Head of Requirements Management

at  Saab Inc

Want to influence the bigger picture? At Saab, you can realise amazing innovations that keep people and societies safe. Together, we can truly make an impact – and your part matters.
Your role
BU Gripen is a business unit with overall responsibility for JAS 39 Gripen C/D/E/F. Air Vehicle Engineering is a department within BU Gripen, with ~150 employees, responsible for the systems engineering of the entire Gripen C/D/E/F aircraft on an overall design level. The department consists of overall systems and other engineering disciplines.
As Head of Requirements Management, you will lead an area of approx. 10 requirement managers who provide overall support and guidance for handling stakeholder, e.g., customer and regulatory requirements, including verification reporting. Together with product management, the group compile and issues stakeholder requirements specifications and administers change processes. The requirements managers compile and report verification status for stakeholder requirements and administer verification reports, including communication with customers and authorities. The area is also responsible for developing methodology for stakeholder requirements management and presentation of requirements fulfillment.
In this role, you will be responsible for coaching your employees and give them the best conditions possible to perform their work in an efficient manner. You are also the accountable manager for the deliverables from your unit and to secure on time deliveries with high quality.

Some of your responsibilities are

• Efficient ways of working and contributing to streamlined processes
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements within own aviation permits
• Continuous Learning and Idea Development of your team
• Line manager responsibilities
• Being accountable for the deliveries and commitments of your unit
• Being part of the leadership team of the department
• Planning the work and process governance

Your profile
To be successful in this role, you need to share and embrace our values and be comfortable leading according to our leadership framework – know your business, know your people and know yourself.
You have the energy and attitude to lead with the purpose of good business and positive culture. Furthermore, you have a genuine interest in other people and their individual driving forces and have a natural ability to build and maintain relationships. Co-operation and continuous learning are key components in our culture.

Other capabilities and ways of working we believe are essential for this role are following:

• a purpose-driven leader with good people management skills
• deliver on promises
• have a high degree of personal maturity with good judgement and high ethics

We believe you hold a Master or Batchelor degree in, e.g., engineering, computer science, information science or business management, or equivalent experience from several years of working in large projects with systems engineering related responsibilities. Skills in the English and Swedish language, oral and written is needed. Experience from leadership roles, preferable as line manager, is beneficial.
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 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
Kindly observe that this is an ongoing recruitment process and that the position might be filled before the closing date of the advertisement

Some of your responsibilities are

• Efficient ways of working and contributing to streamlined processes
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements within own aviation permits
• Continuous Learning and Idea Development of your team
• Line manager responsibilities
• Being accountable for the deliveries and commitments of your unit
• Being part of the leadership team of the department
• Planning the work and process governanc

Other capabilities and ways of working we believe are essential for this role are following:

• a purpose-driven leader with good people management skills
• deliver on promises
• have a high degree of personal maturity with good judgement and high ethic