Global Missile Production Training Lead

Ståle Løkken; Kongsberg; On-site; NOK 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace seeks a Team Manager to establish Global Missile Production Training within Strategic Production, DMA. You will build a multidisciplinary team and coordinate training across Norway and international sites to transfer expertise for NSM and JSM production.

You will recruit, develop talent, and drive continuous improvement while ensuring compliance and strong stakeholder collaboration across locations.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in people leadership and team development.
• Experience from production, manufacturing, or another complex operational environment.
• The ability to translate strategic and operational needs into clear priorities and executable plans.
• A strong understanding of the relationship between competence, training, quality, and production performance.
• Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills across disciplines, locations, and cultures.
• A structured and proactive leadership style, combined with sound judgement and a strong drive for results.
• Strong communication skills in both Norwegian and English, written and spoken.
• Good digital skills and confidence using relevant IT tools.
• Experience from KONGSBERG production environments is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead, and develop a multidisciplinary production training team.
• Recruit and develop skilled employees and create a strong culture of trust, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Plan and coordinate training activities in Norway and across international production sites.
• Translate production needs and growth ambitions into competence requirements, training priorities, and resource plans.
• Work closely with production management and subject-matter experts to develop and continuously improve training programs, materials, methods, and processes.
• Drive standardization and effective knowledge transfer across locations while maintaining production and quality requirements.
• Manage staffing, capacity, competence, and resources.
• Build strong relationships with production leaders and stakeholders across disciplines and international sites.
• Monitor progress, risks, and capability gaps and communicate priorities and challenges to management.
• Ensure compliance with relevant requirements and regulations, in Norway and internationally.

Skills

People leadership

Team development

Production training

Stakeholder management

Strategic planning

Communication skills

Digital skills

Cross-cultural collaboration

Job description

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace seeks a Team Manager to establish Global Missile Production Training within Strategic Production, DMA. You will build a multidisciplinary team and coordinate training across Norway and international sites to transfer expertise for NSM and JSM production.

You will recruit, develop talent, and drive continuous improvement while ensuring compliance and strong stakeholder collaboration across locations.