Innovation & New Ventures Lead

 

Imagine a future where you build entirely new businesses that accelerate the green transition and unlock new sources of value. 

Join us in this role where you’ll originate and build new ventures from the ground up, turning bold ideas into scalable businesses. You’ll shape opportunities, validate them with the market, and drive early commercialisation, working across functions and leveraging the strength of a global organisation. 

 

Welcome to Ventures & Open Innovation 
You’ll be part of a team focused on identifying and scaling transformational opportunities, where you together with your colleagues will explore new markets, business models, and technologies. You’ll collaborate closely across engineering, commercial, and business development functions to bring new ideas to life. As a team, we support each other, challenge ideas constructively, and work with curiosity and ownership to turn ambition into impact. 

 

You’ll play an important role in: 

  • originating new business opportunities by identifying white spaces and shaping opportunity areas 

  • leading end-to-end venture building from ideation through validation to early commercialisation 

  • designing and testing business models through structured experimentation and rapid learning 

  • collaborating with internal stakeholders to unlock capabilities and move opportunities forward 

  • translating technical assets and capabilities into new commercial propositions 

  • contributing to innovation strategy and portfolio prioritisation. 

 

To succeed in the role, you: 

  • have hands-on experience building new businesses or ventures from concept to launch 

  • bring a strong commercial mindset, focusing on customers, value creation, and revenue models 

  • are comfortable working across ambiguity and can create structure and direction independently 

  • collaborate effectively with both technical and commercial stakeholders, or equivalent experience 

  • demonstrate curiosity and quickly build understanding in new industries or domains 

  • communicate clearly and persuasively, building alignment around new ideas. 

 

Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply. 

 

Shape the future with us 

Send your application to us as soon as possible. We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we’ve found the right candidate.  

 

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via accommodation@orsted.com. 

 
Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country. 

 

Position salary range:
For this position, the expected base pay range is kr63,200.00- kr94,800.00 for the advertised location. The offered base salary will be determined within this range based on relevant skills, experience, and expected role fulfilment within the stated pay range to ensure a fair and competitive offer. Where applicable, you may also be eligible for variable payment and a comprehensive benefits package.

 

Our benefits package:
For this position, employees who meet eligibility requirements have access to: employer‑paid pension (11% contribution), full insurance coverage (accident, life, critical illness, and health insurance); five weeks of paid holiday plus 10 additional paid days off per holiday year; a 3% holiday allowance; access to Ørsted Life & Fitness Vitality including fitness classes, physiotherapy, massage, and wellbeing programmes; a multimedia package (mobile phone, PC, internet); staff club membership with sport and cultural activities; and access to the company canteen (monthly lunch scheme or daily tickets).

 

Pre-employment background check:
Certain positions may require a background check as part of the hiring process. If applicable, you will be informed during the recruitment process. Background checks are conducted by an external provider in accordance with local legal requirements. 

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Join a global leader in renewable energy

Ørsted is a global leader in offshore wind and is one of the largest renewable energy companies in the world. With us, you’ll play your part in creating a world that runs entirely on green energy. As a leading green energy company, we leverage the curiosity and passion of our people to innovate and develop new technologies or bring existing technologies to scale, collaborating with governments, suppliers, and our industry partners to make renewable energy solutions a reality. At Ørsted, we work together with openness and respect and seek fresh perspectives to solve any task at hand: big or small. 

About Ørsted

  • We provide countries, companies, and communities with sustainable, reliable, and cost-competitive energy solutions, including offshore and onshore wind, solar PV, and energy storage.
  • Our vision is to create a world that runs entirely on green energy.
  • We built the world’s first offshore wind farm, Vindeby in Denmark, in 1991, and completed the world’s largest, Hornsea 2 in the UK, in 2022.
  • We were founded in Denmark in 2006 and now have approximately 8,000 employees, working in 15 countries and counting. 

 

An inclusive team

At Ørsted, we strive to be an inclusive workplace where you’re respected for who you are, valued for the unique perspectives you bring, and rewarded fairly for what you achieve. We want all employees to have the same opportunities for impact and growth, no matter their age, race, ethnicity, place of birth, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.

Application deadline

31 July 2026

Location

Gentofte, DK

Area of work

Strategy and business development

Employment type

Permanent

Work hours

Full-time

Workplace

Hybrid (office and home-working)

Some of our benefits include