Communication Manager

Drive Impact as a Communication Manager
As Communication Manager you will work on behalf of the Heads of Communication for corporate various business areas and staff functions and with other communication disciplines including Media relations Public Affairs and Brand. 

You will independently drive communication for diverse national and international projects. Think of topics like environmental and sustainability initiatives across business areas development of new nuclear in Sweden or corporate change programmes. 

Working on projects your weekly tasks range from strategic work like developing and implementing communication plans or preparing decision-making documents to hands-on work like creating and distributing communication materials or coordinating internal and external stakeholders. 

Besides working on projects you will contribute to developing our team. How can we as communication managers work in ways that are smarter faster more fun 

Business and Corporate Communication 
We exist to help Vattenfall achieve its business objectives by supporting with the right communication to enable the fossil freedom that drives society forward.

The core team consists of 10 members based in Amsterdam Berlin Hamburg London Stockholm and Luleå - all working as communication managers. The extended team also includes the 4 Heads of Communication.

The Heads of Communication are responsible for specific business areas and are also part of the respective management teams. This way they closely follow whats happening businesswise and can take communication topics or projects back to our team if they need our support. 
On behalf of the Heads of Communication we lead or support communication topics and projects that are of strategic importance to Vattenfall and the various business areas and that improve Vattenfalls reputation internally and externally. We use our broad network and knowledge of Vattenfall to proactively leverage synergies identify opportunities and risks and work on solutions. 

What are you going to do 
1. Manage

• Collaborate in national and international (communication) projects
• Independently lead the communication part in projects. 
• Effectively manage the needs and interests of all project stakeholders.
• Create decision-making documents for the Heads of Communication regarding  communication topics. 

2. Analyse Develop and Produce

• Analyse audience needs and preferences evaluate the effectiveness of communication strategies and improve overall messaging and engagement across Vattenfall.
• Develop 360 communication strategies together with other communication disciplines. 
• Produce diverse communication materials often working together with other communication colleagues and external service providers.

3. Advise and Coordinate

• Advise project stakeholders on communication topics.
• Coordinate external service providers.

Location  
Stockholm Hamburg or Berlin.

Qualifications :

Who are you 
As our new Communication Manager we expect you to have an analytical mindset. You can easily identify potential opportunities beyond specific projects that you and the team are involved in and besides that youre:

• Have great stakeholder management skills. You understand and address the needs and expectations of project stakeholders. You know how to resolve conflicts and how to get things done by involving the right people in the right ways.
• Be a team player. Collaboration comes naturally for you and you feel comfortable to proactively share within our team so that we can develop together.

You meet the following qualifications:

• Keen interest in energy transition and curiosity to develop detailed understanding of how our different business areas contribute to it
• Ability to quickly master new topics and establish good relationships with new colleagues and external parties
• A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in various communication disciplines project management or a related area
• Fluent in professional English and your local language ( Swedish German Dutch)
• Proficient in using Office 365 especially Word and Powerpoint

In addition these qualifications are advantageous: 

• Relevant (applied) university degree in communication sciences or a similar field
• Experience with consulting in or for large international organisations
• Decent content development skills (think of script writing or editing)
• Comfortably working with AI-based solutions

Additional Information :

Our offer 
Good remuneration a challenging and international work environment and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues. We offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development. 

More Information 
We welcome your application in English no later than 7th of January 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.
 
For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our senior recruiter Joany van Megen via email:  Expect a delay on emails due the time off during the Christmas period.

Trade Union representatives in Sweden via Vattenfalls switchboard. Rolf Ohlsson - Akademikernas Christer Gustavsson - Ledarna Juha Siipilehto - SEKO samt Anders Bohlin - Unionen

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender ethnicity age transgender identity or expression religion or other belief disability or sexual orientation. 
 
We look forward to receiving your application! 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time