Security Manager for R&D

Are you an experienced security professional ready to take on a key role within Vattenfall Research & Development? This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of security, innovation and technology development, in an environment helping to shape the future energy system. As Security Manager, you will lead and develop the security agenda across R&D, working closely with management, project teams, laboratories and asset owners. The role combines strategic security work with practical support across a broad range of security areas.

About the job
As Security Manager for Research & Development (R&D), you will be the most senior security professional within Staff Function R&D. You report to the Vice President R&D and functionally to the Staff Function Security Lead within Corporate Security & Resilience (CS&R). You will also work closely with the R&D Management Team, the R&D Protective Security Administrator and security specialists across Vattenfall. 

The position combines the role of R&D Security Manager with duties within protective security for R&D. You will lead the security agenda across R&D, from governance and risk reporting to practical support for projects, laboratories and asset owners. The focus is security and protective security. 

Your key responsibilities 

• Own and further develop R&D’s security governance, annual security programme and implementation plan, aligned with Vattenfall requirements. 

• Act as R&D’s Security Officer and coordinate protective security work, including analyses, plans, measures and follow-up. 

• Maintain an integrated security and resilience risk picture for R&D and report priorities, gaps and mitigation progress to the R&D Management Team and central security function. 

• Coordinate R&D’s overall security strategy, information security and cybersecurity priorities in close cooperation with the Staff Function Security Lead, BISO and BITSO, ensuring appropriate protection of R&D’s information and digital assets. 

• Advise and support R&D management, risk owners, project teams, laboratories and asset owners on proportionate security measures across physical, personnel, information, IT and OT security. 

• Coordinate the work of the R&D Protective Security Administrator and other local security roles, clarifying responsibilities and ensuring effective collaboration across security domains. 

• Monitor relevant legal, regulatory and internal requirements and translate them into practical actions for R&D. 

• Support security-related incident and crisis preparedness, exercises, lessons learned and continuous improvement in cooperation with responsible Group functions. 

• Build security awareness and capability through clear communication, targeted training and hands-on guidance. 

You will report to the Vice President R&D, with functional reporting to the Staff Function Security Lead / CS&R. The role does not include personnel responsibility.

Your profile
You combine strong professional integrity with a pragmatic approach. You can move between strategic discussions with senior management and operational problem-solving with project and laboratory teams. You create structure in complex settings, communicate clearly and focus effort where risk reduction matters most. You understand how to balance the openness and collaboration needed for research and innovation with the security requirements that come with critical infrastructure and sensitive information. 

Required qualifications 

• Academic degree in security, risk management, law, engineering, information security or another relevant field, or equivalent professional competence. 

• At least 7 years of relevant security experience in a complex corporate, public-sector or critical-infrastructure environment. 

• In-depth knowledge of Swedish protective security (säkerhetsskydd) and other applicable protective-security legislation. 

• Experience of security governance, risk assessment, mitigation planning and management reporting. 

• Experience in information security and security risk management, combined with a good understanding of physical, personnel, IT and OT security and the ability to coordinate specialist contributions. 

• Excellent communication skills in Swedish and English. 

Additional experience that is valuable 

• Experience from energy, critical infrastructure, research facilities or other security-sensitive technical environments. 

• Demonstrated experience of working with Swedish protective security (säkerhetsskydd). 

• Experience of implementing an information-security management system, for example based on ISO/IEC 27001. 

• Experience of security incident management, crisis preparedness, exercises, supplier security or security in research collaborations.

Our Offer  
We offer you a flexible work environment where you will have the freedom to be creative, work and develop in an exciting and rapidly changing technical field of strategic importance to the company. You will work in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from highly skilled, experienced and committed colleagues, ‘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 more information about our benefits.    
   
Location: Solna or Älvkarleby. Travel between both locations is required.  
 
For more information about the position you are welcome to contact Ambra Sannino, ambra.sannino@vattenfall.com.  
For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our recruiter Johan Macdonald, johan.macdonald@vattenfall.com   
   
Trade union representatives are Anders Bohlin (Unionen), Juha Siipilehto (SEKO), Christer Gustafsson (Ledarna) and Shahriar Badiei (Akademikerna). To get in contact with the representatives, call Vattenfall´s switchboard +46 8 739 50 00.   
 
We welcome your application in english no later than 6th of December 2026. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website and that you refrain from submitting a cover letter with your application. You apply quickly and easily by answering screening questions and attaching your CV. 
 
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.  
 
Working at Vattenfall means working with critical societal infrastructure. Therefore, many of our positions are security-classified, and you may be required to fill a wartime posting. If this position is security-classified, a security clearance will be carried out before employment, in accordance with the Security Protection Act. Any potential wartime posting will be based on the employment contract and the Total Defence Service Act. 
 
We look forward to receiving your application! 

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. 

The Staff Function Research & Development (R&D) has approximately 150 employees working to accelerate the pursuit of fossil freedom through the development of competitive solutions. From its central position at Group level, R&D supports different business units across Vattenfall in deploying new solutions in the field, while leveraging synergies across the various businesses. Vattenfall R&D is based at two locations in Sweden: the headquarters in Stockholm/Solna and the R&D Laboratories in Älvkarleby.