Senior R&D Manager – Product Development

Sandvik; Gimo; On-site; SEK 2,000,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandvik Coromant is seeking a senior R&D leader to guide the development of our world-leading indexable tools, solid round tools, tooling systems and cutting tool grades. The location will be at one of our sites in Sweden (Gimo, Sandviken or Stockholm).

You will drive a transformation toward a more customer-oriented, digitally enhanced and faster-execution organization, leading leaders and technical teams across sites and international networks.

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience in industrial R&D or engineering.
• Strategic, inclusive and business-minded leadership.
• Proven ability to drive complex product portfolios and organizational change.
• Fluency in English; Swedish language is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of indexable tool concepts, solid round tools and tooling systems from concept to launch readiness.
• Set and execute a market- and technology-driven strategy with sustainability embedded.
• Build partnerships and strengthen collaboration within Sandvik and with external research ecosystems.
• Lead and develop leaders and technical teams, ensure future capabilities and succession, and guide organizational change.

Skills

Senior leadership

Strategic mindset

Cross-cultural experience

English fluency

Education

Advanced degree in mechanical, materials or production engineering

Tools

Metal cutting knowledge

Tooling systems knowledge

Job description

As a technology leader in metal cutting, Sandvik Coromant keeps pushing the boundaries of what advanced manufacturing can achieve. Staying ahead means continuously challenging what our products can do, which products we develop next, and how we bring them to market, ready to perform. In this role, you lead the development of our world-leading indexable tools, solid round tools, tooling systems and cutting tool grades.

Your mission

Our products are used in manufacturing workshops and factories all over the world. To keep exceeding our customers’ high expectations, you balance customer needs, technical possibilities and business priorities. This is a role where technical depth, commercial insight and strong people leadership are essential. You lead the organization through a transformation towards becoming more customer-oriented, digitally enhanced, business-driven and faster in execution.

The location for this position is one of our sites in Sweden – Sandviken, Stockholm or Gimo.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the development of indexable tool concepts, solid round tools, tooling systems and cutting tool grades from concept through launch readiness.
• Ensure delivery of knowledge, models and data related to product, grade, application and cutting process, for internal and external users.
• Set and execute a market- and technology-driven strategy and roadmap for technology and knowledge development, with sustainability embedded throughout.
• Build partnerships and strengthen collaboration within Sandvik as well as with external research eco-systems.
• Lead and develop leaders and technical teams, ensure future capabilities and succession, and guide the organization through change.

Join our new R&D leadership team

We’re reshaping R&D at Sandvik Coromant into a simpler, faster and more customer-focused organization, built around the capabilities that matter most for the future of machining. As a member of the new R&D leadership team, reporting to the VP R&D, you help set the direction for the entire function, strengthen collaboration across teams and sites, and accelerate innovation. Together, we build a high-performing organization defined by curiosity, speed and impact.

Your profile

You bring senior leadership experience from industrial R&D, product development, engineering or another technology-intensive environment, including complex product portfolios and organizational change.

As a leader, you’re strategic, inclusive and business-minded. You create clarity when priorities shift, build trust across an international network and develop teams that collaborate, share knowledge and keep improving. With a customer-oriented mindset, you have the courage to prioritize and make decisions when conditions change.

To thrive in this role, you also need:

• An advanced degree in mechanical, materials or production engineering or a related field.
• Experience in leading leaders or large technical teams.
• A track record of bringing complex products to market and working with global, matrixed stakeholder groups.
• Fluency in English. Knowledge of Swedish is an advantage.
• International and cross-cultural experience is an advantage.
• Knowledge of metal cutting, tooling systems, cutting tool grades or industrial manufacturing is highly valued.

Our culture

Innovation is in our DNA and we’re proud to shape the future of manufacturing in close collaboration with our customers and partners. We believe in an inclusive, equal and open-minded culture, and we nurture our diversities to form a solid foundation for achieving great results. Add fair and rewarding benefits, as well as many different career opportunities in an inspiring global environment. Meet some of your future colleagues at our career page or visit our website, LinkedIn or Facebook page to get to know us further.

Contact information

Are you curious to know more about this position? Please contact Marco Zwinkels, hiring manager, at [e-mail]

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Union contacts (Sweden):

• Robert Brandt, Unionen, [phone]
• Tord Engström, Akademikerföreningen, [phone]
• Peter Olsson-Andrée, Ledarna, [phone]