Manager Remote Tower Projects

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Saab Air Traffic Management is a global leader in digital tower and air traffic control solutions. As we expand our capabilities in remote Air Traffic Management systems, we are now looking for a Manager remote tower (r-TWR) projects to build and lead this growing area.

Your Role

This is a key leadership role where you will both lead and shape a growing group responsible for delivering remote air traffic management solutions to customers worldwide.

Your group delivers advanced, safety-critical systems combining Saab-developed software, proprietary hardware platforms, and external supplier components. These systems are deployed as fully integrated, real-world solutions - including mast and camera solution, visual presentation and integration with other airport systems.

You will lead a team consisting of System Engineers, responsible for project delivery - from system design and integration to deployment and handover into operational use.

Your key responsibilities include:

Building, leading, and developing a growing organisation of System Engineers

Ensuring successful end-to-end delivery of customer projects (scope, quality, cost, and timeline)

Ensuring and evolving project governance, delivery models, and ways of working

Creating strong collaboration between system engineering, project managers, product development, and other stakeholders

Securing effective planning and utilisation of cross-functional resources (software, hardware, systems, suppliers)

Driving proactive risk management, integration planning, and deployment readiness

Acting as a senior escalation point for customers, partners, and internal stakeholders

Strengthening supplier coordination and delivery performance across the value chain

Driving continuous improvement, standardisation, and scalability in how we deploy mobile ATM solutions

Contributing to the strategic development within the business as part of the Project Execution global leadership team

Your Profile

We are looking for an experienced leader with a strong background in delivering complex, system-oriented solutions in software-intensive and preferably safety-critical environments.

You understand the full lifecycle of advanced technical systems - from architecture and integration to deployment and operational handover - and know how to organise teams to succeed in this context.

You are motivated by the opportunity to providing structure, lead improvement initiatives, build strong cross-department collaborations and clarity in a growing organisation.

We are looking for candidates with:

Extensive experience leading project delivery organisations, programmes, or engineering-driven delivery teams

Strong ability to drive and lead continues improvement and change initiatives

Strong customer and stakeholder management as well as communication skills

Strong leadership experience, including building teams and developing engineers

Solid understanding of project governance, system delivery, and risk management

Experience from regulated, safety-critical, or mission-critical environments

Fluency in English and Swedish, written and spoken

Experience from the air traffic management domain or mobile/deployable systems is considered an advantage. You are a confident and forward-leaning leader who thrives in building organisations and creating clarity in complex environments. You enable your teams to succeed by setting direction, removing obstacles, and fostering a strong sense of ownership and collaboration.

This position is preferably based in Växjö, Sweden. Close collaboration with colleagues in Göteborg and other Saab sites, as well as travel to customer locations, is a natural part of the role.

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

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Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring mission, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 26,100 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