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About the Company

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 United Kingdom. The Vattenfall Group employs approximately 21,000 people. For over a hundred years, we have electrified industries, supplied energy to homes, and transformed lives through innovation.

About the Role

Do you want a meaningful job where you contribute to making a real difference for society and our future energy supply? We are now looking for a Senior Security Officer with a focus on security protection and governance. We offer an exciting and developmental opportunity to work on protecting Swedish infrastructure and energy supply.

You will become part of Vattenfall's security organization, Corporate Security & Resilience, which leads and coordinates security and resilience work within the Group. With high competence, we support the company with strategic decisions, governance, and continuously drive and develop the company's work. The organization is a holistic, modern, flexible, and agile security function with extensive knowledge of the security political situation in the external environment as well as Vattenfall's role in Sweden's and Europe's energy supply.

You will report to the Director Security Regulation & Supervision.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Group Governance within the area of security protection (personnel security, physical security, and information security) within our Group Security Management System.
• Develop, coordinate, and follow up on work regarding security protection and supervision issues by driving or participating in various projects, investigations, or working groups.
• Act as an advisor to the security protection organizations in our subsidiaries.
• Play an active role in our Group-wide security protection forum.
• Actively participate in our monitoring & influencing process where we analyze upcoming legislative changes and write consultation responses related to the security area, primarily security protection.
• Conduct internal audits and internal controls focused on security protection, NIS, and CER within the Group.
• Support the Vattenfall Group during authority supervision within the NIS/CER and security protection areas.
• Stay updated and have good knowledge of best practices within the industry, legal requirements, and how the geopolitical landscape affects the company, customers, and the energy sector.

Requirements

We are looking for someone who has:

• Several years of documented experience working with security protection at a strategic level, as well as practical application of laws and regulations regarding personnel security, information security, and physical security.
• An academic degree, preferably in law or security protection, or equivalent work experience.
• Current and good knowledge of the laws and regulations governing security protection work, preferably including NIS & CER legislation.

Merits:

• Experience with information security within security protection.
• Experience as a Security Protection Officer or Deputy Security Protection Officer.
• Experience from the energy sector or other critical infrastructure.
• Experience from both the private and public sectors.

We place great emphasis on your personal qualities. You will work in a security-sensitive operation that places high demands on both integrity and security awareness. You will collaborate with several different stakeholders, so we are looking for someone who enjoys working with others. To succeed in the role, we see that you are structured and meticulous. We value your communication skills, and you have experience producing texts and materials in both Swedish and English.

Additional Information

We Offer

In addition to helping shape the smart energy society of the future, we offer a developmental and varied job with many contact points. For us at Vattenfall, it is important that work and private life have a good balance; therefore, we offer flexibility in work and the possibility to work from home when needed. We also have a number of other employee benefits, such as reduced working hours, favorable occupational pension agreements, and parental leave supplements. Read more about our benefits here.

Location: Solna, Stockholm

For more information about the position, contact recruiting manager Anneli Forslund, [email protected]. For questions about the recruitment process, contact recruiter Kajsa Loman, [email protected].

Union representatives are Marika Westman (Akademikerna), Anders Bohlin (Unionen), Christer Gustafsson (Ledarna), Juha Siipilehto, or Robert Lönnqvist (SEKO). You can reach all of them via Vattenfall's switchboard, 08-739 50 00.

Apply by August 12, 2026. Selection and interviews will begin in August. We only accept applications via our website. We do not accept cover letters. Apply quickly and easily by answering selection questions and attaching your CV.

At Vattenfall, we value being active, positive, open, and security-conscious. We seek employees who share our vision and can contribute to strengthening our corporate culture. We are convinced that diversity contributes to building a more profitable and attractive company and strive to be good role models regarding diversity. Vattenfall actively works to ensure that all employees have the same opportunities and rights regardless of age, ethnic or cultural background, gender, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or disability. Read more about how we work with diversity and inclusion here.

Since the security of Vattenfall and its employees is crucial, we conduct a "pre-employment screening" before every employment. These checks are based on the role you will fill within Vattenfall.

Working within Vattenfall means working with socially critical infrastructure. Therefore, many of our positions are security-classified, and you may be assigned to wartime duties. If the position is security-classified, a security investigation will be conducted before employment, in accordance with the Security Protection Act. Any wartime assignment takes place with support from the employment contract and the Law on Total Defense Duty.

We look forward to your application!