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Your role
We are looking for an experienced project manager to be a part of our team at Gripen Support Project Management Office (PMO). You will lead development and delivery projects focusing on support solutions for the Gripen System. You will also play a role in developing our project office within in the competence area of project management. You will work closely with contract managers, line managers and representatives within development, procurement and production.
You will be a part of an enthusiastic and high performing team with project managers, planners, controller and risk and opportunity managers. We have a strong focus on career development and personal growth to strengthen us as individuals and as a team.
You will also be part of the Business Unit Aviation Services that provide support for the Gripen System, including a range of products and services. The department Program Management Gripen consists of a small number of sections with approximately 50 employees working with Contract Management, Project Management Office and Customer Support.
Your key responsibilities include:
- Lead and deliver projects that usually span across one or more business units.
- Monitor, report and achieve the projects financial, time and quality goals
- Manage resource planning, schedules and financials
- Risk and opportunity management
- Manage communication and maintain good working relationships with stakeholders
- Report status to the Project Steering Group
We are a geographically dispersed organization, travelling is part of the job and driving license necessary. Base location Linköping – Sweden.
Your profile
We are looking for a driven, people-focused leader with a strong ability to inspire and motivate others toward clear goals. With a background in development projects, you have great ability to lead through others while ensuring effective collaboration across the organisation. You are a confident and organized, and excels at building relationships and navigating complex environments. With a strong ability in decision making, you have the ability to adapt to change and competing demands.
We are looking for someone:
- With strong skills in leadership with the ability to achieve a good balance between team drive and well-being.
- With experience in working as project manager or leader
- With excellent communication skills in Swedish and English
- With a Masters or Bachelor degree of Science in technology or economy.
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 a part of
Behind our innovations stand the people who make them possible. Brave pioneers and curious minds. Everyday heroes and inventive troubleshooters. Those who share deep knowledge and those who explore sky-high. And everyone in between.
Joining us means making an impact together, contributing in our own unique ways. From crafting complex code and building impressive defence and security solutions to simply sharing a coffee with a colleague, every action counts. We encourage you to take on challenges, to create smart inventions and grow in our friendly and tech-savvy workspace. We have a solid mission to keep people and society safe.
Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring mission, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 23,000 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 defence capability of several nations. Read more about us here
Kindly observe that this is an ongoing recruitment process and that the position might be filled before the closing date of the advertisement.