Wärtsilä is an innovative technology company known for being a forerunner in the Marine and Energy markets. Every day, we – Wärtsilians  –  put our hearts and minds into turning Wärtsilä's purpose of enabling sustainable societies through innovation in technology and services into reality. Our ultimate aim is to provide increased value to both our customers and society. New, game-changing ideas and continuous improvement have been part of our DNA since 1834. Together, we can create new business opportunities and more sustainable future that we can all be proud of. We want to transition the world towards a decarbonised and sustainable future. By pushing the boundaries of engineering and technology, we can make it work. We are always on the lookout for future-oriented talent – want to join the ride?  We are looking for a Portfolio Manager with a main responsibility of managing and prioritizing the Energy Data and AI portfolio to ensure alignment between business needs and delivery. The preferred location for this position is Helsinki or Vaasa, Finland, but other locations may also be negotiable. We offer the possibility of hybrid work. Join us at the heart of Wärtsilä Energy's data and AI transformation. You will orchestrate how business priorities flow into delivery across our Energy Data and AI portfolio, ensuring the right initiatives are pursued at the right time. This is a full-time, permanent position reporting to the Head of Data, Engineering and Analytics. This is an individual contributor role with high strategic influence, with occasional travel required.  Your role and responsibilities As a Portfolio Manager, your work will include translating competing business needs into a coherent, prioritized portfolio that drives measurable impact across the organization. You will own the end-to-end portfolio intake and planning process, facilitate prioritization discussions, and ensure alignment between business ambition and delivery capacity. The tasks can also be adjusted based on your individual skills and interests. You’ll be working as a part of a global Data, Engineering and Analytics team with diverse expertise.  Your work will focus on these responsibilities: <ul><li>Synchronizing Product Owners across domains, ensuring aligned priorities and a shared portfolio view</li><li>Acting as the single point of contact for portfolio-level stakeholder requests and facilitating prioritization and planning</li><li>Owning the portfolio intake and planning process, from request assessment to prioritization and tracking</li><li>Managing the epic-level backlog and initiatives across JIRA, Confluence, and enterprise PM tools</li><li>Bridging business and engineering by translating initiatives into clear context for delivery teams</li><li>Ensuring governance and compliance awareness in portfolio prioritization</li><li>Surfacing blockers and key portfolio decisions to leadership with transparency</li></ul>  To be able to succeed in the position, we expect you to have: <ul><li>An MSc (or higher) in Computer Science, IT, or a relevant field with at least 5 years of relevant experience</li><li>Strong experience with JIRA, Confluence, and enterprise portfolio/project management tools</li><li>An understanding of data concepts such as data pipelines and data products</li><li>Solid knowledge of Agile/SAFe ways of working and portfolio planning practices</li><li>Ability to assess value, effort, and risk to support prioritization decisions</li><li>Proven ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment without authority</li><li>Strong facilitation and conflict resolution skills</li><li>Excellent communication skills and proficiency in English</li></ul>  Additional qualifications seen as an advantage: <ul><li>Data governance awareness; familiarity with GDPR, data ownership, and quality policies sufficient to flag risks early</li><li>Organizational intelligence; ability to navigate informal power structures and understand who the real decision-makers are</li><li>Experience from energy, manufacturing, or asset-heavy industries</li><li>Familiarity with data platforms, such as Databricks</li></ul>  Why you and us? We at Wärtsilä believe in empowerment, ownership, and taking responsibility for our work. We support each other’s growth, and co-creation is the true basis of our innovation. We have the courage to see opportunities and take initiative. We are authentic and honest, and we strongly believe that by being your true self, you can accomplish so much more. We don’t always get it right the first time, and if mistakes are made, we make sure to learn and grow from them. We want everyone to voice their opinions freely. That is why we have built an environment that empowers you and everyone around you, and where you can feel safe and cared for. Are you eager to be part of this ambition? We have an amazing team, and we are excited about our work and the impact it has on building sustainable societies. We are looking to find a colleague with this shared passion for smart technologies and a sustainable future. You will shape the portfolio that enables Energy's digital and AI future, influence business and technology teams, work with motivated experts globally, and contribute to Wärtsilä's mission of enabling a 100% renewable energy future.  Contact &amp; next steps We hope to hear from you soon by submitting your application through our careers portal. We aim to keep you updated on the process throughout. For further questions, please reach out to Chanukya Pekala, Head of Data, Engineering and Analytics (Energy), at +358 50 383 1238 on 25 June, 9:30–11:00 EET, or on 3 August, 12:00–14:00 EET, with any questions related to this position (only for questions from direct job applicants; applications through email will not be recorded or responded to). Welcome to join us in shaping the decarbonization of marine and energy!  Last application date: 09/08/2026  At Wärtsilä we value, respect and embrace all our differences, and are committed to diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunities; everyone can be their true self and succeed based on their job-relevant merits and abilities. All new Wärtsilä employees in Finland will attend occupational health checks, including drug tests/screenings where applicable. When a person is located outside of Finland, the country legislation is followed. Please note that according to Wärtsilä policy, voluntary consent for a security check may be required from candidates being considered for this position, depending on the applicable country. This is Wärtsilä Wärtsilä is a global leader in innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. Our team of 18,300 professionals, in more than 230 locations in 77 countries, shape the decarbonisation transformation of our industries across the globe. Read more on <a href="http://www.wartsila.com">www.wartsila.com</a>.

We enable sustainable societies through innovation in technology and services together with all our stakeholders &ndash; today and tomorrow. We emphasise innovation in sustainable technology and services to help our customers continuously improve environmental and economic performance. We work together with our strong ecosystem of partners every day, providing a wide portfolio of leading technologies and innovative solutions that offer our customers superior uptime, reliability and foreseeable lifecycle costs across their operations. Our global passionate team of 17,500 energy and maritime experts in 200 locations in more than 70 countries is committed to shaping decarbonisation transformation of our industries across the globe.

