Manager Innovation

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

As a Manager Innovation in the Industrial Development Center, you will take ownership of complex prototyping and development projects for Snus and Nicotine Pouch innovations. You will drive projects that require deeper coordination, broader multi‑functional alignment, or execution involving multiple stages or industrial‑scale equipment.

You will lead planning for these initiatives, maintain project timelines under IDC responsibility, and ensure alignment across collaborators. Working closely with Process Engineers and technical experts, you will coordinate activities, consolidate trial outcomes, and support informed decision‑making through structured communication of project progress, risks, and findings.

Beyond project delivery, you will contribute to the growth and effectiveness of IDC Sweden by helping shape development strategies, strengthening multi‑functional collaboration, and ensuring IDC capabilities continue to support the evolving innovation pipeline.

YOUR ‘DAY TO DAY’

• Build, maintain, and communicate project plans, timelines, risks, achievements, and the work you're doing, providing 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.

Who We’re Looking For

• Educational background in engineering, process technology, product development, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in project management, product development, process engineering, manufacturing development, industrialization, or related technical roles.
• Strong technical understanding of manufacturing processes, product development, industrialization, or oral product technologies, with the ability to engage confidently in technical discussions across diverse functions.
• Proven ability to lead multi‑functional teams and drive alignment across diverse collaborators without direct authority.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to inform, influence, and align technical and non‑technical teams.
• Proficient in English and Swedish.

Join Swedish Match And You Too Can

• Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. We’ll empower you to take risks, experiment, and explore.
• Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture, where everyone’s contribution is respected; collaborate with some of the world’s best people and feel like you belong.
• Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills with a global business – our staggering size and scale provide endless opportunities to progress.
• Take pride in delivering our promise to society: to deliver a smoke‑free future.

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