Senior Vice President Head of Performance Management

Statkraft has been making clean energy possible for over a century. Unrivaled pioneering spirit and a strong commitment towards a more sustainable future. That’s what we offer. Today, we are Europe’s largest renewable energy producer and employ more than 7.000 colleagues in 20+ countries around the world. Our vision is clear - to renew the way the world is powered. But there is more work to be done and that is why we need you to help us.

The Senior Vice President, Head of Performance Management leads Statkraft's group-wide planning, forecasting, performance management and financial decision support activities. The position provides forward-looking insight and analysis that enables stronger business performance, supports disciplined capital allocation and enhances decision-making across one of Europe's leading renewable energy companies.

Reporting to the EVP CFO and serving as a member of the CFO Leadership Team, the SVP Performance Management acts as a strategic adviser to the CFO and Corporate Management on financial performance, value creation, resource allocation and the implications of major business decisions. The position ensures that planning processes, investment decisions and performance discussions are underpinned by transparent, comparable and decision-relevant analysis, enabling the organisation to make informed choices in an increasingly dynamic and complex energy market.

The position sits at the centre of Statkraft's performance management framework and plays a critical role in strengthening accountability, improving financial transparency and supporting long-term value creation across the Group. Working closely with Business Areas, asset owners, project organisations and corporate functions, the SVP Performance Management will help shape strategic priorities, challenge assumptions, assess trade-offs and drive a performance-oriented culture focused on operational excellence, capital efficiency and sustainable growth.

The Performance Management function has recently been strengthened through the integration of Financial Investment Review and Investment Analysis capabilities into a single organisation. As a result, the position provides a unique platform to influence Statkraft's strategic direction by bringing together planning, performance management, investment decision support and financial insight under one leadership mandate.

The successful candidate will play a central role in ensuring that capital is allocated effectively, investment opportunities are assessed consistently and the Group's financial resources are directed towards the highest-value opportunities. For an experienced finance leader, this represents an opportunity to operate at the heart of Statkraft's strategic decision-making processes and contribute.

          Performance Management, Risk and Business analysis

• Lead group-wide planning, forecasting and target-setting processes
• Own performance management and performance follow-up across the Group
• Deliver forward-looking analysis of value creation, financial and operational performance, and long-term financial capacity
• Advise Corporate Management on performance, trade-offs, resource allocation and the financial implications of major business decisions
• Lead scenario analysis and long-range planning to support decision-making under uncertainty
• Strengthen efficiency orientation in planning, performance discussions and performance follow-up
• Ensure a well-designed performance and risk management process with clear interfaces towards other group processes
• Own Performance management standards, methodologies and key assumptions across planning and investment analysis
• Ensure consistency, transparency and comparability of financial decision material
• Integrate financial risk into planning, forecasting and investment decision-making processes
• Establish governance principles for Performance management processes and outputs
• Drive continuous improvement of methods, benchmarks and decision frameworks
• Define business requirements for Performance management data, tools and analytics capabilities

• Capital Allocation & Investment Decision Support
• Ensure capital allocation decisions are supported by consistent and comparable financial analysis
• Lead financial decision support for major investment opportunities, including greenfield developments, acquisitions and strategic projects
• Ensure investment cases are assessed on equal terms and in line with Statkraft's investment principles
• Support governance processes and decision gates with high-quality financial decision material
• Provide financial insight into strategic decisions, return analysis and portfolio trade-offs
  
  
  Business Partnership & Organisational Leadership
• Act as a trusted finance partner to Business Areas, asset owners and project organisations
• Challenge assumptions and improve the quality and relevance of decision support
• Foster collaboration across Finance, including Financial and Sustainability Reporting, Corporate finance, Strategy & Transformation and GBS
• Build and lead a high-performing organisation focused on performance, accountability and business partnership
• Develop organisational capability, succession pipelines and future leadership capacity

Statkraft is seeking a highly accomplished finance leader with a strong combination of strategic insight, analytical rigour and commercial judgement. The successful candidate will bring deep experience in financial planning, performance management and investment decision support, together with the leadership capabilities required to influence complex decision-making across a large international organisation.

Experience and Qualifications

• Master's degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration or a related discipline
• Significant senior leadership experience in Performance management, Group Finance, Corporate Finance, Investment Analysis or related disciplines
• Strong experience in financial planning, forecasting, performance management and business analysis
• Deep understanding of capital allocation, valuation methodologies, financial decision frameworks and scenario analysis
• Experience supporting complex investment decisions, strategic business cases and resource allocation processes
• Strong commercial judgement and the ability to assess opportunities across diverse markets, businesses and regulatory environments
• Experience operating within large industrial, infrastructure, energy or similarly complex organisations
• Demonstrated success leading and developing high-performing teams

Leadership Profile
The successful candidate will be a strategic and intellectually curious leader who combines broad business perspective with strong analytical discipline. They will be recognised as a trusted adviser capable of influencing senior stakeholders, challenging assumptions constructively and translating complex analysis into clear business recommendations.

The individual will possess strong commercial acumen, excellent communication skills and the ability to build trusted relationships across Corporate Management, Business Areas and Finance leadership teams. They will bring a continuous improvement mindset and a commitment to strengthening performance, accountability and value creation across the organisation.
 

What we offer 

• Unlimited learning opportunities at various levels of the organization 
• The chance to grow your career alongside a truly global network of experts, leaders, specialists, and graduates from different countries and backgrounds 
• The opportunity to work somewhere with pride, and be able to honestly say “My work is contributing to saving the planet” 
• A work culture that puts emphasis on the individual, offering flexible working solutions, and work-life balance principles 
• Statkraft offers competitive terms of employment and benefit schemes, and we’re a trusted employer that puts the safety of our people first. We believe that a safe and healthy working environment is a matter of choice, not chance 

Statkraft manages critical infrastructure and services in several countries. The applicant must be eligible for security clearance and authorization. 

Statkraft's vision is to renew the way the world is powered. To navigate the complex journey ahead, we need every voice at the table. We therefore work actively to be a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcome all applicants regardless of background, gender, age, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnicity, nationality or disability. 

Application deadline: August 24th, 2026 

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Why join us

We promise, that here with us, you will build a better way. You will take ownership for projects, you will collaborate across boundaries, you will embrace new skills, guide and be surrounded by some of the smartest people in the industry. Together we lead the energy transition to ensure a more sustainable future for our customers, society and future generations. Together, let’s renew the way the world is powered by building a better way.