Portfolio Manager

Wärtsilä is an innovative technology company known for being a forerunner in the Marine and Energy markets. Every day, we – Wärtsilians  –  put our hearts and minds into turning Wärtsilä's purpose of enabling sustainable societies through innovation in technology and services into reality. Our ultimate aim is to provide increased value to both our customers and society. New, game-changing ideas and continuous improvement have been part of our DNA since 1834. Together, we can create new business opportunities and more sustainable future that we can all be proud of. We want to transition the world towards a decarbonised and sustainable future. By pushing the boundaries of engineering and technology, we can make it work. We are always on the lookout for future-oriented talent – want to join the ride?  We are looking for a Portfolio Manager with a main responsibility of managing and prioritizing the Energy Data and AI portfolio to ensure alignment between business needs and delivery. The preferred location for this position is Helsinki or Vaasa, Finland, but other locations may also be negotiable. We offer the possibility of hybrid work. Join us at the heart of Wärtsilä Energy's data and AI transformation. You will orchestrate how business priorities flow into delivery across our Energy Data and AI portfolio, ensuring the right initiatives are pursued at the right time. This is a full-time, permanent position reporting to the Head of Data, Engineering and Analytics. This is an individual contributor role with high strategic influence, with occasional travel required.  Your role and responsibilities As a Portfolio Manager, your work will include translating competing business needs into a coherent, prioritized portfolio that drives measurable impact across the organization. You will own the end-to-end portfolio intake and planning process, facilitate prioritization discussions, and ensure alignment between business ambition and delivery capacity. The tasks can also be adjusted based on your individual skills and interests. You’ll be working as a part of a global Data, Engineering and Analytics team with diverse expertise.  Your work will focus on these responsibilities: <ul><li>Synchronizing Product Owners across domains, ensuring aligned priorities and a shared portfolio view</li><li>Acting as the single point of contact for portfolio-level stakeholder requests and facilitating prioritization and planning</li><li>Owning the portfolio intake and planning process, from request assessment to prioritization and tracking</li><li>Managing the epic-level backlog and initiatives across JIRA, Confluence, and enterprise PM tools</li><li>Bridging business and engineering by translating initiatives into clear context for delivery teams</li><li>Ensuring governance and compliance awareness in portfolio prioritization</li><li>Surfacing blockers and key portfolio decisions to leadership with transparency</li></ul>  To be able to succeed in the position, we expect you to have: <ul><li>An MSc (or higher) in Computer Science, IT, or a relevant field with at least 5 years of relevant experience</li><li>Strong experience with JIRA, Confluence, and enterprise portfolio/project management tools</li><li>An understanding of data concepts such as data pipelines and data products</li><li>Solid knowledge of Agile/SAFe ways of working and portfolio planning practices</li><li>Ability to assess value, effort, and risk to support prioritization decisions</li><li>Proven ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment without authority</li><li>Strong facilitation and conflict resolution skills</li><li>Excellent communication skills and proficiency in English</li></ul>  Additional qualifications seen as an advantage: <ul><li>Data governance awareness; familiarity with GDPR, data ownership, and quality policies sufficient to flag risks early</li><li>Organizational intelligence; ability to navigate informal power structures and understand who the real decision-makers are</li><li>Experience from energy, manufacturing, or asset-heavy industries</li><li>Familiarity with data platforms, such as Databricks</li></ul>  Why you and us? We at Wärtsilä believe in empowerment, ownership, and taking responsibility for our work. We support each other’s growth, and co-creation is the true basis of our innovation. We have the courage to see opportunities and take initiative. We are authentic and honest, and we strongly believe that by being your true self, you can accomplish so much more. We don’t always get it right the first time, and if mistakes are made, we make sure to learn and grow from them. We want everyone to voice their opinions freely. That is why we have built an environment that empowers you and everyone around you, and where you can feel safe and cared for. Are you eager to be part of this ambition? We have an amazing team, and we are excited about our work and the impact it has on building sustainable societies. We are looking to find a colleague with this shared passion for smart technologies and a sustainable future. You will shape the portfolio that enables Energy's digital and AI future, influence business and technology teams, work with motivated experts globally, and contribute to Wärtsilä's mission of enabling a 100% renewable energy future.  Contact &amp; next steps We hope to hear from you soon by submitting your application through our careers portal. We aim to keep you updated on the process throughout. For further questions, please reach out to Chanukya Pekala, Head of Data, Engineering and Analytics (Energy), at +358 50 383 1238 on 25 June, 9:30–11:00 EET, or on 3 August, 12:00–14:00 EET, with any questions related to this position (only for questions from direct job applicants; applications through email will not be recorded or responded to). Welcome to join us in shaping the decarbonization of marine and energy!  Last application date: 09/08/2026  At Wärtsilä we value, respect and embrace all our differences, and are committed to diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunities; everyone can be their true self and succeed based on their job-relevant merits and abilities. All new Wärtsilä employees in Finland will attend occupational health checks, including drug tests/screenings where applicable. When a person is located outside of Finland, the country legislation is followed. Please note that according to Wärtsilä policy, voluntary consent for a security check may be required from candidates being considered for this position, depending on the applicable country. This is Wärtsilä Wärtsilä is a global leader in innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. Our team of 18,300 professionals, in more than 230 locations in 77 countries, shape the decarbonisation transformation of our industries across the globe. Read more on <a href="http://www.wartsila.com">www.wartsila.com</a>.

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