management team level
• Running the security program and change management accordingly

We are looking for a person who is a doer and independent. You will have a big network in this position and that is why we value good collaboration skills. For this position you need to have communication skills in both Swedish and English.

Additional Information

Our Offer

We offer a challenging and international work environment and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues as ‘Ask and Share’ concept is essential for the way we work. We offer attractive employment conditions (smart working, flexible working hours and a good-work-life balance) and opportunities for personal and professional development. Click here for further information.

Location: Solna, Stockholm, Sweden.

For more information about the position you are welcome to contact hiring manager Leif Sjöberg, +46-70-3229045. For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Kajsa Loman, kajsa.loman@vattenfall.com.

Trade Union representatives in Sweden via Vattenfall´s switchboard +46 8 739 50 00.

Rolf Olsson (Akademikerna), Simon Salomonsson (Unionen), Cecilia Bodin (Ledarna) , Mikael Mukka (SEKO).

We welcome your application in English no later than November 3rd 2024. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website.

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be a 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. Click here for further information.

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.

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!