Unit Manager in IT at the Social Insurance Agency

Every year, the Social Insurance Agency makes 21 million decisions that affect people's lives and society as a whole. We disburse approximately 260 billion SEK each year. These are the tax funds we manage. It is a significant responsibility. Therefore, we think innovatively and utilize the latest technology to simplify and improve, develop, and deliver IT services for the Swedish social insurance system. Welcome to one of Sweden's largest IT departments.

Are you a proactive and collaborative leader driven to further develop our IT operations? Then you could be one of us!

As a unit manager, you are one of three unit managers responsible for IT development within Labor Market Policy Measures. Close collaboration with the demanding business is something we highly value, and equally important is the cooperation within the area and within the IT department. You will be an important part of the area's management team, together with your fellow managers.

Collaboration, coaching leadership, and a proactive approach to change

As a unit manager, you are the manager closest to the employees and the insurance departments. You are responsible for ensuring that your unit meets the IT department's mission and goals, where the government value base permeates your work. Through your coaching leadership, you convey clear expectations, follow up on goals, and provide your employees with the right conditions to take responsibility. You have personnel responsibility as well as responsibility for results and follow-up for the teams in your unit.

Your unit consists of 16-18 employees who are primarily system developers and are located in Kalix and Luleå. You create understanding of context, direction, and the target images set by the IT department and develop the plans your operation needs. Within the IT department, we continuously work on refining and strengthening our agile development processes, where you have an important task to coach your employees in the transition and change.

Together with your fellow managers within Labor Market Policy Measures, you will have dialogue with our insurance departments to understand needs and create benefits for the departments and, above all, our citizens. As a unit manager, you are a support for the area manager and you are part of the area's management team consisting of 6 managers where you contribute with your collaborative ability, competence, and commitment.

The position involves handling confidential information, which places high demands on proper management. Therefore, it is important that you, who will work with us, have a high level of security awareness.

This is a job for you who want to take responsibility.

We are looking for someone who

• has a university degree in IT or experiences and qualifications that can be deemed equivalent
• has good leadership skills
• promotes others' professional and personal development
• works to achieve goals and results, follows up on the effects of their own and others' activities
• has a systematic working method
• collaborates effectively with others to achieve common goals
• has good self-awareness and is stable as a person, promotes a trust-building work climate
• promotes mutual dialogue, is attentive, and adapts their communication according to needs and situations.

It is meritorious if you

• have experience planning your operations in collaboration with fellow managers
• have experience leading proactively in change
• have experience in agile leadership
• have experience in leadership in similar operations
• have experience leading remotely
• have at least 1 year of leadership experience in IT.

We place great importance on your personal qualities.

Other

A permanent, full-time position, with start date by agreement. A probationary period may be applicable. In accordance with the Social Insurance Agency's security guidelines, background checks will be conducted in this recruitment. Swedish citizenship is required for this position. Remote work is possible. In this recruitment, psychological tests may be used as part of the selection process. Place of employment: Kalix or Luleå.

Would you like to know more about the Social Insurance Agency as an employer? Visit fk.se/jobbahososs (https://fk.se/jobbahososs)

Contact persons

Manager: Leif Landström, 010-111 49 98 (for questions about the position). HR specialist: Maja Paulsson, [email protected], 010-113 44 86 (for questions about the recruitment process). Union representatives are for ST Peter Lampinen, Saco-S Kenneth Kullbrandt, Seko Johanna Grundström. They can be reached via our switchboard 08-786 90 00.

Application

Welcome with your application by Tuesday, March 17, 2026. Please upload your diplomas, grades, and certificates along with your application.

If you have protected personal information or no access to Bank ID, call the HR specialist named in the ad for assistance in submitting your application.

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