Project Manager Air Traffic Management

Your role

Saab Air Traffic Management is expanding and looking for an additional project manager to join our Tower Systems team in Sweden (Gothenburg or Växjö). The right candidate will work with exciting and challenging tasks and collaborate with experienced colleagues in an environment that fosters career development and personal growth.


You will be fully responsible for delivering Air Traffic Management systems to our customers in one or more of our customer projects. The projects can include everything from system and product deliveries to research projects and vary in size, both in economic terms and in the number of people involved. Your assignment will be to follow projects through their entire life cycle. From planning and start-up through the development phase to completion with the system's implementation at the customer site. You ensure that the final delivery meets customer requirements and completion according to the project schedule within the given budget.


It is a multifaceted position that requires collaboration with internal and external stakeholders such as software developers, systems engineers, customers, and end-users. As the team delivers systems to airports all around the world, international business trips will be required. We believe that an open environment, where everyone's opinions and ideas are welcome, is a prerequisite for our future development. At Saab, you get the opportunity to influence your career development based on your areas of interest.


Your profile

You have a minimum of 7 years' experience in a similar role and have a great interest in technical and complex systems. Also, you hold at least a bachelor's degree in a relevant field. It is advantageous if you have experience in international relations, negotiation techniques, and Air Traffic Management knowledge/interest. The role requires you to make quick decisions based on your impact assessments and you should be able to work both independently and in teams.


You have the drive, the initiative, and the commitment to motivate and lead people is entirely natural for you today. You have a positive attitude and work in a professional and structured way. The role involves broad contact areas, which is why it is crucial that you are skilled at communicating in a clear but humble manner to adapt to the recipient. Fluent language skills in English are required.


You will work in one or more customer projects towards set deadlines, which requires excellent planning skills and prioritizing your work efficiently. Still, the best of plans will sometimes fail, and it is, therefore, vital that you can adapt quickly to changing conditions and situations.


This position requires that you will be approved in a security screening in accordance with the Swedish Protective Security Act.


What you will be a part of

Air traffic management Tower Systems (ATM TS) develops world-class air traffic control products. These systems streamline air traffic control for airports ranging in size from small private airports to global hubs. Saab ATM continues to be a world leader in air traffic control systems by continuously developing innovative products, such as the Integrated Air Traffic Control Suite (I-ATS), which digitally upgrades and consolidates air traffic control towers, and the Digital Tower system, which allows airports to be remotely controlled. Our solutions manage thousands of incoming and outgoing flights all over the world. As such, accessibility and safety are of the highest priority.

Welcome to a workplace with inspiring challenges where the meeting between competence and personality builds the foundation for our success. We look forward to your application as soon as possible!


Interviews for this role will take place in August.