Want to influence the bigger picture? At Saab, you can realise amazing innovations that keep people and societies safe. Together, we can truly make an impact – and your part matters.
Join Saab’s strategic leadership team and help shape the future direction of our business. In this role, you’ll turn vision into action and play a key part in strengthening Saab’s long-term competitiveness and future capabilities.
Your role
As our Deputy Head of Strategy & Future Capabilities, you will support and work closely with the Head of Strategy & Future Capabilities. You will lead parts of the strategic work that spans across the entire portfolio of the Business Area Dynamics and in collaboration with other Business Areas within Saab. In addition, you will work with business development to ensure we have the best possible business opportunities when moving into the later stages of the business plan period. You’ll shape the future of defense in an environment where adaptability, managing complexity, and collaboration are key drivers of success.
Key responsibilities:
Steer the business area in the right direction through building the business plan for next period
Forge and maintain strong relationships with customers, partners, research institutes, and strategic suppliers
Stay abreast of emerging technologies, defense trends, and market dynamics, transforming insights into an actionable strategic execution.
Lead people within business development, CMI/BI, M&A, digitalisation, portfolio management, innovation and future capabilities as they are heading through complex challenges, shifting landscapes and guide them in tackling a variety of future-focused topics
Represent the company at industry events, consortia, and in front of critical stakeholders
Balance multiple interfaces and priorities, ensuring agile responses to new opportunities and challenges
Your profile
You hold a Master’s degree in Engineering, or alternatively in Economics or a related technical discipline. You are an experienced leader with the ability to build coalitions, navigate complex stakeholder landscapes, and communicate effectively even in situations with many unknowns.
Your leadership style is collaborative and inclusive, you believe that the strength of the team exceeds that of any individual. With a strategic mindset and the capacity to manage multiple parallel initiatives, you are comfortable operating in a fast-changing environment.
You bring solid experience from the defense sector, with a deep understanding of government affairs, customer relations, and the importance of international partnerships.
With us, you will enter into an experienced team with broad responsibilities and high business impact. You will have the opportunity to shape the next generation of defense solutions and the way the team operates. All within a dynamic, supportive, and fast-paced work environment.
We encourage you to include both your CV and a cover letter, where you describe why you are the right person for this position. Share how your experience, skills, and motivation can contribute to our team and our future development.
This position requires that you pass a security vetting based on the current regulations around/of security protection. For positions requiring security clearance additional obligations on citizenship may apply.
What you will be part of
Explore a wealth of possibilities. Take on challenges, create smart inventions, and grow beyond. This is a place for curious minds, brave pioneers, and everyone in between. Together, we achieve the extraordinary, each bringing our unique perspectives. Your part matters.
Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring mission, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 26,100 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world.
Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defence capability of several nations. Read more about us here