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Would you like to play a leading role in transforming Saab into the era of Industry 4.0 and be a part of a company that works to protect both people and communities? At Saab, we operate in an exciting and varied environment where we collaborate to create the products and services needed to fulfill this mission.
Saab is a global defence and security company operating in the fields of air, land, and naval defence, as well as civil security. We are currently in an expansion phase that will challenge all parts of the company. Saab values diversity as an asset and offers multiple opportunities for career advancement. By joining Group IT, you will work in an innovative environment with many skilled colleagues, contributing to the safety of people and society digital.
Your role
As the Smart Manufacturing Platform Service Owner, you will be responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle, performance, and continuous improvement of digital manufacturing services and solutions.
This role bridges the gap between IT, Operational Technology (OT), and manufacturing stakeholders by ensuring that smart manufacturing services—such as IIoT Connectivity platform as a service, industrial data operations, twins, and IT/OT integration—deliver measurable business value, are reliable, and align with strategic objectives.
Your main responsibilities/tasks will be:
Service Lifecycle Management:
- Own and manage the lifecycle of smart manufacturing services (e.g., condition monitoring, asset tracking, edge analytics).
- Drive development and continuous improvements.
Strategic Planning and Budgeting:
- Develop and maintain the service roadmap and service maintenance plan.
- Conduct budget planning, including cost tracking and forecasting.
- Implement IT strategies and initiatives within the service.
Stakeholder Collaboration:
- Translate business needs into service requirements and enhancements, working closely with product and platform teams.
- Prioritise the backlog and manage inflow to the backlog in dialogue with stakeholders.
Process Effectiveness and Compliance:
- Ensure process effectiveness through cost and quality within the service.
- Ensure service compliance with security, safety, and regulatory standards (e.g., ISO 27001, IEC 62443).
Performance Monitoring and Improvement:
- Monitor KPIs, SLAs, and uptime metrics.
- Follow incident, problem, and change management processes for the service.
You can be located in one of our offices in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Linköping, Jönköping, or Malmö. The role may require some travel to meet with your teams and business stakeholders.
Your profile
- A positive, engaging person who enjoy working in a changing environment
- Good understanding of business and financial management
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Manufacturing Systems, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in manufacturing, IT/OT integration, or industrial automation.
- Strong understanding of smart manufacturing technologies (e.g., MES, SCADA, IoT, edge computing, digital twins).
- Proven track record in leading teams and managing complex digital/industrial services.
- Excellent communication, networking, and stakeholder engagement skills
- Ability to communicate fluently in both Swedish and English.
- Experience with ITSM frameworks (e.g., ITIL) and service management tools (e.g., ServiceNow) and Agile ways of working.
- Experience with IIoT and cloud platforms is a plus.
- Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or TPM is a plus.
- Experience in regulated industries (e.g., automotive, pharma, aerospace) is a plus.
To succeed in the role, you must be proactive and future oriented and have a great interest in technology and people. Furthermore, we believe you have a customer oriented and business-like focus, with a good analytical and solution focused mindset. You are a team player but also used to work independently. To thrive with us, you need to be service minded and like to work in an environment where conditions can change at short notice based on users' needs.
This position requires that you pass a security vetting based on the current regulations around security protection. For positions requiring security clearance additional obligations on citizenship may apply.
What you will be part of
Behind our innovations stand the people who make them possible. Brave pioneers and curious minds. Everyday heroes and inventive troubleshooters. Those who share deep knowledge and those who explore sky-high. And everyone in between.
Joining us means making an impact together, contributing in our own unique ways. From crafting complex code and building impressive defence and security solutions to simply sharing a coffee with a colleague, every action counts. We encourage you to take on challenges, to create smart inventions and grow in our friendly and tech-savvy workspace. We have a solid mission to keep people and society safe.
Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring mission, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 25,500 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world.
Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defence capability of several nations. Read more about us here
The selection process will start after the summer, but we warmly welcome you to submit your application already today.
