Requirement Leading Scrum Product Owner

At the Medical Products Agency, we make a difference together. In life and for life. We work for the health of people and animals, for a better Sweden today and in the future. Do you want to help build something new while contributing to crucial digitalization for society?

The IT unit at the Medical Products Agency is now looking for a Requirement Leading Scrum Product Owner for a newly established group within system development. In this role, you will have a central position in our ongoing business development with a focus on the digitalization of the Medical Products Agency's mission within medical technology, an area that is growing rapidly and has great significance for quality, safety, and efficiency in healthcare. Here you will have the opportunity to influence working methods, solutions, and collaboration from start to delivery in close dialogue with both the business and IT.

Our Operations

The IT unit consists of about 115 dedicated employees who together take a comprehensive approach to the authority's digitalization. We work closely with the business to deliver accessible, stable, and secure IT support that is useful, and we are constantly developing our working methods, technology, and tools.

Your Responsibilities

The Requirement Leading Scrum Product Owner is responsible for translating the business needs into prioritized and testable IT requirements and managing and prioritizing the development team's backlog. The role coordinates the agile team's work and ensures that deliveries create business value.

In this role, you will:

• Capture, analyze, and translate business needs into clear and prioritized requirements.
• Own and prioritize the team's backlog.
• Coordinate and support the agile team's work through effective backlog reviews (refinement), sprint planning, and retrospectives.
• Follow up on deliveries and ensure that development occurs with a focus on business value, quality, and long-term sustainability.
• Work both strategically and operationally, actively contributing to shaping the team's working methods and deliveries.

Your Background

We are looking for someone who has:

• Post-secondary education in IT, systems science, or equivalent experience as assessed by the employer.
• Several years of relevant experience in requirements management and/or product ownership.
• Several years of experience working with and developing agile teams.
• Very good knowledge of Swedish and English, both spoken and written.

It is advantageous if you have:

• Knowledge in healthcare, medical technology, and/or public services.
• Knowledge of UX methodology and experience in creating user-centered solutions.
• Certification as a Product Owner, in requirements management or project management.
• Knowledge of tools such as Azure DevOps (or equivalent) for backlog management and sprint planning.

Your Personal Qualities

You are a confident and experienced leader who works in a structured and analytical manner, with a good ability to make decisions and set clear priorities based on the needs of the business. You thrive in cross-functional teams and see collaboration as a prerequisite for achieving common goals.

You are communicative and attentive, and you find it easy to build trust and create consensus among different stakeholders, even when perspectives and needs differ.

We place great emphasis on personal qualities.

Good to Know

Application deadline: 2026-01-15
Employment type: Permanent
Start date: By agreement
Unit: IT
Diary number: 2.4.1-2025-106630

We apply a 6-month probationary period. We value diversity and welcome applicants from different backgrounds.

At the Medical Products Agency, you will have good conditions for work-life balance. We offer you, among other things, flexible working hours, favorable vacation terms, wellness benefits, and wellness during working hours. To the extent that the tasks allow, there is the possibility to partially work remotely by agreement with the manager.

Read more about the benefits you receive with us here: Benefits with us (https://www.lakemedelsverket.se/sv/om-lakemedelsverket/jobba-pa-lakemedelsverket/formaner-hos-oss)

The Medical Products Agency is a preparedness authority, which means that we conduct certain background checks in connection with recruitments. You will need to verify your identity and present diplomas and relevant certificates during a possible interview. All permanently employed staff at the Medical Products Agency are assigned to the authority in case of war.

Contact

You are welcome to contact group manager Enes Ramovic. You can also contact the union representatives Jonas Walldén, Saco, and Pia Wictor, ST. We are all available by phone at 018-17 46 00 or can be reached by email at [email protected].

More about the Medical Products Agency

You may not think about the Medical Products Agency very often, but we can promise that you encounter us in your daily life. The results of what we do are visible in pharmacies, hospitals, at the veterinarian, and in your bathroom cabinet. We ensure that you and everyone else in Sweden have access to safe and effective medicines and medical devices, from band-aids and pregnancy tests to walkers and apps. We do this by approving and granting permits, monitoring and controlling, and by informing and advising. We who work at the Medical Products Agency are proud of our important societal mission: to contribute to the health of the Swedish people and animals.

Read more about our mission and what it means to work at the Medical Products Agency here: Working at the Medical Products Agency (https://www.lakemedelsverket.se/sv/om-lakemedelsverket/jobba-pa-lakemedelsverket)

Welcome with your application! This recruitment is conducted entirely through the Medical Products Agency. We therefore ask for no phone calls from recruitment companies and advertisement sellers.