Unit Manager for the Statistics Unit

Do you want to lead the development in an organization where data, analysis, and AI are increasingly influencing governance and decision-making? We are looking for a unit manager for the statistics unit who wants to drive the transition towards more data-driven practices, increased automation, and a strategic use of data throughout the agency.

About the job

The Swedish Pensions Agency's analysis department investigates, studies, evaluates, and describes the effects of the pension system for pension savers, retirees, and society, and is responsible for the agency's commitments as an official statistics authority and other statistical production in the area.

The department performs forecasts, analyses, and actuarial calculations. To carry out the agency's analysis assignments, the department has extensive access to statistics and data, as well as several models and other tailored IT tools. The department consists of approximately 45 employees distributed across four units: data warehouse and decision support unit, statistics unit, investigation and actuarial unit, and capital management and actuarial unit.

The statistics unit plays a central role in producing in-depth analyses of the pension system and its management, as well as in developing the agency's data-driven capabilities. We are now looking for a unit manager who wants to lead the work towards increased automation of statistical production, deeper data-driven analysis, and a growing use of machine learning models and AI in the operations, including for predictive analysis and risk identification.

The unit employs about twelve specialists in statistics and analysis. Tasks include the production and quality assurance of statistics, analyses, delivery of register data, requirement capture, and development of the agency's databases. The unit works with several of Sweden's most extensive individual-based data sets and analyses that underpin decisions with significant impacts on the economy and many people's daily lives. The unit is also responsible for the agency's official statistics on public pensions and pension-related benefits.

As a unit manager, you will lead the work to maintain a high-quality operation and develop effective and purposeful working methods. You will initiate and drive development efforts that strengthen the unit's proactive analytical capabilities and contribute to ensuring that data is used as a well-integrated support in governance, operational activities, and follow-up throughout the agency. You will be responsible for analytical methods, statistical production, and how data is converted into insights, in close collaboration with the department's other units and the agency's other operations. The unit has several special assignments, including in the analysis work to reduce incorrect payments.

As a unit manager, you will be part of the analysis department's management team and contribute to the strategic development of the department's overall activities.

Your profile

You possess excellent personal qualities and well-documented leadership skills, good collaboration ability, are quality-conscious, structured, and focused on development and results. You also have a good ability to express yourself well and pedagogically in both speech and writing, as well as knowledge of quantitative analysis.

As a leader, you apply a coaching, development-oriented, and trust-based approach where strong employee engagement is a given. You have the ability to drive development and improvement, initiate change efforts, and contribute to long-term operational benefits. You are strategically and analytically inclined, have a digital mindset, and a good understanding of and interest in modern analytical methods, including machine learning models, AI, and automation, as well as the ability to actively and constructively contribute to the overall efficiency and collaborative climate of the workplace.

We are looking for someone who has:

• An academic degree that the employer assesses as relevant for the position and the unit's operations.
• Good knowledge of statistics and data analysis.
• Current experience as a manager with budget and personnel responsibility.
• Good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written.

It is meritorious if you have:

• Experience in driving change or development work within analysis, data, or statistics operations.
• Experience in leading knowledge-intensive teams within data, statistics, or analysis.
• Experience in implementing automation, open data, and AI-based solutions for increased efficiency in statistical and data analysis operations.
• Experience from working in public administration.
• Doctoral education in statistics, economics, or equivalent.
• Experience in the social insurance area.

We offer

A government assignment that is truly important! A workplace where we care about our employees having a good balance between work and leisure. We offer flexible working hours and the opportunity to work partially from home. As a state employee, you also have good employment conditions and a benefits package that includes wellness, time off for bridge days, and good vacation and pension conditions. Our office in Stockholm is centrally located in Hornstull near the subway.

You can read more about our benefits and what it's like to work with us here (https://www.pensionsmyndigheten.se/om-pensionsmyndigheten/jobba-hos-oss/jobba-pa-pensionsmyndigheten).

Good to know

The position is a permanent full-time employment, and we apply a 6-month probationary period.

Start date by agreement.

The employment may be placed in a security class.

Your application

We work competency-based throughout the process and are committed to an inclusive, fair, objective, and candidate-friendly process. Therefore, we ask you to answer a number of selection questions instead of requesting a personal letter.

We may use psychological tests.

If you have protected personal information, please contact the recruiting manager who will assist you with your application.

We strive for a balanced gender distribution and see diversity as a strength, and therefore welcome applicants from different backgrounds.

In preparation for the recruitment work, we have made decisions regarding advertising channels and marketing. We therefore kindly ask for no further contact with media/advertising sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.

The Swedish Pensions Agency is responsible for the public pension and informs about the entire pension. Each year, we pay out about 415 billion SEK to 2.3 million retirees, conduct about 911,000 fund switches, and send out 8 million orange envelopes. We have about 25 million digital customer contacts per year. We are around 1,700 employees at eight locations, from Luleå in the north to Halmstad in the south.

We make pensions easier.

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