Strategy Manager

Scania Group; Södertälje kommun; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health center access

Wellness allowance

Result bonus

Flexible working hours

Company car leasing

Employee events

Job summary

Scania seeks a Business Area Strategist to work with the Business Area Director, translating strategic direction into tangible progress. You will shape priorities, structure questions, and support fast, high-quality decisions within Ventures and New Business.

You will collaborate across Scania and venture companies, driving initiatives and ensuring progress against objectives and growth ambitions.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience in strategy, consulting, business development or similar roles.
• Experience from a Tier 1 strategy consulting firm (2+ years).
• Strong problem-solving capabilities with high attention to detail.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple tasks in parallel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, clear and structured.
• Proven ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders and build alignment.

Responsibilities

• Act as a strategic partner to the Business Area Director, providing analytical and operational support.
• Help shape priorities, structure complex business questions, and enable high-quality decision-making.
• Translate strategic opportunities into actionable plans with structure and momentum.
• Conduct market research and internal analyses to inform business decisions.
• Prepare and support decision-making processes, including forums and board discussions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across Scania and venture companies to drive initiatives forward.

Skills

Strategy experience

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Problem solving

Job description

Scania is undergoing a transformation from being a leading supplier of trucks, buses, and engines to providing complete and sustainable transport solutions. Together with TRATON and our sister brands MAN, Volkswagen Truck & Bus, and International, we are working to shape the future of mobility with innovative and environmentally conscious solutions. Ventures and New Business at Scania have a key role in contributing to this vision. We drive the industry transformation: At Ventures and New Business we develop complementing solutions to our core and build new growth through ventures and investments. Our values - customer first, respect, team spirit, responsibility, and elimination of waste - are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we are at the forefront of creating a sustainable future.

Role Summary

As a Business Area Strategist, you are an integral part of a Business Area team, working side by side with the Business Area Director to help turn strategic direction into tangible progress. You act as a key analytical and operational counterpart, helping to shape priorities, structure complex questions, and support fast, high-quality decision-making. Your work is closely connected to the ventures within the business area, supporting follow-up, progress tracking, and prioritisation across the portfolio. You help translate strategic opportunities into concrete plans, bringing structure, clarity, and momentum to the business area’s work.

Job Responsibilities

In this role, you support both the strategic and operational development of your business area.

You will:

• Act as a strategic partner to the Business Area Director, providing analytical and operational support.
• Help shape priorities, structure complex business questions, and enable high-quality decision-making.
• Translate strategic opportunities into actionable plans by bringing structure, clarity, momentum to business area activities.
• Conduct market research and internal analyses to inform business decisions.
• Prepare and support decision-making processes, including Decision forums, Board discussions, Stakeholder alignment.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across Scania and venture companies to: Build alignment, Drive initiatives forward, Ensure progress against business area objectives and growth ambitions.

Who You Are

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds - your unique experience and perspectives is valuable to us.

You enjoy working close to the business, at the intersection of strategy and execution. You are comfortable navigating complexity, structuring open-ended questions, and supporting others in making well-informed decisions. You bring strong analytical thinking, attention to detail, and a pragmatic mindset, and you value collaboration.

You have several years of experience from strategy, consulting, business development, or similar roles, where analysis, decision support, and cross-functional collaboration have been central. You are used to managing multiple topics in parallel, communicating clearly with different stakeholders, and adapting your message to both senior and operational audiences.

You care about quality, but you also care about progress. You take pride in creating clarity and structure, helping teams focus on what matters most, and contributing to outcomes that drive real business impact and growth.

Competences and experience we believe are important for this role

• +5 years of experience in strategy, consulting, business development or similar roles where analysis, decision support and cross-functional collaboration have been central.
• +2 years’ experience from a Tier 1 strategy consulting firm.
• Strong problem-solving capabilities, with high attention to detail.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple tasks in parallel.
• Excellent communication skills - clear, structured and effective in both written and verbal formats.
• Proven ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders and build alignment across organizations and functions.

This Is Us

At Ventures and New Business, we are tasked with accelerating the shift towards a sustainable transport system by developing complementary and transformational businesses that position Scania at the forefront of the evolving transport and logistics ecosystem. Within V&NB, we work through a set of strategic business areas that represent Scania’s future growth opportunities. Each business area contributes to Scania’s overall strategy, and by building ventures within prioritised opportunities, we support the transformation.

At Ventures and New Business, we believe diverse perspectives are essential to building sustainable solutions. We value thoughtful decision-making, continuous learning, and sustainable ways of working. You will join a collaborative environment where different backgrounds, experiences, and ways of thinking are encouraged and respected.

Scania Offers

We offer you the chance to be part of an organization that is focused on reaching Scania’s targets and to truly drive the industry transformation. People who work here have the motivation and desire to constantly make things better.

We offer a dynamic and engaging workplace where collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement are part of everyday life. You will be part of a strong team environment that encourages knowledge sharing and close cooperation across functions.

With a structured development plan and a wide range of training opportunities, Scania supports your professional growth both locally and internationally.

• access to our health center in Gröndal
• or a wellness allowance
• result bonus
• flexible working hours
• company car leasing
• Scania also arranges events for employees and their families.

Location

The role is based at our Ventures and New Business office in central Stockholm.