Project Manager - Defence (Nordics, FST Gen)

4C Strategies AB; Stockholms kommun; Hybrid; SEK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Competitive salary

25 days holiday plus public holidays

Occupational pension scheme

Private healthcare

Enhanced parental leave

Life assurance

Wellness allowance

Company social events

Job summary

A defence consultancy firm is seeking a Project Manager to lead the end-to-end delivery of a complex multi-year programme in Stockholm. This role involves strategic planning, stakeholder management, and financial oversight, ensuring all aspects from consultancy to technical implementation are executed effectively. Ideal candidates will demonstrate experience in defence projects and possess strong organizational and communication skills. Flexible working arrangements and competitive benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering complex projects in defence or security contexts.
• Proven track record in managing end-to-end project delivery.
• Strong ability to manage high-volume delivery environments.
• Proven ability to act as primary customer interface in long-term engagements.
• Ability to manage delivery risk and maintain predictable performance in high-volume environments.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery of the FST Gen engagement ensuring structured planning and execution.
• Maintain project plans and monitor financial performance.
• Act as primary interface with customers for delivery matters.
• Coordinate across consultancy, implementation and development teams with clear role boundaries.
• Establish predictable prioritisation across parallel workstreams while balancing delivery and capacity.
• Monitor budget, forecast and margins to protect delivery stability and performance.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Financial tracking

Risk management

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Education

Formal project management training or certification (e.g. PRINCE2, PMP)

Job description

About the role

As a Project Manager within 4C Strategies' Nordics Defence Team, you will take ownership of the end-to-end delivery of Försvarsstabens Genomförandeavdelning (FST Gen), a long-term, high-volume engagement combining consultancy, technical implementation, and significant development activity.

FST Gen is a strategically important, multi-year programme operating in a complex and evolving defence environment. You will provide structured leadership across planning, coordination, financial control, and customer engagement - ensuring predictable delivery, clear prioritisation, and strong governance.

The role sits within 4C\'s Defence delivery organisation and involves close collaboration with Engineering, Product, Consultancy, and Support teams. You will act as the primary customer interface for delivery matters, ensuring clarity between project leadership, technical implementation, and development responsibilities, and strengthening long-term scalability of the engagement.

Key responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of the FST Gen engagement, ensuring structured planning, execution, governance, and successful outcomes.
• Develop and maintain clear project plans covering scope, milestones, dependencies, financial tracking, and resource allocation.
• Act as the primary delivery interface with the customer, providing structured reporting, expectation management, and clear escalation pathways.
• Ensure effective coordination between consultancy, implementation, and development teams, maintaining clear role boundaries and accountability.
• Establish and maintain predictable prioritisation across parallel workstreams, balancing delivery commitments with technical capacity.
• Monitor financial performance, supporting budget control, forecasting, and margin protection.
• Identify and manage risks proactively, implementing mitigation strategies to protect continuity and delivery stability.
• Support parallel initiatives within the Nordics portfolio, including feasibility and expansion activities, ensuring alignment without compromising core delivery.
• Contribute to strengthening delivery governance, frameworks, and best practices across the Nordics Defence business.
• Represent 4C professionally and exemplify disciplined, structured, and customer-focused programme leadership.

About you

You are an experienced project leader with a background in defence or security environments, comfortable operating within long-term, technically complex engagements.

You bring structure and clarity to high-volume delivery environments, ensuring teams are aligned, prioritised, and supported. You are confident managing senior stakeholders while maintaining detailed oversight of planning, financial control, and risk.

You are motivated by building stability and scalability in mission-critical programmes, and you take ownership of ensuring sustainable delivery performance over time.

We believe you bring

• Demonstrable experience delivering complex projects within defence, security, or similarly regulated environments.
• Proven ownership of end-to-end delivery across consultancy, technical implementation, and development workstreams.
• Strong experience in structured project planning, coordination, and financial tracking.
• Experience acting as primary customer interface within long-term engagements.
• Ability to manage delivery risk and maintain predictable performance in high-volume environments.
• Clear and confident written and verbal communication skills, including engagement with senior stakeholders.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple parallel activities.
• Eligibility for relevant Swedish security clearance requirements.
• Desirable: Experience working within Nordic defence organisations.
• Desirable: Familiarity with training management, exercise management, or defence digital transformation initiatives.
• Desirable: Experience operating within multi-year framework agreements or strategic defence programmes.
• Desirable: Formal project management training or certification (e.g. PRINCE2, PMP, Agile methodologies).

Benefits you can expect

• Office-based role in Stockholm with flexible working arrangements
• Competitive salary
• 25 days holiday plus public holidays
• Occupational pension scheme
• Private healthcare
• Enhanced parental leave
• Life assurance
• Wellness allowance and employee benefits programmes
• Company social events

About 4C Strategies

4C Strategies supports defence organisations worldwide with software and expert services that strengthen readiness, resilience, and operational capability. Through our Exonaut platform and specialist defence delivery teams, we help armed forces plan, train, exercise, and evaluate more effectively - improving preparedness and performance in mission-critical environments.

In the Nordics, we work closely with defence partners to deliver long-term capability programmes that combine consultancy, technology, and development expertise - building sustainable readiness for the future.

Team Military Role Project Management Locations Stockholm