Transformation Office Manager

Saab; Solna kommun; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Saab seeks a strategic Transformation Office Manager to lead a newly formed team driving cross-functional transformation across Operations Stockholm and Surveillance business units. You will shape governance, implement a scalable operating model, and deliver measurable business value while aligning with Saab’s values and safety commitments.

You will partner with multiple departments to translate strategic goals into actionable roadmaps, coach leaders, and drive a culture of continuous

Qualifications

• Master of Science in Engineering or equivalent education and/or relevant professional experience.
• Demonstrated ability to combine strategic thinking with operational execution.
• Proven ability and genuine interest in leading, developing, and challenging organizations, management teams, and employees.
• Strong business acumen and customer focus.
• Pragmatic and action-oriented, with the ability to deliver business value through the right balance of structure, governance, and speed.
• Minimum five years' formal or informal leadership experience within a relevant area across multiple areas such as digital transformation, operational transformation, operations strategy, industrialization, software development, supply chain transformation.
• Strong communication skills and experience in leading transformation and change.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in Swedish and English.
• Tach savvy within Software development excellence, Digital Tools, Machine Learning, System Integration, Data management.
• Experience from product centric business context in high mix low volume operation is meritorious.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Transformation Office team and ensure high performance, engagement, and efficient ways of working.
• Contribute to building the operational strategy of COO Office FCC.
• Drive the transformation agenda and reinvent the operating model of BU FCC.
• Translate the Transformation Office roadmap into actionable roadmaps and priorities.
• Collaborate with sister sections to ensure data and digital solutions are leveraged.
• Coach and develop the team, building capabilities and enabling employees to take on complex challenges.
• Empower employees through value-based leadership.
• Develop efficient ways of working and drive continuous improvement.
• Act as transformation and change leader in an evolving environment.
• Build and maintain relations with stakeholders and translate Saab strategies into targets.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Operational execution

People development

Business acumen

Change management

Leadership across transformation

Communication (Swedish/English)

Digital transformation

Software development/Dev

Education

Master of Science in Engineering

Tools

PLM

Job description

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Your role

Operational Excellence is a newly formed department consisting of three sections, one of which is Transformation Office. You will be part of the Operational Excellence FCC Leadership Team and will play a key role in shaping the new department together with your fellow managers.

As Manager of the Transformation Office, you will lead a high-performing team driving strategic transformation across multiple business domains. The team consists of talented professionals who lead initiatives in for example supply chain and hardware flow, industrialization at scale, software development excellence, future technology, and the implementation of new systems such as PLM.

As the Transformation Office is newly established, you will build the team, shape its culture, and establish effective ways of working while simultaneously delivering on an ambitious transformation agenda. The Transformation Office's mission is to accelerate business transformation by defining and executing a strategic roadmap, driving cross-functional initiatives, and ensuring successful implementation that delivers measurable business value.

Your primary focus will be the managers and colleagues within Operations Stockholm, but you will also work closely with departments within Surveillance business units Fighter Core Capabilities as well as Business Area Surveillance Operational Excellence department.

Your responsibilities in short

• Manage the Transformation Office team, ensuring high performance, engagement, and efficient ways of working.
• Contribute to building operational strategy of COO Office FCC
• Drive the transformation agenda and reinvent the operating model of BU FCC
• Translate the Operational Excellence roadmap and strategic goals into actionable roadmaps and priorities for Transformation Office
• Partner and collaborate with the sister sections within Operational Excellence to ensure data and digital solutions are leveraged
• Coach and develop your team, building capabilities and enabling employees to take on increasingly complex challenges.
• Empower your employees through value-based leadership.
• Develop efficient ways of working, implement best practices, and drive continuous improvement within your area.
• Act as a transformation and change leader, inspiring confidence and engagement in an evolving and agile business environment.
• Build, maintain and develop relations with all relevant stakeholders.
• Translating Saab, Surveillance and BU strategies into clear and well-communicated targets for your stakeholders
• Leading according to Saab´s organizational values.
• Full responsibility for results within your area, which includes safety and health, quality, delivery capacity, efficiency and finance.

Your profile

We are looking for a positive, curious, and self-driven leader with a strategic mindset and a strong ability to create collaboration and high performance. You are structured, pragmatic, and focused on delivering results and business value with speed and quality.

You are a team player who contributes to shared goals and business success, while recognizing and developing each team member’s unique strengths and potential. Through inclusive and inspiring leadership, you create commitment, empower others, and guide people through change.

You thrive in transformation and complexity, are comfortable navigating changing priorities, and build strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. With a passion for innovation, data-driven improvements, and continuous development, you challenge the status quo and create an agile, collaborative, and high-performing environment.

Required skills

• Master of Science in Engineering or equivalent education and/or relevant professional experience.
• Demonstrated ability to combine strategic thinking with operational execution.
• Proven ability and genuine interest in leading, developing, and challenging organizations, management teams, and employees.
• Strong business acumen and customer focus.
• Pragmatic and action-oriented, with the ability to deliver business value through the right balance of structure, governance, and speed.
• Minimum five years' formal or informal leadership experience within a relevant area across multiple (or all) of the following areas: digital transformation, operational transformation, operations strategy, industrialization, software development, supply chain transformation
• Strong communication skills and experience in leading transformation and change.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in Swedish and English.
• Tach savvy within Software development excellence, Digital Tools, Machine Learning, System Integration, Data management
• Experience from product centric business context within high mix low volume operation is considered meritorious but not a must
• Experience from a leading management consulting firm is considered meritorious but not a must

This position requires that you pass a security vetting based on the current regulations around/of security protection. For positions requiring security clearance additional obligations on citizenship may apply.

Kindly observe that this is an ongoing recruitment process and that the position might be filled before the closing date of the advertisement.

What you will be a part of

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