Bussiness Program Manager PPA and Renewables (f/m/d)

Our Commercial Technology team in Düsseldorf is looking for you!

We are Uniper. At Uniper, we are pro-actively transforming the world of energy whilst at the same time ensuring security of energy supply. As an internationally operating company, we work in very diverse teams with the greatest possible working time flexibility for our employees. Our corporate culture is characterized by equal opportunities, mutual appreciation, and respect. With us, you will be able to develop new business models, work on technological solutions for a modern, sustainable, and future-oriented energy supply as well as pro-actively help to shape changes. Interested? Then we will look forward to meeting you!

Your Responsibilities

1. Support business growth with technology development around Renewables PPA and Green certificates and other commercial initiatives impacting PnL for the PPA and Green Desk.
2. Support the evolution of the PPA IT landscape to be able to support Uniper's new green and flexible power strategy. This includes the front to end Trade and Operational lifecycle across various Uniper supporting functions including Risk, Back office and IT.
3. Develop and maintain strong relationships with commercial trading partners and IT delivery teams to ensure alignment of IT projects with business objectives.
4. Act as primary point of contact for the Trading desks and Uniper's IT departments in all matters related to technology.
5. Close relationship with central program management team.
6. Development of Change roadmap including business prioritization.
7. Steering both IT delivery and cross-functional delivery teams.
8. Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of a portfolio of IT projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and budget.
9. Manage a multi-year transformation Program, including a multi-million EUR budget, ensuring efficient delivery and tracking of resources.
10. Make trade-off decisions to balance product quality, cost, and delivery timelines.
11. Manage business demand and identify synergies in delivery approaches across UK and Continental teams for a cohesive approach.
12. Lead cross-functional teams across diverse geographical locations, fostering a collaborative environment.
13. Implement best practices in project management and continuous improvement initiatives.
14. Implement quality standards for business requirements, processes, to-be designs, and Business Functional test management.
15. Provide regular updates to senior management on project status, risks, and mitigation strategies.
16. Ensure compliance with industry regulations and company policies.

Your Profile

1. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, or related field.
2. Minimum 5-10 years proven experience in program management within the energy sector.
3. Comprehensive understanding of the PPA markets, including their end-to-end processes and the necessary IT infrastructure to facilitate scalability and diversification in both PPA and Certificates products.
4. Strong financial acumen and experience managing large budgets.
5. Excellent leadership skills with the ability to manage and motivate multi-locational teams.
6. Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills with a focus on Senior to Board of Management.
7. Proficient in project management software and tools. PMP, Prince2, or equivalent certification is highly desirable.

Your Benefits

At Uniper, we not only reward our employees with attractive salaries, an excellent company pension, and health-related benefits for their hard work and dedication to shaping the future energy transition. You can also expect a supportive working culture that offers a wide range of creative and innovative ideas. We enable various flexible working arrangements, whilst also supporting with home office equipment.

Through regular training and workshops, together we work towards visualizing yourself in our company as if it were your own. We support you in highlighting your individual potential, achieving your personal goals, and reaching your ambitions. We invite you to become part of our diverse company with international colleagues from more than 80 countries.

As an employer, Uniper has committed itself to providing special support to certain areas:

1. Work-Life Balance / New Normal: Choosing how, where, and when to work in accordance with your team and the requirements of your job.
2. Modern and ergonomic equipment for your workplace (home & office).
3. Support to balance private life and work: Sabbaticals, part-time possibilities, family service.
4. Mobility: Car and bike leasing offer (deferred compensation), E-car charging stations at almost all Uniper locations.
5. Health offers: Flu vaccination, preventive health services, employee assistance program.
6. Company pension: Employer-funded contributions to a modern pension system, possibility of self-funded contributions with employer-funded matching.
7. Trainings: Lifelong training, coaching.

Our employees are the reason for our success. Therefore, you will find many other benefits at the local level to help you reach your potential.

Energy evolutionary wanted!

Your Contact

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at: Thomas Long thomas.long@uniper.energy

Attention! Please apply via the button in this portal. Application documents that reach us by post will not be returned and, like those we receive by e-mail, can unfortunately not be considered!

As an employer, Uniper is committed to diversity and equal opportunities. Therefore, we encourage applications from suitably qualified individuals whose capabilities match the role requirements regardless of gender, origin, disability, age, religion, ideology, sexual identity, or marital status. We live inclusion and support flexible working.