IT Project Manager at the Swedish Customs in Luleå

The IT department of the Swedish Customs in Luleå is northern Sweden's largest employer in IT, with approximately 350 employees. Here, you will work with the latest technology and participate in the development of several exciting areas of operation. Together with colleagues who complement each other, you will solve new tasks every day and contribute to the Swedish Customs' socially important mission.

Do you want to help develop socially important systems for the Swedish Customs? We are looking for someone with several years of experience – apply and become one of our new employees!

About the position

The position involves taking responsibility for planning, leading, supporting, and following up on the work of developing and managing the delivery areas, roadmaps, delivery plans, and development work that a specific delivery area is responsible for within the Swedish Customs' development portfolio.

The role also includes responsibility for:

• ensuring that the delivery area has the right capacity and capability for both short- and long-term needs
• preventing and eliminating any obstacles to getting the desired work done
• visualizing the development area's capacity, capability, and forecast
• ensuring that the delivery area works efficiently and applies continuous improvement in its work.
• monitoring the budget
• making forecasts and resource planning together with product owners and relevant departments
• if necessary, directing, leading, and coordinating the work between delivery teams within the delivery area
• maintaining regular contact with suppliers

You will work closely with the delivery area management, as well as the management from other delivery areas and development areas. We believe it is important that you are professional with agile leadership and good teamwork. Your leadership skills will be highly valued. It is natural for you to plan, prioritize, complete, and achieve results. You manage risks and challenges continuously and transparently. You are good at financial management and change management and can handle different stakeholders' needs both internally at the Swedish Customs and externally.

We are looking for someone who has:

• A post-secondary education in IT or other education or experience that we assess as equivalent
• Experience with agile development methods
• Experience with requirements work in IT
• The ability to express yourself well in spoken and written Swedish.
• Experience in leadership roles within IT

It is advantageous if you have:

• Experience from the Swedish Customs' IT operations

Personal qualities

We are looking for someone who is a natural leader and has a strong interest in leading in an agile organization. You are systematic in your work approach with the ability to take initiative, be flexible, see opportunities, and achieve results. You have a good ability to engage, motivate, and lead other people towards the area's goals and communicate clearly and effectively. An interest in human behavior and actions is a plus. As a person, you are a social team player driven by solving customer needs, with humility and respect being important personality traits. You are also comfortable collaborating remotely and utilize all channels and tools for it.

For you, the Swedish Customs' values; Holistic view, Innovation, Responsibility, are completely natural. We place great importance on personal suitability!

We offer you

An exciting and stimulating job with good development opportunities. The Swedish Customs is a recognized friendly workplace where we value well-being and culture very highly – having fun at work is a success factor. The Swedish Customs has an important mission in society, and we offer an exciting and stimulating job with good development and training opportunities. By working at the Swedish Customs, you contribute to a safe and secure society.

We believe it is important to have balance in life, and therefore our benefits include something we call a flexible workplace. This means that you work both at the office in Luleå and from home based on a level that suits your work, you, and your colleagues, but we expect you to be at the office in Luleå at least one day a week.

Another benefit is a wellness allowance and good vacation and pension conditions.

Other

Reference number: TV-2026-01078.

Location: Luleå.

The employment is a permanent position.

Individual salary setting applies.

Start date: By agreement.

We have high demands on our employees' security and confidentiality awareness. Before a hiring decision, you will undergo a drug test and background check. Security clearance with a register check according to the Security Protection Act will be conducted before employment, as the position is classified. The Swedish Customs is a total defense authority, and upon employment, you may be placed in the Swedish Customs for military service.

The Swedish Customs values the qualities that are added to the organization by having an even gender distribution and ethnic diversity.

For more information and application

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to call Sofia Nilsson at 0920-43 05 38. For questions about the recruitment process, you can call the Swedish Customs' HR support at 060-67 25 85. Union representatives are for OFR-P/TULL-KUST, Anders Nilsson at 0920-25 96 31 and for Saco-S, Eva Rutberg at 0920-25 96 39.

Your application, along with a personal letter and CV/Resume in Swedish, must be submitted to the Swedish Customs by February 4. You apply via the electronic application form below.

We kindly ask for no contact with staffing and recruitment companies or advertisers of job postings.

The Swedish Customs is a government authority that controls the flow of goods across Sweden's borders. With the vision that only approved goods should pass the border, we prevent illegal goods from entering the country and contribute to a safer society. We simplify trade with other countries and lay the foundation for increased growth and competition on equal terms. The Swedish Customs, founded in 1636, currently has about 2,600 employees and is led by the Director General of Customs, Johan Norrman.