VP, Legal Generation

About the Role

As VP, Legal Generation, you will lead and inspire the Legal Generation team to deliver high performance, proactive solutions, and efficient collaboration across business units. This role combines strategic direction with hands-on legal expertise to support critical business priorities and transformation objectives.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and coaching the Legal Generation team to achieve excellence and foster collaboration
• Delivering proactive legal advice and support to business units, including contract drafting and negotiation
• Managing complex, high-stakes legal matters with significant business impact
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including regulators and partners
• Driving modernization of the legal function in alignment with business transformation objectives
• Advancing digitalization efforts and utilizing legal tools
• Implementing best practices and workflows to improve risk mitigation and operational performance
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies while promoting forward-looking legal solutions

About You

You thrive in a leadership role where strategic thinking meets operational execution. You are confident managing complex legal matters and influencing decisions at the highest level. With resilience and integrity, you navigate ambiguity and deliver solutions that balance risk and business priorities.

You have a strong ability to build trust and collaborate across diverse stakeholders. You combine strong analytical skills with a disciplined, structured approach to decision-making, and you embrace technology to drive efficiency and innovation.

What we're looking for:

• Master of Law degree
• Extensive (18+ years) experience in complex international legal matters
• Proven ability to lead and coach high-performing legal teams
• Strong negotiation and drafting skills
• Experience in legal technology adoption and process improvement
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to manage high-pressure situations and deliver under tight timelines
• Can do-attitude

What We Offer

The role provides a chance to shape the future of our legal function and lead transformation initiatives that impact the entire organization.

At Fortum, we believe in a better future and want to be involved in shaping it. Our workplace is a safe place, both physically and mentally. You will grow with professional colleagues, being trusted and free to challenge yourself. We offer comprehensive benefits, flexible working hours, and hybrid work model to support your productivity, development and wellbeing. We are committed to build diverse teams where everyone feels included and is treated equally.

Espoo office is a smoke-free workplace.

Interested?

Submit your application (CV) in English by at the latest.

To be selected for the position, the applicant may go through background clearance and a health examination including drug testing.

We are Fortum

Fortum is a Nordic energy company. We generate and deliver reliable energy to our customers and the Nordic energy system while at the same time helping industries decarbonise their processes and grow. Our core operations comprise efficient and best-in-class low-carbon power generation, customer services, and heating and cooling. Fortum's power generation is already 99% from renewable or nuclear sources with one of the lowest specific CO2-emissions in Europe. We are guided by our ambitious SBTi-validated emission reduction targets on our way towards net-zero by 2040. For our ~4,500 employees, we commit to be a safe and inspiring workplace. Fortum's share is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.