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At Neste, you will be working for the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, which enable our customers to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.\nWe are looking for you,\nManager, Partnerships to our RP Partnerships department in Espoo, Finland.\nYou will focus on supporting the development and execution of strategic partnerships, commercial alliances and joint ventures (JVs) to drive capital-efficient, mid-term growth for our Renewable Products business. In this job you will work closely with our Vice President, Partnerships business stakeholders, and a wider network of cross-functional teams (such as Sales & Trading, Feedstock Sourcing & Trading, Refining, Product & Supply Chain Management, M&A, Legal). This is a full-time, permanent position.\nIn our team, you will be part of a dynamic and high-performing unit where you get to manage key parts of our analytical workflow independently while working closely with team members on strategic partner evaluations. Together with your expertise, we can do meaningful work to drive Neste forward.\nReasons to join\n\n We operate in an inspiring and evolving business environment as a global leader in renewable fuels. We contribute to Neste’s success by living our values every day: we care, we have courage, we cooperate.\nWe prioritize safety at all times and in every location. We strive to create a positive and impactful work environment.\nTransformation brings new possibilities and fosters our courage and curiosity. As a global company, we support personal development with versatile learning and career opportunities. Collaboration is key, and we believe in flexible, smart ways of working. We work at the office at least three days a week to ensure seamless teamwork and a sense of belonging.\nIn addition, our benefits for employees in Finland include, for example, a personnel fund as part of the overall remuneration, good occupational health care, a membership in a sickness or health insurance fund and leisure time accident insurance. We also support leisure time activities, e.g. by offering benefits for sports and culture (ePassi).\nMore about the job\n\nYour role in our team\n\n As the Manager, Partnerships, RP you will be the analytical powerhouse of the RP Partnerships team and work closely with the VP, Partnerships.\nYour role combines rigorous quantitative and qualitative business analysis with transaction pipeline management.\nYour key accountabilities include:\nDetailed opportunity assessments: Support the RP Partnerships team in detailed opportunities assessments. Evaluate prospective strategic partnerships, such as renewable products offtake arrangements and joint venture capacity expansions.\n\nRigorous financial & business case analysis: Deliver rigorous market and business case analyses to support transaction logic, execution, evaluate value-creation drivers and structure data-driven models to support complex deal-making.\n\nProject planning & management: Define project scope, deliverables, timelines, and resources for partnership evaluations in collaboration with sponsors and stakeholders. Lead project planning, execution, and progress monitoring to ensure high-quality and timely transaction preparations.\n\nStakeholder orchestration & facilitation: Facilitate workshops, development sprints, and stakeholder alignment sessions to drive consensus across business units and common functions to secure seamless execution.\n\nPipeline management: Responsible for managing and maintaining the partnership opportunity pipeline, ensuring that commercial, production-focused, and feedstock opportunities are systematically tracked and updated.\n\nKeys to success in this role / The best combination to succeed in this role\nMaster's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Engineering, or a related field\n\n4+ years of professional experience in corporate development, investment banking, equity research or management consulting roles\n\nStrong analytical and financial modeling skill set, with a proven ability to build robust business models, define value drivers, and forecast trends\n\nProven track record in working across complex matrix organizations, collaborating with diverse internal stakeholder groups\n\nStrong skills in project management, including scope definition, resource planning, risk management, and execution monitoring\n\nUnderstanding of the global renewables market, value-creation drivers, feedstock dynamics, and the technical and commercial complexities of refining and renewables ecosystems\n\nResponsible attitude and safety-oriented mindset\n\nOther strengths we value\nExperience in working in an international environment or time spent living abroad\n\nStrong communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate complex transactional and analytical findings into clear, impactful executive-level narratives and presentations\n\nLet’s get you started\n We look forward to receiving your CV and application with a salary request by 23rd of October 2026.\nIf you have any questions regarding the process or the position, please get in touch with Alma Rec, Vice President, Partnerships, at +358 40 3380043, on 8th of October at 15:00-16:00 EET or on 14th of October at 15:00-16:00 EET.\nTo ensure security and confidentiality, please submit your application through our recruitment system, as we are unable to consider applications sent via email. We will do our best to contact you within 2 weeks after the application time has ended. The recruitment process will include interviews and a potential aptitude assessment. The interviews will start as soon as suitable candidates are identified. Depending on the requirements of the position, the process may include a security clearance (with a drug test) and a potential statutory health examination based on work-related exposures.\nNeste in brief\n\n Neste (NESTE, Nasdaq Helsinki) is the world's leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), with production on three continents. The company’s renewables production capacity is expected to reach 6.8 million tons annually in 2027. Neste also produces high-quality oil products at its Porvoo refinery in Finland. The company has a network of nearly 1,000 fuel stations with expanding service offering, such as EV charging, in Finland and in the Baltics.\nNeste’s strategy focuses on growth in renewable fuels, which help its customers to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Neste is included in many international indices for its sustainability performance. In 2025, Neste's revenue stood at EUR 19.0 billion. 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