Business Unit Security Officer at Kockums

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.

Do you want to develop security at one of Sweden's most high-tech companies? At Saab security is prioritized, on top management's agenda and crucial for competitiveness, profitability and trust in a challenging global market.

We are looking for a Business Unit Security Officer to join our international environment where advanced security threats are part of everyday business, alongside complex business environments and projects with high business impact.

Your operational role as a Security Officer is to build and strengthen a general security culture within the business unit and develop security work based on external and internal security protection requirements.

You will work closely with the entire security department but in particular with the other security officers at the other BU units. In addition to this you will liaise and collaborate extensively with other departments internally as well as externally.

Your main tasks will be:

• Coordinating security work at the business unit level and being the contact person for all security matters
• Leading security protection planning according to the business unit's contracts that require security protection
• Ensuring regulatory compliance, such as continuously reviewing and evaluating applicable laws, regulations, requirements and agreements for the business unit
• Being the bridge between the business unit and authorities in security-related matters

You will be based in Karlskrona. We are a global company working in an international context meaning both domestic and international travel will be required. 

To be successful in this role we believe you:

• Are a socially skilled person who has an easy way of making contacts and cooperating inside and outside the company. You are comfortable in taking decisions and have a high degree of integrity
• Have experience of information security both in the national and the international context e.g. ISO27´1 and CMMC
• Experience in Swedish Protection Security Act
• Good communication skills in Swedish and English, verbal and written
• Several years of experience from working with security related legislations and legal frameworks

We consider it an advantage if you:

• Can take responsibility for your own area and you understand how your part contributes to the greater good
• Have several years of experience from working for government authorities or in a global company demanding an understanding of security related issues in the business process

You are a true team player, and as such you focus on team results. Personal qualities will be of the outmost importance, and it is paramount that you are a trustworthy individual with strong ethics and personal integrity.

You understand the need for balanced security in a business-driven environment. As an BU Security Officer at Saab Kockums, you are likely to get in contact with classified information. 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.

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.

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