Shape the future of Saab IT – Platform SRE manager

Take on a leadership role at the heart of Saab's digital transformation. As Platform SRE Manager within Group IT, you will lead the development of Site Reliability Engineering capabilities across Core Enterprise Platforms and Applications, helping to ensure that Saab's platforms and services are reliable, resilient, secure and scalable. You will lead the establishment and development of the team, its capabilities and ways of working.

Join Saab on an exciting journey of growth and transformation, helping to position the organisation for future success in an increasingly digital and globally connected world.

Your role

As Platform SRE Manager, you are responsible for the performance, development and effectiveness of the Site Reliability Engineering capability. You lead and develop the people, competence and ways of working within the team, while driving the transformation agenda and ensuring alignment with Saab's business and technology priorities. You will strengthen operational excellence, reliability engineering practices and cross-functional collaboration across platform areas, while supporting the adoption of modern technologies, automation and engineering practices that enhance service quality, efficiency and long-term competitiveness.

You will be part of the Core Enterprise Platforms & Applications management team. You will work across platform areas, creating alignment and ensuring that reliability, operational performance and service delivery priorities move forward together. The role requires some travel to meet with teams and stakeholders.

In this role, you will:

• Lead, develop and engage employees within the Site Reliability Engineering team
• Drive organisational development and continuous improvement within the team
• Lead the development and implementation of Site Reliability Engineering practices across Core Enterprise Platforms & Applications
• Drive operational excellence, service reliability and resilience across platforms and services
• Establish common frameworks, standards and ways of working for reliability, observability and operational performance
• Drive automation, standardisation and modern engineering practices, supporting cloud transformation and platform modernisation initiatives
• Build strong relationships with platform teams, business stakeholders, vendors and partners to maximise business value
• Contribute actively to the Core Enterprise Platforms and Applications management team and to the broader development of Group IT

While the preferred locations are listed above, alternative locations may be possible.

Your profile

We are looking for an experienced leader with a strong combination of people leadership, business understanding and technology insight.

You have experience leading teams and delivering results in complex IT environments while driving change, operational excellence and continuous improvement. You are comfortable collaborating with stakeholders across functions and building strong relationships across technology and business organisations.

You are a people-oriented leader who creates engagement, develops others and fosters high-performing teams. At the same time, you have a strong delivery focus and a passion for modern technologies, automation and transformation.

Key Qualifications and experience

•  Academic degree in a relevant field, or equivalent experience
•  Strong people leadership and talent development skills
•  Experience leading engineering, platform, operations or Site Reliability Engineering teams in complex environments
• Experience driving operational excellence, service reliability and continuous improvement
• Experience from large, complex and global organisation
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills across business and technology organisations
• Good understanding of cloud platforms, automation, observability and modern engineering practices
• Experience driving organisational and technology transformation initiatives
• Experience from the defence industry is considered an advantage
• Fluency in both Swedish and English, written and spoken

We recognise that experience and skills can be gained in different ways. If you do not meet every qualification listed but believe you have the capabilities to succeed in the role, we encourage you to apply.

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

What you will be a part of

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Saab is a leading defense and security company with an enduring purpose, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 30,000 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 defense capability of several nations. Read more about us here