Head of Project Management Office

We are looking for a new Head of Project Management Office (PMO) NCS to our department in Production Järfälla. Are you an experienced leader who wants to combine excellent leadership skills and strategic thinking in the focal point of hardware? This might be the position for you!

Your role

Project Management Office (PMO) is managing subprojects within Business Unit NCS production. As Head of PMO, you will lead leaders in a department consisting of approximately 13 subproject managers.

Your department’s focus is to plan and execute our production project, including new product introduction (NPI) projects in accordance to quality, time and cost targets. Moreover, to ensure efficient and effective ways of working and implementation of new best practices in planning and execution of projects, in close collaboration with business unit and internal stakeholders.

Business Unit NCS is the main stakeholder regarding production project assignments and future production demands. You will also be an important spokesperson for Production Järfälla in production project related challenges. Your engagement and network will reach beyond Production, why you will be a natural member of several project steering groups.

Your responsibilities in short:

• Translating Saab, Surveillance and Production strategies into clear and well-communicated targets for your organization.
• Leading according to Saab´s organizational values.
• Full responsibility for results within your area, which includes safety and health, quality, delivery capacity, efficiency and finance.
• Coach and develop ability and competence within your team
• Empower your employees through value driven leadership.
• Secure product on-time deliveries with right quality and cost
• Follow-up and report status of ongoing production and NPI projects
• Develop efficient ways of working within your area, implement best practices, and drive continuous improvements.
• Maintain and develop relations to all relevant stakeholders.

Your profile

We envision a management team where each member contributes with their individual experiences and skills to create an effective and dynamic environment. As a manager, you will demonstrate communicative leadership skills in order to create commitment and energy within the organization. You lead by values, visions and goals, and are a leader that make changes happen – together with your team.

• Bachelor or Master of Science in engineering, project management or other adequate educational or equal working experience.
• Leadership experience within a relevant area, e.g. project management, or line management.
• Experience of working with or in manufacturing
• Proven ability and interest in leading, developing and challenging the organization, management teams and employees.
• Skills to combine strategic thinking with operational actions.
• Strong business understanding and customer focus.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent skills in spoken and written Swedish and English

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.