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We are currently seeking a based in South Africa who excels in a dynamic environment and can manage the unexpected on a daily basis.
This is an international expatriate assignment. The successful candidate will be employed by Saab in Sweden and relocate to South Africa for a defined period of three to five years, taking on a key regional role supporting Saab’s operations and business development across Southern Africa and other countries of interest.
Your Role
As a Regional Security Manager, you are responsible for ensuring a robust, proactive and integrated security framework within our business in the region. The role encompasses a regional scope, involving the coordination and alignment of security matters across multiple countries. You will act as the senior security advisor to the business and play a key role in protecting people, assets, information and operations in a complex and evolving security environment.
You will work in an international environment where advanced security threats are part of everyday business. This is a senior and independent role, requiring sound judgment, credibility and the ability to operate as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders. The role combines strategic oversight with operational execution and requires close collaboration with both local stakeholders and security functions.
You will lead and coordinate security personnel in the region.
You are expected to take full ownership of the role, independently planning and structuring your work, setting priorities and shaping how the role develops over time to meet business needs. You will coordinate security activities across countries, ensuring consistency while adapting to local conditions and risks.
Your main tasks will be:
Manage and coordinate security personnel
Physical and Personnel Security
Information Security and Compliance
Travel Security
Risk Management
Incident and Crisis Management
Security training and exercises
The role involves regular travel within Southern Africa. Travel is planned based on business needs and availability.
The position is located in South Africa.
Your profile
We are looking for a trusted, analytical and resilient leader with strong integrity and sound judgement. You are comfortable operating in a senior, independent role and are seen as a credible and reliable advisor and manager in complex and sensitive matters.
You have excellent communication skills and the ability to translate risk into clear, actionable advice, adapting your communication to different stakeholders, cultures and decision-making levels. Personal qualities are an important part of our overall assessment in this recruitment.
You can apply a strong business mindset, ensuring that security is risk-based, proportionate and aligned with business objectives. This role requires the capacity to translate security risks into business impact and to design security measures that enable operations, support decision-making and protect long-term value. You can balance strategic perspective with practical execution and to prioritize effectively across multiple countries and contexts.
To qualify for the role, you have a university degree in security risk management and/or equivalent professional experience, for example from government authorities. You have several years of experience working with protective security, preferably in an international context. You have experience coordinating security across different countries, functions or organizational units, and are comfortable taking ownership of planning and prioritization.
You are fluent in Swedish and English, both written and spoken. Additional language skills and experience from international or cross-cultural environments, as well as experience from the defence industry, government authorities or other complex, security-critical industries are considered an asset.
Please note that you can send us your application in either Swedish or English.
This position requires that you pass a security vetting in accordance with current security protection regulations. For positions requiring security clearance, additional citizenship requirements may apply.
What you will be a part of
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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.
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Kindly observe that this is an ongoing recruitment process and that the position might be filled before the closing date of the advertisement.