Information Security Manager - Governance, Risk and Compliance

Saab; Solna kommun; On-site; SEK 1,100,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Saab is seeking an Information Security Manager to lead the Governance, Risk and Compliance team within our Information & Cyber Security Organization. You will bridge high-level governance with operational excellence, translating strategic objectives into practical execution across a global business.

You will guide the Security Management System (SMS), align with ISO/IEC 27001, regulations and standards, and drive modernization through automation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading teams of highly skilled specialists.
• Strong strategic mindset translating business goals into actionable priorities.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive, solution-oriented approach.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills in Swedish and English.
• Good understanding of relevant regulations, standards and security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic development of the Security Management System (SMS), ensuring alignment with ISO/IEC 27001, regulatory requirements and business objectives.
• Drive the translation of security strategy into practical guidelines and processes across the organization.
• Ensure alignment with IT and technical functions so that security controls and risk mitigation are applied throughout the IT lifecycle.
• Lead modernization initiatives, including automation and digitalization of security processes.
• Oversee compliance, security controls and risk management to ensure effective mitigation of risks and identified gaps.

Skills

GRC leadership

Security governance

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Bilingual communication

Job description

Want to influence the bigger picture? At Saab, you can realise amazing innovations that keep people and societies safe. Together, we can truly make an impact – and your part matters.

Your role

We are expanding our Information & Cyber Security Organization within Business Area Surveillance and are looking for a strategic leader to head our Governance, Risk and Compliance team. This role is key to bridging high-level security governance with operational excellence, ensuring that security is not only a requirement, but a business enabler and competitive advantage for Saab.

As an Information Security Manager, you will work in an international environment characterized by advanced security threats, complex IT landscapes and business-critical projects. You will lead the specialists responsible for the core of our security governance, ensuring that the Security Management System (SMS) remains an effective framework that drives security across the organization and translates strategic objectives into practical execution.

Your main tasks will be:

• Lead the strategic development of the Security Management System (SMS), ensuring alignment with ISO/IEC 27001, regulatory requirements and business objectives.
• Drive the translation of security strategy into practical guidelines and processes across the organization.
• Ensure alignment with IT and technical functions so that security controls and risk mitigation are applied throughout the IT lifecycle.
• Lead modernization initiatives, including automation and digitalization of security processes.
• Oversee compliance, security controls and risk management to ensure effective mitigation of risks and identified gaps.

Preferred locations for this role are Solna/Stockholm or Kallebäck/Göteborg

Your profile

Personal qualities are highly important for this role. We are looking for a leader with high integrity, strong ethics and the ability to build trusted relationships and networks. You combine independent driving with a collaborative mindset and understand how to balance robust security with business needs.

We believe you are an experienced security leader with a strong background in Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) and a proven track record of leading specialists in complex environments. You view governance as a means to create resilience rather than simply ensuring compliance and have a genuine interest in modernizing security through automation and continuous improvement.

Required skills:

• Proven experience leading teams of highly skilled specialists.
• Strong strategic mindset with the ability to translate business goals into actionable priorities.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive, solution-oriented approach.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills in both Swedish and English.
• Good understanding of relevant regulations, standards and security best practices.

This position requires that you pass a security vetting based on the current regulations around/of security protection. For positions requiring security clearance additional obligations on citizenship may apply.

What you will be a part of

Explore a wealth of possibilities. Take on challenges, create smart inventions, and grow beyond. This is a place for curious minds, brave pioneers, and everyone in between. Together, we achieve the extraordinary, each bringing our unique perspectives. Your part matters.

Saab is a leading defense and security company with an enduring purpose, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 28,000 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world.

Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defense capability of several nations. Read more about us here

If you are interested in what benefits you can take part of as an employee at Saab in Sweden, you can read more about them here

Kindly observe that this is an ongoing recruitment process and that the position might be filled before the closing date of the advertisement.