Head of On-Prem & Private Cloud Platform Innovation

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

Job summary

Saab AB in Sweden seeks a strategic Head of On-Prem Infrastructure to lead the group’s private cloud platforms, core on-prem services, and automation. You will shape the strategy, roadmap and delivery, ensuring secure, resilient platforms and alignment with business goals.

You will drive platform modernisation via IaC, automation and platform engineering, managing change, governance and a high-performing team across Saab’s critical operations.

Qualifications

• Academic degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience leading managers and technical teams in large, complex organisations.
• Extensive experience leading private cloud, infrastructure platform or enterprise infrastructure services organisations.
• Strong understanding of modern infrastructure technologies, security, resilience and service operations.
• Experience driving infrastructure modernisation through automation, Infrastructure as Code and platform engineering.
• Experience establishing governance, standards and effective operating models.
• Experience from the defence industry or other highly regulated and security-sensitive industries is considered an advantage.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to align business and technology priorities.
• Fluency in both Swedish and English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and engage employees and leaders within the area.
• Own the strategy and roadmap for Saab's private cloud platforms, core on-prem infrastructure services and automation capabilities.
• Ensure secure, resilient and reliable infrastructure services and drive continuous improvement in service quality.
• Drive the evolution of Saab's infrastructure platforms through automation, Infrastructure as Code and platform engineering practices.
• Lead platform modernisation, standardisation and technical debt reduction initiatives.
• Establish governance, standards and lifecycle management for infrastructure platforms and services.
• Build strong relationships with business stakeholders, vendors and strategic partners.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Bilingual Swedish/English

Education

Academic degree in a relevant field

Job description

Saab AB in Sweden seeks a strategic Head of On-Prem Infrastructure to lead the group’s private cloud platforms, core on-prem services, and automation. You will shape the strategy, roadmap and delivery, ensuring secure, resilient platforms and alignment with business goals.

You will drive platform modernisation via IaC, automation and platform engineering, managing change, governance and a high-performing team across Saab’s critical operations.