Chief Enterprise Applications & Cloud Platform Lead

Saab AB; Sweden; Remote; SEK 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Saab AB is seeking a strategic head of Enterprise Applications to lead the performance, development and delivery of core application services for engineering and software development. You will champion modernisation, standardisation and cloud-based platforms while ensuring security, resilience and cost efficiency.

You will build roadmaps with stakeholders, balancing day-to-day operations with transformation and scalable platforms.

Qualifications

• Academic degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience.
• Strong people leadership and talent development skills.
• Experience leading application management or service organisations in complex IT environments, combining operational delivery with transformation.
• Strong understanding of engineering and software development processes and the applications and toolchains that support them.
• Experience developing application roadmaps and driving lifecycle management, modernization and integration.
• Strong business understanding and the ability to translate engineering needs into prioritised IT capabilities, addressing information security and compliance requirements.
• Strong stakeholder, vendor and financial management skills.
• Experience from the defence industry is considered an advantage.
• Fluency in both Swedish and English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and engage employees and leaders, building capabilities for current and future engineering needs.
• Set direction, priorities and roadmaps for engineering and software development application services.
• Take end-to-end accountability for service performance, security, resilience and application lifecycle management.
• Translate business and engineering needs into prioritised improvements and development initiatives.
• Drive modernization, standardisation and integration while managing dependencies and ensuring business continuity.
• Evolve the operating and delivery model to strengthen application management and collaboration across Group IT and the business.
• Build strong relationships with business stakeholders, vendors and partners to align priorities and delivery commitments.
• Take financial ownership of the area and contribute to the management team.

Skills

People leadership

Strategy & roadmaps

IT governance

Security & resilience

Stakeholder management

Financial management

Transformation & modernization

English (written and spoken)

Swedish (written and spoken)

Education

Academic degree in a relevant field

Job description

Saab AB is seeking a strategic head of Enterprise Applications to lead the performance, development and delivery of core application services for engineering and software development. You will champion modernisation, standardisation and cloud-based platforms while ensuring security, resilience and cost efficiency.

You will build roadmaps with stakeholders, balancing day-to-day operations with transformation and scalable platforms.