Join Jotun as a R&D Solution Owner – Hull Skating Solutions (HSS)

For almost a century, Jotun has protected property in every corner of the world through innovation, technology, and a strong customer focus.

Our global R&D network is at the heart of this success, anchored by a state-of-the-art research centre in Sandefjord, Norway, and supported by highly competent R&D teams around the world.

Hull Skating Solutions (HSS) is one of Jotun’s most innovative and fast-evolving solution areas, combining advanced robotics, digital capabilities, coatings expertise, and service delivery to enable more sustainable vessel performance.

We are now looking for an R&D Solution Owner – HSS to take ownership of the technical development and lifecycle of the HSS robotics solution and ensure its continued evolution, robustness, and value creation.

This is a highly cross-functional role, operating at the intersection of technology development, operations, and commercialization, and involving close collaboration with key external technical partners.

You will be part of a highly qualified research organization and play a central role in shaping the future of a globally deployed solution.

Responsibilities

Solution management

• Own and manage Jotun’s technical needs related to the HSS robotics solution, ensuring protection, governance, and strategic use

• Act as Jotun’s main technical partner interface towards external partners, contributing to product, solution, and application development

• Establish, maintain, and actively drive a technical roadmap for the HSS solution, including prioritization of improvements, testing, and maintenance

• Partner closely with marketing and product stakeholders to support product and solution strategy development

• Define, structure, and govern stakeholder requirements, ensuring clear traceability from business needs to technical implementation

Application management and service delivery

• Own and coordinate performance testing of the HSS skater together with external partners

• Facilitate the establishment of robust processes, procedures, and best practices for global service delivery and operations, ensuring the solution is fit for purpose in real-world use

• Support development of HSS operations management, including service delivery processes such as planning, scheduling, mission execution, reporting, and training

• Support work related to regulatory approvals, including relevant technical inputs and documentation

• Support development and continuous improvement of training programs and reporting formats used by Jotun’s technical service within Performance Coatings

• Plan and implement actions to strengthen solution insight, performance monitoring, and continuous improvement

People leadership

• Lead and develop direct report(s) in line with Jotun’s Leadership Expectations

• Coach, develop, and enable team members to ensure a competent, engaged, and high-performing workforce

• Foster strong collaboration across teams, partners, and organizational boundaries

What We Look for

Formal requirements

• Solid experience from technology or solution development, ideally involving complex systems, robotics, digital solutions, or advanced equipment

• Experience working with or governing intellectual property (IP) and technical interfaces across organizations

• Proven ability to operate in cross-functional environments, collaborating across R&D, operations, and commercial domains

• Strong understanding of how operational feedback, testing, and data can be used to drive continuous technical improvement

• Leadership experience or clear motivation and capability to take on a people manager role

Personal requirements

• Structured and clear communicator with the ability to build trust across technical, operational, and commercial stakeholders

• Combines a hands-on, practical mindset with strategic thinking and long-term perspective

• Comfortable working in a role that bridges technical depth and business impact

• Proactive, curious, and improvement-oriented, with a strong sense of ownership

• Lives Jotun’s values: Loyalty, Care, Respect, and Boldness
  

What we offer

• Competitive compensation and benefits

• Continuous learning opportunities and training activities through on-the-job training and our in-house learning Jotun Academy

• Career development opportunities across multiple disciplines and geographies

• Leaders who focus on engaging and enabling their team, proven by consistently high employee feedback scores

• A supportive and inclusive company culture where you can be your authentic self, and where we have an informal work environment with few hierarchies

• A focus on having fun together through team buildings and social activities

For almost a century, Jotun has protected property in every corner of the world through innovation, technology, and a strong customer focus.

Our global R&D network is at the heart of this success, anchored by a state-of-the-art research centre in Sandefjord, Norway, and supported by highly competent R&D teams around the world.

Hull Skating Solutions (HSS) is one of Jotun’s most innovative and fast-evolving solution areas, combining advanced robotics, digital capabilities, coatings expertise, and service delivery to enable more sustainable vessel performance.