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Are you ready for a bigger task? We are currently looking for a driven project manager for the passenger analysis systems group. The Swedish Police Authority is Sweden's largest authority with approximately 40,700 employees across the country. With us, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the Police's mission - to increase safety and reduce crime in society.

Workplace Description

The main task of the IT department is to provide IT services to the entire Police Authority. The IT department develops and modernizes the police's IT, and the authority invests heavily in strengthening the department with new specialist expertise and the latest technology for the benefit of citizens and employees in the police operations.

Intelligence, border, and international systems have overall responsibility for the development and lifecycle management of system support for the police's intelligence service, entry and border control, alerts, border surveillance, and passenger flows as well as international cooperation. Intelligence, border, and international systems are also responsible for international coordination within IT and for systems for language and text analysis.

Job Description

In your role as project manager, you will work with the development team to drive the development of capabilities in the products owned by the team. You will lead the team by setting long-term and short-term goals, following up on deliveries, and working to quickly change direction if priorities change. The capabilities we deliver will evolve over time, and your responsibility is to lead that work, from start to finish, together with, among others, requirements analysts, technical product specialists, and representatives from the business.

As a project manager, you will:

• Act as an advisor and expert to the business
• Engage in needs dialogue with the business together with the requirements analyst
• Support the product owner in strategic issues regarding product development
• Coordinate and organize work between different groups in the IT department and the rest of the business
• Lead meetings and conduct workshops
• Ensure that the team delivers small and continuous deliveries with the right quality
• Drive ongoing improvement and development of routines
• Ensure that the team focuses on benefits and effects and that everyone in the team knows what we need to achieve

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who has:

• A university degree in a relevant field or equivalent acquired experience that the employer deems relevant
• Many years of relevant and current experience in leading, coordinating, and structuring development within IT as assessed by the employer, such as product owner, project manager, or project leader
• Good technical understanding of software development or IT infrastructure
• Several years of work experience leading development work in a complex environment with many different stakeholders
• Several years of work experience with agile methodology in development teams
• Good knowledge of expressing yourself in Swedish and English, both orally and in writing

The position requires Swedish citizenship

It is meritorious if you have experience in the following:

• Experience from systems with high security and performance requirements
• Several years of experience in technical system management
• Experience in system integration
• Worked as a web or system developer

Personal Qualities

We are looking for someone who wants to deliver value to our operations. You understand the importance of everyone in the team knowing what problems we need to solve, and you help the team deliver value to our users quickly and often. You are structured and can express yourself well in speech and writing. You will have many points of contact within both IT and the business.

To succeed in the role, you need to be driven, good at collaborating, and take your own initiatives. You need to be adaptable and ready to adjust to new technologies and trends.

We will place great emphasis on your personal suitability and your personal qualities.

Application

Apply by attaching your CV (we do not want a personal letter) and answering the selection questions from our website in your application email. The questions are based on the requirement profile for this recruitment, and your answers will form the basis for the selection process. It is therefore important that you respond clearly and thoroughly to the questions and do not refer to other documents, e.g., CV.

Answering the questions is a prerequisite for your application to be considered complete.

Welcome with your application no later than January 23, 2026. In this recruitment, we will use ongoing selection/interviews.

Please note that requirements and any merits must be fulfilled at the time of application.

The information you provide in connection with your application may be used to contact you, obtain information and invitations, as well as any employment documents.

If you have protected personal information, references, or similar information that you consider to be sensitive, we recommend that you contact the responsible HR consultant before proceeding with your application. If you want to supplement your application, please contact the responsible HR consultant.

Employment with the Police Authority may begin with a six-month probationary period.

We have high demands on our employees' security and confidentiality awareness. Security clearance with background check according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585) will be conducted before a hiring decision is made. Employment comes with an obligation to be placed in a war situation. Read more about war placement and security clearance at https://polisen.se/krigsplacering and https://polisen.se/sakerhetsprovning

Your application is a public document according to the principle of public access.

The Police Authority will process your personal data in accordance with the rules of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679) and other applicable data protection regulations. Read more about our handling of personal data at https://polisen.se/personuppgifter/rekrytering

The Police Authority

The Police Authority offers you a workplace that stimulates diversity, creativity, and personal development. Please read about our benefits as an employee of the police at https://polisen.se/erbjudande

We conduct our operations according to our values: commitment, efficiency, and accessibility. As an employee of the police, you act for equal treatment. This is a prerequisite for legal security, legal certainty, and for the police's legitimacy in society. As a representative of the police, you respect everyone's equal value and create trust in the police.

Please read more about the police and our operations at www.polisen.se

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