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About Us

Sussa Samverkan is a joint collaboration organization where 9 regions cooperate to develop and manage common digital solutions for healthcare. Together, the regions work towards high-quality and efficient care, with a focus on long-term development, joint governance, and shared knowledge. One of the largest assignments is the joint healthcare information support system Cosmic, used by tens of thousands of healthcare employees. Sussa Samverkan operates on behalf of the regional directors. Read more here, SUSSA Samverkan - Region Sörmland (https://www.regionormland.se/sussa-samverkan)

About the Job

Sussa Samverkan is seeking a COO with full responsibility for operational leadership. The role is central, ensuring stability, progress, and delivery in a complex collaborative environment between the regions. As COO, you will act on behalf of the Sussa Samverkan steering group, report to the steering group, and serve as the presenter at meetings. The assignment entails clear and extensive executive responsibility, where you are expected to take a comprehensive approach to both operational control and strategic direction. The role requires very high operational and strategic capability, secure and clear leadership, and strong legitimacy in both regional and national collaboration. The role involves significant responsibility and high expectations, where the ability to lead, drive, and hold the organization together during change is crucial. You must be able to make decisions even under uncertainty, prioritize in complex situations, and create clarity, stability, and progress in a dynamic and multifaceted collaborative structure. As COO, you are expected to lead change, translate joint decisions into concrete action, and ensure that the steering group's direction is implemented throughout the organization.

Leadership and Governance

• Act as the operational support for the steering group by delivering high-quality decision-making materials and clear consequence analysis.
• Ensure that the steering group's decisions are implemented and executed in the operations through clear control, follow-up, and accountability.
• Actively develop and maintain robust structures for governance, responsibility, and decision-making within Sussa Samverkan.

Supplier and Contract Responsibility

• Be responsible for continuity, quality, and structure in relationships with key suppliers and partners, as well as other strategic collaborative forums.
• Ensure professional, business-oriented, and consistent handling of contract issues, including follow-up on commitments, deliveries, deviations, and changes.
• Represent Sussa Samverkan in dialogue, negotiation, and escalation with suppliers, ensuring a balanced trade-off between the regions' needs, agreed commitments, and suppliers' delivery capabilities.

Collaboration and Culture

• Represent Sussa Samverkan with a unified regional perspective and act as a unifying force between participating regions and collaborative partners.
• Create trust, stability, and a calm working environment in a virtual and geographically dispersed organization through clear communication, structure, and presence.
• Promote a good leadership and employee culture within Sussa Samverkan, characterized by trust, clarity, accountability, and respect, in line with Sussa Samverkan's values.

About You

In the role of COO within Sussa Samverkan, we are looking for a secure, mature, and action-oriented leader with the ability to navigate complex collaborative environments with many stakeholders and high delivery requirements. You take responsibility, make well-founded decisions even when conditions are uncertain, and build trust through clarity and integrity.

Essential Requirements

• Relevant academic education with a focus on management, business development, IT/digitalization, or healthcare, or equivalent documented experience.
• Documented experience in operational leadership within a complex organization, preferably within the public sector or another large operation with many stakeholders.
• Experience working with a steering group, board, or equivalent decision-making forum, including the preparation of decision-making materials.
• Experience in leading, coordinating, and driving operations without formal line management responsibility, in environments requiring collaboration across organizational boundaries.
• Documented experience in contract and supplier management, including follow-up and handling of deviations.
• Documented experience in representing the organization in the media, including handling press inquiries and interviews.
• Good ability to express yourself in a structured and professional manner, both verbally and in writing, in Swedish.

Merits

• Experience of regional and/or national collaboration, preferably in environments with multiple owners and complex governance.
• Experience working with large IT or business programs, preferably within healthcare or other critical societal operations.
• Knowledge and experience of portfolio management, program management offices (PMO), the pm3 management model, and/or the ITIL framework.
• Experience working in a virtual and geographically dispersed organization, with collaboration across regional and organizational boundaries.

You are:

• Secure in yourself and have high integrity.
• Clear and structured, even under pressure.
• Have the ability to prioritize and make decisions with incomplete information.
• Create trust, stability, and calm in complex contexts.
• Action-oriented, accountable, and driving in your working style.

We attach great importance to personal suitability. Region Blekinge places all permanent staff in wartime service. Some of our positions are security-classified, requiring the employee to undergo a security clearance interview and registry check according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585). Staffing for the role is done within Sussa Samverkan, and selection will be made from applicants from all nine Sussa regions.

About Region Blekinge

In Region Blekinge, we are 5,000 employees responsible for healthcare, dental care, public health, regional growth, infrastructure, public transport, culture, and education. Every day, we work to create quality of life for residents and growth momentum for the county. Together, we lead the development for an attractive Blekinge and contribute to making Blekinge the best living environment for sustainable growth and good health. Our common value foundation, resting on the three guiding stars: engagement, collaboration, and quality, is guiding and permeates everything we do. Welcome with your application! Thank you for applying via the link in the ad. Read more about Region Blekinge (https://www.regionblekinge.se)