Do you want to contribute to better health for everyone?

Do you want to work with IT project management while making a difference in society? Do you enjoy driving and coordinating projects and understand that IT exists to support and improve business processes? Then you should apply for the role of project manager at Karolinska Institutet!

Karolinska Institutet (KI) is one of the world's leading medical universities with a vision to drive the development of knowledge about life and work for better health for everyone.

The central IT department at Karolinska Institutet consists of about 100 employees distributed across the units of Infrastructure, Development and IT Management, Service, and IT Staff. The position is located within the IT Staff unit.

Your Role

Main Responsibilities

• Lead IT projects and assignments
• Conduct feasibility studies and develop decision-making materials and recommendations.
• Conduct reporting and presentations
• Contribute to the digitization of business processes

Who are you?

We are looking for someone who is proactive with a natural ability to independently structure and drive processes and tasks towards goals. You easily grasp and understand new assignments and have the ability to present complex tasks in an easily understandable way. You are attentive, communicative, and possess good social skills with the ability to build good relationships within the workgroup as well as with clients and stakeholders.

You have good collaboration skills and contribute to effective teamwork by maintaining an open, accommodating, and problem-solving approach. You invite dialogue, listen actively, and adapt your communication based on the current situation.

You can and want to strengthen the group with your abilities, experiences, and qualities so that we can develop together and become even better at what we do.

We will place great emphasis on your personal suitability in this recruitment.

Qualifications and Experience

You have

• a university degree or other knowledge acquired in a way that the employer assesses as equivalent
• several years of documented experience as a project manager in IT
• completed at least one project in the last three years
• experience working with PPS or other project models
• technical understanding and a good general knowledge of IT operations
• the ability to speak and document fluently in both Swedish and English.

It is an advantage if you have

• knowledge in requirements management
• knowledge in process mapping
• experience leading workshops
• good knowledge of PM3
• experience with LOU
• ITIL certification
• experience working in a government agency

What do we offer?

A creative, international, and inspiring environment filled with competence and curiosity. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. Our vision is to drive the development of knowledge about life and work for better health for everyone. Here we conduct successful medical research and have the largest range of medical education in Sweden. As a university, Karolinska Institutet is a government agency, which means you will receive good benefits through our collective agreement.

Employees at KI are also offered the opportunity for a flexible working method. This means you can work part of your time remotely. You also have free access to our modern wellness facilities where trained staff are available.

Location: Solna

Facts about KI (https://ki.se/om-ki/fakta-om-ki)

Ten reasons to choose Karolinska Institutet (https://ki.se/om-ki/jobba-pa-ki/tio-skal-att-valja-karolinska-institutet)

Application

Warm welcome with your application.

Applications should be made via the recruitment system Varbi. In this recruitment, you apply with your CV without a cover letter. In the application form, you will instead answer a few questions about why you are applying for the job.

For permanent employment, Karolinska Institutet applies a 6-month probationary period.

Do you want to make a difference – and contribute to better health for everyone? Apply for a job with us!