Head of Strategy & Operations Minc

Minc; Malmö kommun; On-site; SEK 840,000 - 1,080,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness allowance

Pension

Holiday entitlement

Job summary

Minc is seeking a Head of Strategy & Operations to join their team in Malmö. This pivotal role involves executing a transformational strategy within a dynamic organization.

As the CEO's close collaborator, you will ensure operational execution and lead the development of a learning organization. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in both strategic and operational roles, coupled with excellent communication skills in both Swedish and English.

Join us in shaping the future of Malmö's innovation community!

Qualifications

• At least five years of experience in strategy and operations.
• Fluent in Swedish and English.
• Experience driving organizational change and development.

Responsibilities

• Own the execution of Minc's strategy across the organization.
• Act as a sounding board to the CEO.
• Drive Minc's development as a learning organization.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Operational execution

Building collaborations

Leadership

Analytical skills

Job description

Head of Strategy & Operations

Do you ever find yourself in a room full of people where there's a lot of talk about change but not a lot happening? Are you then the one that usually makes things move?

Minc is changing strategy, changing location, and changing its operating logic, all within a year. We are now looking for you who holds these ambitions together from the inside, in a role where you build the future Malmö with us. You are an operational force, joining a development‑oriented team.

Minc is one of the Malmö region's leading innovation actors. We are in the middle of a deliberate shift, where we move from being a support actor to actively developing Malmö's innovation system. It is an ambitious shift. You will be the CEO's closest colleague in the work with the organisation's total operations, in a role with independent judgement and your own mandate. Your job is to absorb a high pace and translate it into development in the organisation, without losing substance along the way. You ensure that we deliver on an ambitious strategy. You complement a CEO with entrepreneurial drive, expansive thinking, and a helicopter perspective.

Your personal qualities and ambition carry as much weight as your credentials. Make sure that we get to know you through your application.

What our colleagues say about your manager

How is it to work with our CEO?

"High pace, ambitious shifts that create significant expectations internally and externally. Clear and open communication focused on the organisation's direction and where we are heading."

"Good at creating a space where people can work independently, and be creative, and where we can take initiative. You are not a micromanager but put a lot of trust in the individuals. You are quite busy but try to make sure you have time for f2f meetings. And you sang to the king."

In practice, this means that you:

• Own the execution of Minc's strategy and initiatives as a positive, unifying force across the entire organisation. You clear the path for yourself and your colleagues and solve problems as they arise.
• Are a qualified sounding board to the CEO before decisions are made. You challenge reasoning constructively. You say when an argument does not hold. And you then own the execution.
• Drive Minc's development as a learning organisation, building structures and habits that circulate knowledge and experience so that the organisation's collective capability grows, including how we continue to integrate AI as a working tool.

Who you are

• You are an entrepreneur or intrapreneur. You have built something, changed something, or taken clear ownership of something complex and seen it through.
• You thrive when structure is not given and see that as an opportunity rather than an obstacle.
• You lead through your own actions and on a typical workday you might both empty the dishwasher and welcome the Japanese Ambassador.
• You have solid experience and practice building collaborations and alliances to reach goals, and your track record shows that you are a unifying force in change and development work.
• You have at least five years of experience combining strategic thinking with operational execution and can point to concrete examples of taking complex assignments through to completion.
• You are good at making ambitious plans concrete and seeing them through. In the balance between the strategic and the operational, your focus is on operational execution.
• You are analytically strong, understand when an argument does not hold and say so. You read organisations well and understand what is said and what is not. You build trust upward, downward, and horizontally without becoming a political actor.
• You speak and write Swedish and English fluently and communication is one of your most important tools. Feel free to apply in your preferred language.

What we offer

A role with real strategic influence and broad operational responsibility in an organisation in the middle of shaping its future. Close to leadership, a wide mandate, and the opportunity to help build something with lasting significance for our entrepreneurs, for Malmö, and for the business community.

Terms and general conditions per the Sobona HÖK collective agreement, including wellness allowance, pension, and holiday entitlement.

A position of trust

Minc is a publicly‑owned company with an entrepreneurial spirit. We challenge conventional norms while also being public‑sector role models. For this role we will therefore conduct a background check and ask final candidates for a criminal record extract.

Our public mandate also entails certain restrictions on the side activities you may pursue alongside your role with us.

Enough about us, let's hear about you!

Apply before July 5th.