Project manager and business developer within Datacenter- and energysystems - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Do you want to develop the sustainable energy and data center systems of the future together with us? Do you want to see green and reliable systems applied in society and industry? Are you enthusiastic and like to turn an idea into an experiment and understanding and like to work closely with international partners and customers? Then you can be the person we are looking for!

Our ICE Data center unit is growing and we continue to expand our team in Luleå. Therefore, we are now looking for you who are a project manager, business developer or equivalent with a great interest in energy systems, data center systems, business relations and project management in international projects and who are ready for your next development step.

About the role
Our operations in Luleå have Europe's leading and largest laboratory for tests and experiments for data centers, AI and related systems. Here, we work together with our partners and customers from both industry and academia to develop sustainable and energy-efficient data center systems for cloud services, telecom, IT infrastructure for AI and industry. As a project manager and business developer in our team, you get the opportunity to work in a growing and leading institute with great development opportunities. You will be an important team player in a committed team with high competence and which values ​​working in close collaboration, both within the team and with our partners and customers.

In your role as project manager and business developer in energy systems and data centers for AI, HPC and Big data, you will mainly work with projects and business relationships in an international context, energy solutions and services for companies in data centers and related systems and development of new ideas for the combination of data centers and energy systems in industrial symbiosis. For these areas, you will work with development and lead research and innovation projects in the integration between energy systems and data centers and other industries that need residual products or results from data centers. The projects include energy issues, data center technology, data analysis and IT software systems.

By leading projects, developing business relationships and participating in developing solutions and strategies for energy systems and data centers, you contribute to the development of Swedish industry so that it is at the forefront internationally and can meet the needs of customers and other stakeholders.

The assignments have great variety, which brings new exciting opportunities every week. In your role, you also have contact with our customers and partners, and we believe that you look forward to being one of the organization's external faces in energy systems and data centers. Your most important tasks are mainly to:

• Develop the RISE ICE Datacenter offering by working with business and concept development
• Experimentally in a leading and coaching role develop data center systems in projects together with colleagues.
• Together with the research leader and senior researchers, develop new ideas and put them into practice.
• Work with international contacts to develop RISE ICE data center services and projects.

Who are you?
As a project manager and business developer with us, we believe that you are a passionate and solution-oriented person who likes to take on new opportunities. As the role involves contact with customers, international partners and other stakeholders, we believe that you thrive in social contexts and like to transform ideas into practical use and understanding. Through your understanding and flexible way of working, you come to your right in an environment that is dynamic.

You have a master's degree in engineering or equivalent, preferably with a focus on energy and / or IT systems. It is an advantage if you have a few years' work experience, primarily in research, service or product development and project management. We would like to see a PhD but is not a requirement. We are also open to civil engineers who have worked with other things before or after graduation with the right educational background, high goals and great passion. As our partners are both in and outside Sweden, we see that you have a good ability to express yourself in speech and writing in both Swedish and English.

Are we right for each other?
At RISE, we like different and we are convinced that diversity contributes to an innovative environment where we together challenge boundaries and develop new knowledge for the future. With us, passionate problem solvers meet to solve some of the world's most important, and perhaps fun, problems. We can not promise you an easy job, but what we can promise you is a bunch of committed colleagues and some really exciting societal and industrial challenges to tackle. You will work in a dynamic environment that gives you development opportunities both professionally and personally. With us, you get the opportunity to make a real difference. Welcome to the research institute and innovation partner for the entire of Swedish.

Do you want to know more?
Welcome to contact Tor Björn Minde, unit manager, 070–6242959. The last day to apply is 30 Juni 2021. Interviews will take place on an ongoing basis during the application period.

Our union representatives are Ingemar Petermann, Swedish Engineers 010-228 41 22 and Linda Ikatti, Union 010-516 51 61.

We kindly ask external recruitment companies and salespeople not to contact us as we are governed by the Swedish Procurement Act.