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Your role
You will be responsible for the new Strategy function within Naval Combat Systems. As a member of the business unit management team you will address all levels ranging from strategic outlook through a tactical perspective all the way to strong operative decisions.
The main tasks are:

• Drive the strategy process within Naval Combat Systems, including but not limited to: long term business planning, strategic workforce planning and plans for long term capability growth
• Support in managing our product portfolio; assessing what areas to invest in and what to avoid
• Support in business development activities, such as new business models, partnership discussions, mergers and acquisition work and site strategies

You will be working in cooperation with all parts of business unit Naval Combat Systems to establish and execute on the strategy for the BU. You will also work closely with the BA Surveillance Strategy function and relevant Op C and foreign entities as well as the corporate level.
Your profile
We are looking for a person with a communicative and inclusive leadership style in order to create commitment and energy within the organisation.
Further, the successful candidate has a broad profile with at least the following attributes:

• Appropriate professional or postgraduate qualification in a business oriented or technical discipline
• Experience in Strategic-, Roadmap- and Business development planning
• Strong business and customer understanding
• Understanding and ability to work in an international environment and matrix organisation
• Skills to combine strategic thinking with operational actions
• Proven ability and interest in leading, developing and challenging the organisation, management teams and employees
• Excellent language abilities where English is a minimum and other languages are a merit

You will be reporting to the Head of the Business Unit Naval Combat System and will be a part of our management team.
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.
What you will be a part of
Business area Surveillance offers world-leading sensor technology in monitoring and decision support to protect against threats. Business Unit Naval Combat Systems is a Business Unit within Surveillance and has more than 1600 employees globally with centre of gravity in Sweden, Australia and Denmark. Naval Combat Systems offers Fire Control Systems, Combat Management Systems, Mission System Integration and Communication Solutions.
Be a part of a truly global and dynamic part of the company that provides customers with world class situational awareness, decision support, force coordination and precision engagement. BU Naval Combat Systems; First to know – First to act!
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 22,000 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 defence capability of several nations. Read more about us here
Kindly observe that this is an ongoing recruitment process and that the position might be filled before the closing date of the advertisement.