Company
Vattenfall
Location
Hamburg, Germany
Employment type
Full-time
Primary category
Engineering Management
Posted date
31 Mar 2026
Valid through
30 May 2026
Are you ready to play a leading role in advancing the energy transition?
As Head of Contract Management within our Engineering function at BA Wind, you will help us take decisive steps towards becoming less dependent on fossil fuels. Strong, forward‑looking contract management is essential to secure high‑quality project delivery in offshore wind and in this role, you will lead the teams that make it possible.
You will head a senior organisation that includes Commercial Contract Managers and Claims Managers who are responsible for negotiating and executing all major CAPEX supply contracts across our offshore wind portfolio. Your leadership will ensure that contracts are proactively managed, commercially optimised and tightly connected to business cases, risk processes and controlling activities. At the same time, you will drive a best‑practice approach to claims management, ensuring issues are identified early and mitigated to protect project value.
This role also establishes the strategic function within Vattenfall: a team of DMA and CMA managers who deliver development and construction services to our joint ventures. Because JV delivery introduces additional commercial and organisational complexity, you will shape the processes, systems and governance needed to ensure PD&E delivers its services effectively, transparently and in line with contractual obligations. If you are motivated by building teams, implementing new ways of working and shaping how offshore wind joint‑venture services are delivered, this might be your next step. Join us and contribute your leadership as we work together to enable fossil freedom through strategic collaboration and forward‑thinking solutions.
What will you do?
In this role, you will lead a senior multi‑disciplinary team covering contract management, claims management, commercial optimisation and joint‑venture service delivery. Beyond managing the existing scope, you will develop and implement a new JV delivery model for PD&E ensuring our department is recognised as a key partner in development and construction within all offshore wind joint ventures.
You will oversee the drafting, negotiation and execution of major CAPEX contracts and develop your Contract Managers to work proactively and commercially across all project phases. You will ensure Claims Managers are fully embedded in each project, enabling early mitigation of risks and protection against cost and schedule deviations.
A central part of your role is to establish and lead DMA and CMA managers who deliver development and construction services to our joint ventures. These managers will be embedded in each project’s PMT and act as PD&E’s service representatives under the Development and Construction Management Agreements. You will ensure contractual compliance, high‑quality reporting, strong communication with PMT/PMO and close cooperation with Controlling to optimise both costs and revenues generated under these agreements. You will also support PMT and JV stakeholders in presenting complex technical and commercial decisions clearly and accurately to JV partners.
Your responsibilities further include shaping and improving the processes and systems required for delivering services to joint ventures, ensuring PD&E is represented in partnering processes, and collaborating with the JV SLA and JV Management functions to ensure the right commercial scope, risk allocation and decision‑making frameworks are in place. You will additionally drive insurance and contract claims matters on behalf of the joint ventures within agreed mandates.
Through transparent leadership, stakeholder alignment and strong commercial discipline, you will help shape the future of offshore wind at Vattenfall enabling successful delivery across every project and strengthening PD&E’s position in our JV landscape.