Drive successful delivery where it matters most.
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Your role
As Manager of Delivery Project Management, you will lead and develop a team responsible for delivering customer projects from start to completion. This includes full responsibility for planning, execution and delivery, ensuring that customer commitments are met in terms of scope, time, cost and quality.
You will play a key role in strengthening our project execution capability, with a focus on structure, coordination and consistent delivery across projects.
The role combines operational leadership with a strong focus on ways of working and continuous improvement. You will support your team in managing standard deliveries as well as complex projects and ensure effective collaboration across the organisation.
Customer projects are typically based on established products, sometimes combined with customer-specific adaptations. You and your team are responsible for ensuring successful end-to-end delivery, working in close collaboration with the design and production organisations to align requirements, plans and deliveries.
You will work closely with Services Management, Account Management/Regional Programme Management, Engineering/Design, Production and other stakeholders to ensure high-quality delivery and strong customer satisfaction.
Main responsibilities:
Leadership & capability building
Lead and develop the Customer/Delivery Project Management team
Strengthen ways of working, project governance and common standards
Ensure the team has the right capabilities, tools and support
Strategy & way of working
Develop and continuously improve project management processes and methods
Translate overall direction into clear and effective ways of working
Contribute to a scalable and efficient project execution capability
Project execution & delivery
Ensure successful delivery of customer projects, including relevant customer adaptations
Secure performance in terms of scope, time, cost and quality
Ensure effective planning, resource allocation and follow-up
Coordinate deliveries and maintain close collaboration with the design organisation
Customer & business alignment
Ensure a strong and professional customer interface throughout project execution
Translate customer needs into clear requirements towards internal stakeholders
Secure alignment between customer expectations and internal deliveries
Contribute to financial follow-up and overall business performance
Drive continuous improvement based on project outcomes and lessons learned
Within Surface Sensor Solutions, Customer Project Management works closely with Service Management, Marketing & Sales, Engineering, and Production. Together, we ensure that what we sell is successfully delivered, contributing to customer satisfaction and long-term business success.
Your profile
You are a structured and confident leader with a strong ability to drive execution and create clarity in complex environments. You are motivated by improving ways of working and strengthening team performance.
You have solid experience from project management and a strong understanding of how to successfully lead projects with responsibility for scope, schedule, cost and quality.
We believe that you:
Have proven leadership experience with a focus on team and performance development
Have strong experience from project management, preferably in complex or technical environments
Are comfortable working with planning, risk management and financial follow-up
Have a strong customer focus and ability to build trust
Communicate clearly and effectively in both Swedish and English
Thrive in a structured yet dynamic environment
International travel may be part of the role
This position requires that you pass a security vetting based on current regulations regarding security protection. For roles requiring security clearance, additional requirements regarding citizenship may apply.
What you will be a 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 defense and security company with an enduring purpose, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 28,000 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 defense capability of several nations. Read more about us here