Project Manager for an EDF-call

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Your role

We are seeking a Project Manager to join our growing team at Business Unit (BU) Surface Sensor Solutions.

This Project Management role will oversee and coordinate projects funded under the European Defence Fund (EDF) driven by the European Union. EDF-calls is the EUs programme to support collaborative defence research and development innovation across member states within the European Union.

As a Project Manager at Surface Sensors Solutions you will work with these EDF-calls either as the main project manager or deputy project manager within one or more EDF projects. You will work in a team with other Project Managers both within Surface Sensor Solutions as well as across Saabs other Business Areas. You will manage complex international consortia (often involving other defence companies research institutes and other SMEs).

This role requires travelling within Europe.

As a part of the daily work you will:

• Ensure the project progresses on time on budget and in scope.
• Oversee work packages milestones deliverables and risk management.
• Ensure compliance with EDF grant requirements such as Eligibility criteria IPR security rules.
• Liaise with National defence ministries EU institutions Consortium partners across the EU as well as Defence contractors and subcontractors all over Europe.
• Manage sensitive or classified information securely.
• Ensure that the project adheres to dual-use regulations export control laws and cybersecurity protocols.

Your profile

We believe that you have a technical background and leadership experience. You are comfortable working both independently within your field of competence as well as with other interfaces in order to secure quality to meet directives and deadlines.

You are a team player willing to walk the extra mile for your team and its objectives. We believe you do have drive perseverance and an interest to understand the complexity in a large project environment.

We also believe you:

• Have excellent communication skills in both Swedish and English
• Have a structured way of working that you also can create and communicate to your team
• Are interested in learning new things and adapt to different environments and cultures.

Meritorious is if you:

• Have a financial understanding and experience from project management and contract negotiations.
• Have experience with EU grants (Horizon Europe EDIDP or EDF).
• Understand and speak any additional European language.

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 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 25500 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

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