R&D Solution Owner – Hull Skating Solutions (HSS)

SUMMARY OF THE ROLE

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.

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 ARE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT WE OFFER

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

POSITION INFORMATION
 

Company:

Jotun A/S

Contract type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

CLOSING DATE (dd.mm.yyyy):

24.05.2026

WHO WE ARE

Jotun has protected property for almost a century – from iconic buildings to beautiful homes. ​As one of the world's leading paints and coatings manufacturers, we combine high quality with creativity and innovations.

Jotun's global headquarters is located in Sandefjord, Norway. Here, Jotun Norway has 1000 employees working in state-of-the-art facilities covering services from local factory operations at Vindal to global product development in our new research and development centre at Sandefjord, one of Northern Europe's largest privately owned R&D centres. The administration centre for Europe and Central Asia is located in Sandefjord, together with our local Norwegian operations.

We provide various career opportunities in finance and administration, IT, sales and marketing, supply chain, engineering, technical, and research and development.

Jotun is committed to an ambitious growth strategy. We believe that the real value in our companies is our employees, both as individuals and as teams. We focus on providing our employees with meaningful and challenging work, rewarding them through continued learning and development driven by our values of Loyalty, Care, Respect and Boldness.

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Jotun’s company culture welcomes and values differences in people. Our more than 10,200 employees on all continents represent 90 nationalities, four generations and a diversity of professions, genders, abilities, ethnicities, beliefs, cultures, etc. We are committed to representing the societies we operate in, promoting equality, equity and zero-tolerance for discrimination.

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