Head of Strategy

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.

In this role, you will be responsible for driving and further developing the business unit's strategy work in close coordination with the overall strategy management for the Aeronautics business area within the SAAB Group. You ensure that our goals, initiatives and product portfolio are well anchored in the Group's strategic direction – and at the same time adapted to create results in our part of the business.

You will also lead the product management, where the focus is on translating strategic priorities into concrete solutions and customer value. You will be part of a team with both direct reporting employees and a subordinate manager. You report to the Head of the Business Gripen. As a member of the Business Unit's management team, you will play an important role in developing it to further success in a phase characterized by strong growth.

Main responsibilities:

• Lead and develop the strategic work in close cooperation with Aeronautics' strategy management.
• Ensure that strategy and product management are aligned and drive the business forward.
• Inspire, challenge and coach leaders in turning strategy into action.
• Follow up results, key figures and drive continuous improvement.

You are courageous and curious in your leadership and thrive in a business-driven environment characterized by teamwork and collaboration. You have the ability to motivate and enthuse teams and individuals to perform. Your leadership style is communicative, inclusive, collaborative and promotes an open, trusting and encouraging working environment.

We place great importance on your personal qualities and you are a person who makes decisions, takes responsibility, is solution-oriented, supportive and a good listener. You are a confident communicator and you share information in a clear and relevant way, both in speech and in writing.

To succeed in this role, we see that you:

• Have experience of strategic leadership at a high level, preferably in complex organizations.
• Has worked with product management or business development close to the market and customer.
• Is analytical, clear and engaging – with the ability to create consensus and energy.
• Communicates fluently in Swedish and English.

With us, you will play a central role in realizing Gripen's strategy – together with competent colleagues who share your desire to make a difference.

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.

Explore a wealth of possibilities. Take on challenges, create smart inventions, and grow beyond. This is a place for curious minds, brave pioneers, and everyone in between. Together, we achieve the extraordinary, each bringing our unique perspectives. Your part matters.

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

Kindly observe that this is an ongoing recruitment process and that the position might be filled before the closing date of the advertisement.