Head of Business Intelligence Strategy

To lead Kongsberg Maritimes continued development within Business Intelligence (BI), an exciting position has arisen as Head of Business Intelligence Strategy. You will report to our Vice President Strategic IT and join our team at Kongsberg Maritime headquarters. In this role, you will be a crucial link between business and IT. You will need to have a foot in both worlds, serving as an intermediary who translates business desires into technical solutions being able to build the confidence of both the business and the IT team. As the Head of Business Intelligence Strategy, you will enable Kongsberg Maritime to reach business goals through use of BI tools making data available for improved insight and better business decisions.

Digitalization, through utilization of modern IT tools, is essential to improve Kongsberg Maritimes operational and strategic efficiency. As Head of Business Intelligence Strategy, you will work closely with both internal and external development teams, business developers and with KONGSBERG IT which manages the Data Warehouse Architecture and Infrastructure in Kongsberg Gruppen.

You will handle both technical challenges as well as the business process itself. In this role, you thrive when you identify business needs and quickly understand how data can support to make the right decisions and do the right things. In this role, you will shape Kongsberg Maritimes Business Intelligence function and be part of KONGSBERG a global technology powerhouse.

Key accountabilities

• Responsible for developing the Business Intelligence strategy and the Business Intelligence Governance for Kongsberg Maritime
• Closely cooperate with our organization and enable that Kongsberg Maritime use analyses, reports and tools to make informed data-based decisions that supports the overall strategy, business goals and processes
• Analyze Kongsberg Maritimes business processes and ensure that the use of data and analytic tools continuously improves Kongsberg Maritimes processes
• Execute Business Intelligence training programs to improve the use of data warehouse, Power BI and other tools
• Program responsible for projects developing Kongsberg Maritime Business Intelligence solutions
• Communicate and collaborate with internal stakeholders as part of a matrix organization and with external technology partners

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelors or master's degree
• Solid experience with data management in larger organizations
• Experience from change management and continuous improvements
• Working knowledge of tools such as PowerApps/Power Platform, Data Factory/Data Lakes and Dynamics 365
• Fluent oral and verbal communication skills in Norwegian and English

You are able to

• act on own initiative, make things happen and accept responsibility for the results
• adhere to company rules and procedures and execute plans with commitment and determination
• use a methodical and systematic approach, plan, define clear priorities and allocates resources effectively
• analyze complex issues and problems and come up with rational judgments
• communicate in a clear, precise and structured way
• co-operate well with others, share knowledge, experience, information and support others in the pursuit of team goals

What we can offer you
With us, you will be offered a competitive salary and benefit packages with good development opportunities in an international environment. We have flexible work hours and holiday arrangements in addition to a good pension and insurance scheme. We offer an inspiring and safe work-environment and the possibility to work with sustainable and exciting solutions for the future.

Work location
One of Kongsberg Maritimes locations in the Nordics

Point of contact
Jarle Solvang, Vice President Strategic IT: +47 91 63 31 82

Kongsberg Maritime, a subsidiary of KONGSBERG, is a global marine technology company, providing innovative and reliable technology solutions for all marine industry sectors including merchant, offshore, subsea and naval. Headquartered in Kongsberg, Norway, the company has manufacturing, sales and service facilities in 34 countries, an international, knowledge-based group delivering high-technology systems and solutions to clients within the oil and gas industry, merchant marine, defense and aerospace.

At KONGSBERG, we believe in tackling challenging problems and delivering extreme performance for extreme conditions.  We do that through excellent products and services developed for delivering the greatest benefits to our customers.

WORLD CLASS through people, technology and dedication