What Cognite is: Relentless to achieve
Cognite operates at the forefront of industrial digitalization, building AI, and data solutions that solve the world’s hardest, highest-impact problems. With unmatched industrial heritage and a comprehensive suite of AI capabilities, including low-code AI agents, Cognite accelerates the digital transformation to drive operational improvements.
We thrive in challenges. We challenge assumptions. We execute with speed and ownership. If you view obstacles as signals to step forward - not backwards - you’ll feel right at home here.
Our Moonshot is bold: Unlock $100B in customer value by 2035, and redefine how global industry works. Join us in this venture where AI and data meet ingenuity, and together, we will forge the path to a smarter, more connected industrial future.
How you’ll demonstrate Ownership
The global energy transition is accelerating—and at Cognite, we are right at the centre of it.
We are looking for a visionary** Power & Renewables Solutions** to lead the charge in transforming how global energy companies harness data to optimize operations, improve asset performance, and accelerate the shift toward a more sustainable future.
This is a high-impact leadership role where deep technical expertise meets strategic influence. You will shape and deliver cutting-edge, data-driven solutions for some of the world’s largest power and renewables organizations—helping them unlock the full value of their industrial data through Cognite’s leading DataOps and AI platform.
You will act as a trusted advisor to senior customer stakeholders, a strategic partner to our sales and product teams, and a key voice in shaping the future of Cognite’s solutions in the energy sector.
If you thrive at the intersection of technology, strategy, and customer impact, this is an opportunity to help define the future of an entire industry.
The Impact you bring to Cognite
Lead Strategic Solution Design
- Define and drive innovative, scalable solution architectures for global power and renewable energy customers.
- Act as a senior technical authority, shaping how Cognite’s platform is applied to solve complex industry challenges at scale.
- Bring together DataOps, AI, and advanced analytics to deliver transformative outcomes.
Partner with Executive Stakeholders
- Engage directly with C-level executives and senior technical leaders across global energy organisations.
- Translate complex technical capabilities into clear, compelling business value.
- Build trusted, long-term advisory relationships focused on strategic transformation.
Architect High-Impact Solutions
- Provide end-to-end architectural leadership across pre-sales and solution design engagements.
- Ensure solutions are robust, scalable, and future-ready across diverse customer environments.
- Help customers tackle critical challenges such as asset performance, data standardisation, and grid optimisation.
Turn Customer Insight into Global Impact
- Identify patterns and recurring challenges across customer engagements.
- Drive the standardisation of scalable solution frameworks across regions and markets.
- Feed insights directly into product and engineering teams to shape Cognite’s roadmap.
Lead Proof of Concept (PoC) Success
- Guide customers through technical evaluations and PoC engagements.
- Ensure successful outcomes by bridging customer needs with Cognite’s platform capabilities.
- Demonstrate measurable business and operational value through hands-on leadership.
Influence Product & Platform Evolution
- Work closely with product and engineering teams to shape future capabilities.
- Ensure real-world customer needs and industry trends directly influence the Cognite roadmap.
- Act as a key voice for the power and renewables industry within Cognite.
Build Strategic Ecosystems
- Develop strong relationships with industry partners, technology vendors, and ecosystem stakeholders.
- Strengthen Cognite’s presence and credibility within the global energy landscape.
- Identify opportunities for innovation through collaboration and integration.
Represent Cognite as a Thought Leader
- Act as a visible industry voice at conferences, forums, and customer advisory boards.
- Champion the role of AI, data, and digital transformation in enabling the energy transition.
- Share insights that shape how the industry thinks about data-driven operations.
What you will bring
If this role excites you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every requirement.
- Extensive experience in technical leadership roles within pre-sales, solution architecture, or consulting in the power & renewables sector.
- Deep expertise in industrial data solutions, including asset performance, predictive maintenance, and operational optimisation.
- Strong understanding of DataOps, AI/ML, and data analytics in industrial or energy contexts.
- Proven ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business value for executive audiences.
- Experience influencing product direction and collaborating closely with engineering and product teams.
- A track record of building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and customers.
- Strong communication, storytelling, and presentation skills.
- Experience identifying reusable patterns across customers and scaling solutions globally.
- Advanced degree in a relevant field (e.g. Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Data Science, Renewable Energy) or equivalent practical experience.
A snapshot of our many perks and benefits as a Cogniter
- Join an organization of 60 different nationalities 🌐 with Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) in focus 🤝
- A highly modern and fun working environment with sublime culture across the organization, follow us on Instagram @cognitedata 📷 to know more
- Flat structure with direct access to decision-makers
- Opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best people on some of the most ambitious projects found anywhere, across industries, with cutting edge technology
- Join our HUB 🗣️ to be part of the conversation directly with Cogniters and our partners.
- Get access to private health services with Cognite Care.
- Hungry? We’ve got your back. A subsidised lunch at the canteen is delivered by the chefs at Fornebuporten (Aker Tech House)
- Our own Cognite exclusive coffee bar ☕ with the friendliest baristas is here to brew coffee for coffee lovers, tea for tea lovers, smoothie for smoothie lovers, and the baristas creative concoctions when the mood strikes.
- We take your mental- and physical health seriously by having a broad health offering and a free membership to our fully-staffed gym on-site.
- A pet lover? Get the chance to meet Spot at the Robot Garden!
Learn more about us
- Impact 2025
- Cognite's Industrial AI: Moonshot
- We’re globally recognized domain experts with an international presence that spans Phoenix, Houston, Oslo Tokyo, Bengaluru, and Abu Dhabi.
Equal Opportunity
Cognite is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment at work and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive the same level of consideration for employment.