Project Manager, Combat System

Saab Finland Oy; Turku; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Lunch benefit

Fitness and culture benefit

Gym facilities

Transport options

Job summary

Saab Finland Oy in Turku seeks a Project Manager to lead the implementation and commissioning of Naval Combat Systems on ships. You will manage the transition from design to integration, ensuring on-time delivery within budget and quality targets, and oversee verification tests and STW activities.

Fluency in Finnish and English, strong stakeholder management, and experience with defense or complex systems are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience leading commissioning, implementation or acceptance of complex technical systems.
• Background in defense/naval projects or equivalent complex environments.
• Experience with systems-of-systems and hardware/software integration.
• Leadership of multi-disciplinary teams and sub-suppliers.
• Contract management and ability to execute SOWs.
• Strong Finnish and English communication; ability to coordinate with shipyard and customer.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery with focus on commissioning and implementation phase.
• Manage Harbour and Sea Acceptance Tests and reporting.
• Oversee Set-To-Work activities and SSE readiness.
• Coordinate WoS engineering support for ship platform integration.
• Identify and mitigate project risks using the risk register.
• Chair problem reporting and manage ECPs for final delivery.
• Be primary contact for customer and shipyard on schedule and milestones.

Skills

Project leadership

Defense/naval domain

Commissioning & acceptance

System integration

Stakeholder management

Contract management & SOW

Multi-disciplinary team leadership

Finnish & English communication

Education

Experience with complex technical programs

Tools

SOW tooling

Risk management

Job description

Your role

Your role The Business Unit Surveillance is looking for a Project Manager (PM) to lead the implementation and commissioning phase of our Naval Combat Systems in Finland. As a Project Manager 1, you carry the overall responsibility for the successful delivery and commissioning of the integrated Combat System (CS), ensuring that all sensors, weapon systems, and the Combat Management System (CMS) are fully operational on the ship platform. The role is a senior position where you manage the project's transition from the design phase to integration and acceptance on the ships up to the project’s final acceptance. You are responsible for ensuring that the project is delivered successfully as per agreements with regards to time, budget, scope, and quality, with a specific focus on ensuring the integrated CS is fully prepared for final acceptance. To succeed in this role, you understand the complexities of system-to-platform integration and the importance of coordinating multiple stakeholders, including the shipyard, the customer, and internal technical teams. You enjoy the challenge of leading the final verification phases of a project and enabling teams to perform the installation, set-to-work, and acceptance testing in a creative and dynamic atmosphere.

The main tasks in the project work are

• Overall Responsibility: Lead the project delivery with a specific focus on the commissioning and implementation phase.
• Acceptance Testing: Manage the execution, coordination, and reporting of Harbour Acceptance Tests (HAT) and Sea Acceptance Tests (SAT).
• System Readiness: Oversee the Set-To-Work (STW) activities and ensure all Saab Supplied Equipment (SSE) is correctly installed, aligned, and ready for operation on the platform.
• Platform Integration: Coordinate Whole-of-Ship (WoS) engineering support to assist the customer and shipyard in the physical integration of the integrated CS with the ship platform.
• Risk Management: Identify, manage, and mitigate project risks using the project's risk register to ensure timely delivery.
• Technical Governance: Lead the problem reporting process, chair the System Problem Report (SPR) board, and manage Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) to ensure all technical issues are resolved before final delivery.
• Stakeholder Management: Act as the primary point of contact for the customer and shipyard regarding the commissioning schedule and delivery milestones.

The role requires frequent travel to Saab Sweden and presence on the shipyard/vessel.

Your profile

You are a confident communicator in both Finnish and English. You share information in a clear and easy way, verbally and in writing. You have a collaborative mindset, and you are a true team player! You are comfortable leading challenging negotiations and managing expectations towards the customer and external partners.

Required skills and experience

• Experience working with defense products or working with systems in the naval domain or equivalent complex environment.
• Proven experience in leading the commissioning, implementation, or acceptance phase of complex technical systems.
• Experience in working with systems-of-systems and the integration of hardware and software.
• Background from leading roles in large-scale project management.
• Experience in leading multi-disciplinary teams and managing sub-suppliers.
• Experience in contract management and the execution of Statements of Work (SOW).

Desirable skills

• Experience working with safety-critical systems and the verification of safety requirements.
• IT security and cyber security experience in a project environment.
• Experience working with real-time systems and their integration on a maritime platform.

In this job, some of your tasks have a connection to defence secrecy. Therefore, a drug test and approved security clearance in accordance with the Finnish Security Clearance Act (726/2014) are required for the selected applicant.

Depending on the nature of the assignments, additional country-specific security clearances, including those required by Swedish authorities, may also be required.

What you will be part of

In addition to extremely interesting project, we offer you unique career opportunities where on-going training and development are also provided to help you build your career. Locally, we want to keep our organization very flat, and we embrace the culture, built on values of trust, openness and atmosphere of caring for each other. On top of joining a team of highly talented professionals and fun people, we offer you competitive benefit package, including full lunch benefit, exercise & culture benefit, gym facilities, transport related options, and many more.

We pride ourselves on a nurturing environment, where everyone is different yet we share the same goal – to help protect people. At Saab, you'll be empowered to make a real difference. Join colleagues worldwide who share one purpose – keeping people and society safe through innovative defence and security solutions.

We're committed to creating an inclusive environment where every person can fully focus on what matters. Saab is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer – all qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will be considered without regard to race, colour, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran or disability status.