About the role
The business area Surveillance offers effective solutions for surveillance and decision support, and systems for detecting and protecting against various types of threats. The product portfolio includes airborne, land-based and marine radar systems, signal intelligence and self-protection systems, command and control systems, as well as maritime and air traffic control systems.
We are now looking for experienced technical project managers who want to help drive both delivery and product projects. The role suits someone who wants to combine technical responsibility with leadership and who thrives close to the solution. With us, you get a key role in leading the integration and overall picture in complex system deliveries of some of the world's leading systems in our area.
As a technical project manager, you have overall responsibility for ensuring that the project meets technical requirements within budget and delivers according to plan. The role involves responsibility for leading and coordinating the technical activities in the projects – both internally in our teams and externally towards the customer.
Being a technical project manager also means:
•Leading and ensuring progress regarding the technical work within the projects
•Being responsible for customer and supplier contact for the technical aspects
•Supporting the project manager with material for customer contacts
•Monitoring project activities and ensuring the project's commitments and progress through active leadership
•Coordinating and setting requirements for internal technical functions, including defining the scope of the project, timeline, budget and resource needs
•Having the ability to, already from the Win Business phase, carry out system analyses of prospects, having sufficient technical understanding to create material for calculation work, and also drive/lead design activities
The location for the position is in Arboga.
Your profile
You are a person with solid experience in technical project management. You have an engineering education, preferably at master's level, and several years of experience in systems work. We believe you currently work as a systems engineer, lead engineer, architect or in a similar role in complex projects, where you have had a stated responsibility for technical direction, coordination and the overall picture.
You have a good ability to find effective solutions and find it easy to navigate the organization and communicate with our internal suppliers to solve and prevent problems and challenges. The position also includes a fair amount of communication with external customers, which requires good business acumen, as well as good knowledge of both Swedish and English in writing and speech.
It is advantageous to have knowledge and work experience supported by the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE). It is also advantageous if you have experience working within the defense industry.
The position requires that you undergo and are approved according to the security regulations in force at the time. For positions where Saab has requirements on security classification, this may, where applicable, entail requirements on certain citizenship.
What you become part of
Saab is a leading defense and security company whose purpose is to help nations protect their populations and contribute to the safety and security of people and society. With 28,000 talented employees, Saab develops technology and solutions for a safer and more sustainable world.
Saab develops, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control systems, sensors and underwater systems. Saab has its headquarters in Sweden but operates globally, where Saab is part of many nations' defense capability.
