Stockholm – our capital city with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions.

We work for everyone living here today and in the future. We are now looking for you who want to think big, new, and differently with us – for the people of Stockholm.

Do you want to contribute to one of Stockholm City's most important and exciting digitization projects? Are you customer-focused and have a burning interest in digitization? Then this position may be of interest to you.

Welcome to us

The City Archive is the city's information hub.

We assist the city's operations with effective information management. Our core values are engaged, curious, and systematic. At the City Archive, we continuously work to develop our methods to increase the accessibility and value of our services.

As a Product Leader

you will be part of the City Archive's IT and Digitization unit along with 30 colleagues. The unit's mission is to develop and manage a portfolio that includes IT workplaces, local applications, and city-wide objects. We work operationally with requirement gathering, solution proposals, design, development, testing, quality assurance, as well as support and maintenance. Security and cost-effectiveness are our focus.

We offer

• developing tasks where you can grow in the role alongside experienced colleagues in a dedicated team
• pleasant premises in central Stockholm, the City Archive's premises are located at Kungsklippan, designed by Gunnar Asplund, as well as at Liljeholmskajen, in the old premises of Vin and Sprit
• flexible working hours, wellness allowance, and wellness hour (1 hour/week)
• vacation exchange with five or six extra vacation days
• the opportunity to work from home when the work allows.

Read more about Stockholm City's benefits here.

Your role

With us, you will work in an experienced and engaged team alongside product owners, product leaders, service owners, system leaders, and developers. Together, we further develop and manage the city-wide object eDok. The role involves driving digitization, automation, and making Stockholm City's information accessible. In the long term, there are also ambitions to explore new technological opportunities, such as AI-based support.

You are a central contact person for the operations and are responsible for dialogue regarding needs, priorities, and delivery, with a clear service focus. You support all operations in Stockholm City and act as the link between operations and IT.

Your main tasks include

• capturing the needs of the operations and transforming them into clear requirements, as well as informing about status and progress
• creating and maintaining a product backlog together with the product team, prioritizing and refining requirements based on customer and end-user value
• defining product visions together with the operations and creating a roadmap for development with the product team
• holding presentations, demos, and training for stakeholders and end users
• handling user inquiries and support cases
• documenting use cases, participating in sprint planning, quality assuring and testing releases
• documenting and compiling reports, decision materials, and user manuals, developing key figures, and following up on the product's development
• contributing to the development of an object plan and ensuring that goals are met.

Your skills and experience

We are looking for someone who has

• a degree from a university or college in IT, computer science, engineering, or equivalent education
• a good understanding of the entire product life cycle, from idea and development to launch and further improvement
• current experience in roles such as product leader, object leader, service leader, technical project manager, or requirements analyst
• understanding of system architecture and technical solutions
• the ability to express yourself well in Swedish, both verbally and in writing.

It is meritorious if you have

• worked with frameworks such as PM3 and ITIL
• experience with agile working methods, such as SAFe, Scrum, and Kanban, as well as tools like Azure DevOps, ReQtest, and ServiceNow

To succeed in the role, it is crucial that you are service-oriented, attentive, and professional in your approach. You inspire confidence, are secure in your role, and handle questions and feedback with engagement and clarity. You are self-driven and take responsibility for structuring and driving your work forward. The role requires you to be flexible and able to adapt to changing needs and priorities. You have a stable approach and can work focused and structured even when multiple questions and needs arise simultaneously. We also believe that you are curious and want to contribute to the development of the operations through new perspectives and agile working methods. We will place great emphasis on personal suitability, engagement, and motivation for the position.

Warm welcome with your application!

Other

To strengthen the focus on the competencies and experiences required for this role, you do not need to attach a cover letter. In assessing your application, we will only consider your CV and a number of questions you will be asked to answer when applying for the position. We ask that you respond concretely and succinctly to the questions, and that there is a clear connection between your answers and your CV.

We see diversity as enriching and welcome all applicants.

This recruitment includes tests as part of the assessment during selection.

Please attach your degree certificate with your application. The City of Stockholm works with competency-based recruitment aimed at recognizing each person's competencies and thus counteracting discrimination.

Read about the City Archive on our website: https://stadsarkivet.stockholm/ (https://stadsarkivet.stockholm/)