Innovation Program Lead: Prototyping & Scale-Up

Swedish Match; Göteborgs kommun; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Swedish Match in Gothenburg seeks a Manager Innovation in the Industrial Development Center to own complex prototyping and development projects for snus and nicotine pouch innovations. You will lead multi‑functional programs, align stakeholders, and drive scale‑up across development and manufacturing teams.

You will shape development strategies, improve collaboration, and ensure IDC capabilities support the evolving innovation pipeline while delivering on time and within quality and safety

Qualifications

• Educational background in engineering, process technology, product development, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in project management, product development, process engineering, or related technical roles.
• Strong technical understanding of manufacturing processes, product development, industrialization, or oral product technologies.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and communicate project plans, timelines, risks, achievements, and the work you're doing, with regular updates to management and partners.
• Act as the primary IDC interface for major innovation programs, aligning R&D, Industrialization, Manufacturing, and IDC teams on objectives, priorities, risks, execution strategies, and resource needs.
• Coordinate project execution with Process Engineers and technical teams, ensuring effective planning, tracking, reporting, and progression of development activities.
• Lead project evaluations and governance discussions, collecting outcomes, managing risks, supporting key decisions, and defining next steps.
• Support industrial trials and production campaigns by coordinating activities across development and manufacturing teams and facilitating successful scale-up of new products and processes.
• Contribute to the growth and efficiency by identifying future capability needs, improving ways of working, and encouraging collaboration across projects and teams.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Communication skills

English proficiency

Swedish proficiency

Education

Engineering or related technical field

Job description

Swedish Match in Gothenburg seeks a Manager Innovation in the Industrial Development Center to own complex prototyping and development projects for snus and nicotine pouch innovations. You will lead multi‑functional programs, align stakeholders, and drive scale‑up across development and manufacturing teams.

You will shape development strategies, improve collaboration, and ensure IDC capabilities support the evolving innovation pipeline while delivering on time and within quality and safety