Head of Project Office for ERIEYE & Sensors

at  Saab Inc

Join our team as Head of ERIEYE & Sensor Project Management Office within Airborne Early Warning.
Do you have a proven track record in leadership and a keen eye for project management excellence while keeping one foot in the technology area? We are offering an exciting opportunity for you to make a significant impact!
ERIEYE & Sensors organization is responsible for the primary radar and dorsal unit of Saab’s GlobalEye - world’s most advanced airborne surveillance system. Highly complex product development requires highly skilled subproject managers that excel in all aspects of project execution.
Airborne Early Warning, a Business Unit within Business Area Surveillance develops, delivers and maintains Airborne early Warning Systems such as the GlobalEye, a top performer of today´s AEW product in the World. GlobalEye is based on our own developed advanced radar ERIEYE that is integrated with other sensors into a Mission Systems.
Your role

As Head of our Project Management Office, you will:

• Lead our subproject management team: Guide and empower our subproject managers to execute our technical subprojects efficiently
• Ensure Success: Provide the conditions for our subproject managers to lead the advanced product development from early uncertainties to agreed deliveries via clear plans, cost and quality
• Secure Plans; Take responsibility for ERIEYE & Sensors’ project roadmap, cost estimations, resource planning, budget and risk management
• Collaborate: Be an integral part of the ERIEYE & Sensor Management Team, working closely with internal and external partners and stakeholders
• Adapt and Innovate: Modernize our ways of working using new tools and technologies, including automation and digitalization
• Build Networks: Develop and maintain a vital Saab network, fostering close cooperation with other parts of the Saab community
• Drive Change: Develop and challenge the organization, management teams, and employees to achieve excellence

You will also cooperate and contribute to the overall development of Project Management Excellence with other Project Offices.
Your profile

To be successful in this position you have built your project management toolbox and have a genuine interest in technology, the ability to motivate, engage and challenge yourself and others. You are a skilled communicator with the ability to create and maintain a broad contact network and close cooperation. We also value that you have:

• Strong Leadership Skills: Ability to inspire, motivate, and empower your team, creating a committed and energetic work environment.
• Organizational Excellence: Skilled in prioritizing, delegating, and maintaining a holistic perspective.
• Experience in Strategic-, Roadmap- and technical development planning with a business perspective.
• Financial Expertise: Knowledge in cost estimations, budget processes & control, and risk management
• The ability to create a collaborative work environment with transparency, respect and trust among your employees.
• You have a degree in Engineering or similar and communicates fluently in Swedish and English.

Last but not least, you have the ability to support and boost a collaborative work environment with transparency, respect and trust.
This position requires that you pass a security vetting based on the current regulations regarding 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 22,000 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
If you are interested in what benefits you can take part of as an employee at SAAB in Sweden, you can read more about them here

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