Partnerships Manager at Volvo Energy
Göteborg, SE, 417 56
Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future? If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.
We shape the world we want to live in!
Volvo Energy is our newest business area with the overarching purpose of supporting the Volvo Group’s transformation ambitions within electrification, sustainability, circularity, complete service offer, profitable growth and resilience.
We are now looking for a new colleague to join our team as Partnership Manager.
The team - BESS Services Market
At Volvo Energy, we’re excited to build a team dedicated to enhancing the service market for our Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) business. Our priority is taking exceptional care of our customers while continuously innovating to improve their experience.
In this central function, we’ll focus on developing, operating, and maintaining the infrastructure that supports our service business. This includes building a network of field support across markets, managing digital channels, and implementing quality processes. We’re looking for creative thinkers who are eager to explore new approaches and solutions in service delivery.
Join us as we work together to elevate our customer journey and set new standards in the industry!
What are we looking for in this specific role?
As Partnerships Manager, you will be responsible for developing and managing a network of partners across Europe who can support our commercial and technical needs: from initial site design through installation, commissioning, and long-term service.
You will collaborate with cross-functional teams (sales, IT, product, engineering) to ensure we have the right partners in place to support both project execution and lifecycle services.
Responsibilities will include among others:
• Identify, evaluate, and onboard companies specializing in BESS installation, commissioning, and site electrical design.
• Build and maintain a strong partner network of EPCs, system integrators, and engineering solution providers.
• Map capabilities, geographic coverage, and reliability of partners across key markets.
• Lead commercial negotiations, including pricing, scope, and service-level agreements.
• Utilize data and analytics to monitor capacity, performance, and costs.
• Implement and drive standard operating procedures for subcontractor partners.
• Develop and maintain reporting structures to ensure compliance with warranty and service agreements.
• Optimize partner performance by evaluating and improving processes, structures, and cost models.
• Design and implement comprehensive training programs for subcontractors to ensure they meet performance and quality standards
Working at Volvo Energy is different
Welcome to a close-knit team!
We see ourselves as a fast-paced company within the Volvo Group, supported by our many great colleagues, we have the best of both worlds! We believe that work should be fun, stimulating, challenging and rewarding, but also have a meaning and a purpose to the individual. Trust and Results are two guiding principles for how we work together, and we are here to make a difference!
We will be a small team that will grow with the business and therefore look for colleagues that thoroughly enjoy this entrepreneurial challenge, can hit the ground running and lead with passion, perform with purpose and transform with vision. Moreover, it will be essential you have a strong ability to form trustful relationships to effectively work with partners - inside and outside of the Volvo Group – in a cross-functional manner.
Qualifications likely required to be successful
• Several years in partnerships, supplier management, business development, or a similar role in the BESS, renewable energy, or grid infrastructure sectors.
• Experience working with EPCs, commissioning partners, or engineering service providers for energy projects.
• Strong commercial skills, including contract negotiation and vendor performance management.
• Familiarity with site-level electrical design, grid connections, and energy system integration.
• Open-minded and secure in working in a rapidly changing organization and business environment.
• Proficiency in the English language is required.
The location for this position will be in our offices at Arendal in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Ready for the next move?
Are you excited to bring your skills and disruptive ideas to the table? We can’t wait to hear from you. Apply today!
Last application date: 2025-09-04
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Who we are and what we believe in
Our focus on Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity allows each of us the opportunity to bring our full authentic self to work and thrive by providing a safe and supportive environment, free of harassment and discrimination. We are committed to removing the barriers to entry, which is why we ask that even if you feel you may not meet every qualification on the job description, please apply and let us decide.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, across the globe, our trucks, buses, engines, construction equipment, financial services, and solutions make modern life possible. We are almost 100,000 people empowered to shape the future landscape of efficient, safe and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents with sharp minds and passion across the group’s leading brands and entities.
Volvo Energy lives and leads the change in accelerating Volvo Group’s electrification journey and driving circularity for a better tomorrow. We bring together people with who will work in a highly diverse, equal and inclusive global context with an entrepreneurial spirit where everyone is key and directly contributes to achieving our ambitions for wanted position: better for people – better for planet – better for business. Together – from individual success to collective significance!