Kongsberg Maritime is a global leader in providing advanced maritime solutions. We are committed to delivering innovative and sustainable products that enhance safety and efficiency in the maritime industry.

An exciting opportunity awaits you as Vice President Commercial and Finance in a newly established division at Kongsberg Maritime. This is a brand-new role in a brand-new division—Emerging Solutions—tasked with driving competitiveness through cross-divisional innovation and new business models. You will report directly to EVP Emerging Solutions and play a pivotal role in shaping the commercial and financial mindset of the division.

Your mission

As Vice President Commercial and Finance, you will lead the commercial strategy and financial operations of the Emerging Solutions division. Your mission is to ensure that business model development and innovation progress in parallel with technical development, enabling Kongsberg Maritime to deliver profitable, customer-centric solutions. You will:

Drive commercial culture and mindset, ensuring that the division prioritizes the right opportunities and develops business models that benefit both Kongsberg Maritime and its customers.
Lead financial operations, including budgeting, forecasting, strategic planning, and compliance—working closely with Kongsberg Maritime’s central finance team.
Align profitability and track commercial performance, collaborating across teams to validate returns on new products and services and develop and monitor KPIs, and assess financial results.
Coordinate cross-divisional efforts, managing part-time resources from other departments and potentially building a dedicated finance team within Emerging Solutions.
Support strategic decision-making, ensuring qualitative and quantitative data are available for gate reviews and initiative prioritization and contribute to partnerships and M&A initiatives, supporting strategic growth and innovation.
Collaborate across key functions, including Finance, Business Development, Sales, and Technology Office, to gather market intelligence and explore external funding opportunities.
Coach and inspire, fostering a strong commercial mindset across the division and contributing to its strategic direction and success.

We think you should have

Worked in commercial and financial roles, with a proven track record of direct positive impact on bottom line results.
Experience from a B2B business providing technology solutions preferably but not necessary with experience from industries such as shipping, energy, process industry or other.
Strong commercial acumen identifying opportunities as well as being able to manage risk.
Strong analytical and quantitative skills and able to independently build financial and business models.
Relevant higher education within finance, business or other
Experience leading or working in multidisciplinary cross-functional teams and influencing and managing complex stakeholder relationships.

At KONGSBERG, we believe that diversity fuels innovation. We encourage you to apply, even if you do not meet every requirement. Your unique perspective is valuable to us. Your skills, attitude and perspective could be exactly what we are looking for!

This employment may require security clearance by the Norwegian National Security Authority, clearance through Civil Aviation Authority or a background check. Please note that this might affect the offer process or employment.

Why join us

An exciting and important position working for the world-leading supplier of maritime solutions.
Be part of a diverse team spread across several countries, embracing collaboration and cultural diversity.
Leverage your experience to drive change and mentor the next generation of maritime professionals.
Engage in complex, high-impact initiatives that push the boundaries of maritime technology.

Where you will be working
One of Kongsberg Maritime’s office in Europe

Interested in knowing more? Contact
Alexandra Koefoed, EVP Emerging Solutions, +47 93 20 39 40

Emerging Solutions is a new division in Kongsberg Maritime responsible for developing and delivering prioritized and high impact new solutions that are cross divisional to the market. This includes identifying areas with large market potential where Kongsberg Maritime can develop unique offerings benefiting our customers and their visions. Emerging Solutions have the responsibility to develop and deliver those offerings based on the wide range of knowledge, products and services across Kongsberg Maritime tying together the joint effort across the company.

Protechting people and planet

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