Unit Manager with Technical Experience Wanted

We are now looking for a unit manager with experience in technical operations and a strong drive to develop both the organization and its employees. Do you want to lead a qualified unit with an important mission for Sweden's defense capability? Then you might be the one we are looking for.

About the Position

As the head of T&E Marin VoV, you report directly to the head of T&E Marin and are part of the C T&E Marin management team. In this role, you have overall responsibility for the unit's operations and actively contribute to the development within the entire operational area.

You have operational responsibility, employer responsibility, and financial responsibility, working towards the goals set within the operational area. You ensure that operations are conducted in accordance with applicable regulations and guidelines within relevant areas of responsibility.

An important part of your assignment is to follow up and ensure that staff adhere to our common approach. You provide employees with support and the right conditions in their work and create participation and engagement through your leadership, in accordance with FMV's leadership principles.

You continuously work to develop the operations and actively contribute to the management team's work. In this role, you support and report to your superior and are a clear representative of the unit's goals, priorities, and values.

The position is located in Karlskrona. You have personnel responsibility for employees both in Karlskrona and Stockholm, which means recurring travel to Stockholm for management, follow-up, and to ensure a good working environment. Travel abroad may occur to represent the department and gather knowledge.

About You

We are looking for someone with relevant academic technical education or equivalent competence acquired in another way that we consider equivalent. You also have project management training or equivalent knowledge.

• Managerial experience or experience from a supervisory role, such as project manager or officer
• Experience in coordination, planning, execution, and follow-up of production and finance
• Experience from production with technical systems and processes
• Good knowledge in leadership
• Good ability to express yourself in Swedish and English, both spoken and written
• Good knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite

The position requires that you are a Swedish citizen and have a B driver's license.

Desirable Qualifications

It is an advantage if you have:

• Management training and/or military background
• Experience in business development and change management
• Experience in systematic quality work
• Knowledge of systems work, such as Systems Engineering and verification and validation
• Good knowledge of business management and quality development

Personal qualities are of great importance to us, and we welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. As a manager with us, you lead the operations with clear direction and determination. You ensure that both short-term and long-term goals are achieved through structured work, accountability, and anchoring with employees.

You build trusting relationships and promote an inclusive, respectful working environment where engagement, community, and diversity are at the center. With stability, courage, and integrity, you take responsibility for decisions and actions and act confidently even in challenging situations. Through a strategic holistic view, you prioritize and coordinate resources, drive improvements, and strengthen the long-term development and trust of the organization.

FMV's leadership principles are to lead by example, create trust, promote openness, and deliver results.

FMV – The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration

At FMV, you contribute to making Sweden and the world safer. We are tasked with providing the Swedish Armed Forces with the latest technology and knowledge so they can defend our country and our allies. Together with competent and engaged colleagues, you will be involved in developing and procuring what sometimes does not yet exist. You drive the development all the way from need to delivery. From idea to reality.

FMV's operational area of Testing and Evaluation (T&E) is a quality assurance function whose main task is to ensure that the requirements placed on the material that FMV delivers to the Armed Forces are met and maintain the intended quality and function.

T&E Marin is responsible for the verification and validation of maritime products, primarily on military vessel platforms such as surface ships and submarines. Click the link to learn more about T&E Marin: Testing and Evaluation Marine

At FMV, you are offered a secure employment with good benefits:

• Professional development and career opportunities
• Flexible working hours and the possibility of remote work as far as the work allows
• Pension plan and wellness allowance

Read more about FMV as an employer and the benefits we offer on our website: Work at FMV.

Do you want to help develop the defense of the future? Welcome with your application by March 8, 2026.

Good to Know

• You apply by attaching your CV, grades, and certificates in Swedish, clearly describing how you meet the requested qualifications and merits. For a more inclusive recruitment process, we do not accept personal letters or include photos in your CV.
• We recruit based on competence and assess candidates based on the role's requirements for experience, competence, and personal qualities.
• In the selection process, we may conduct tests with the support of an external supplier.
• Our union representatives are SACO Stefan Hållander, OFR/S Ove Hellgren, OFR/O Michael Krüger, and SEKO Peter Andersson. All can be reached via FMV's switchboard: 08-782 4000.
• If you have questions about the position, you can contact Markus Hallén via FMV's switchboard: 08-782 4000. Contact the responsible recruitment consultant Carina Berg, Jefferson Wells at mobile 0703-770747 for questions about the recruitment process.
• The position involves military placement according to total defense needs.
• FMV applies a 6-month probationary period.
• A special security clearance will be conducted.

#LI-Hybrid

To work with us, you need to be a Swedish citizen and undergo a security clearance in accordance with the Security Protection Act. We apply a probationary period, and as an employee, you will be militarily placed based on total defense needs. Applications for the position are only accepted via FMV's website or registry. We have made our choice of media and therefore decline the sale of advertising and recruitment services.