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At Tillväxtverket (The Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth), we work to promote competitive businesses and sustainable development across all parts of Sweden. We offer knowledge, networks, and investment opportunities, providing direct benefits to businesses and enabling companies, municipalities, and regions to meet future challenges. Tillväxtverket is a national authority with a regional presence in nine locations.

At Tillväxtverket's Simplification Department, we work to create simple interactions between businesses and authorities. If you are interested in societal development, this is the job for you. The department is responsible for, among other things, contributing to the development of content and services on verksamt.se, simplifying permit processes in close collaboration with responsible authorities, and reducing and simplifying the reporting obligations for businesses to authorities at national, regional, and municipal levels.

The unit for verksamt.se and digital collaboration is now seeking a Business Development Manager with extensive experience in developing digital interactions between businesses and authorities. This is a newly established position. You will work both independently and in teams, internally and externally. You will work closely with the unit manager, management groups, and counterparts at other authorities in a context involving numerous assignments and contact points.

About the Position

The role involves driving projects and coordinating efforts within complex digital development at the national and EU levels, with a focus on simplifying digital interactions between businesses and authorities. Responsibilities also include staying informed about and showing interest in state administration, governance, and directives, as well as EU requirements and regulatory packages that may affect authorities' interactions with businesses and vice versa. You must have experience, direct or indirect, working with Sweden's digital infrastructure (Ena), as many of the initiatives we drive and will drive involve solutions built on this infrastructure.

Your place of work will be: Stockholm, Östersund, Malmö, or Jönköping. Travel may be required.

We are looking for someone who has:

• A university, college, or vocational college education equivalent to at least three years of study in political science, economics, management, natural sciences, or communication.
• At least seven years of experience as a Business Development Manager in the field of digital business-authority interactions.
• At least two years of experience, direct or indirect, working with Sweden's digital infrastructure (Ena).
• Extensive experience in leading or participating in digitalization projects involving collaboration between multiple public actors.
• Excellent knowledge of the governance of Swedish public administration, EU legislation, and other directives and laws affecting businesses.
• Excellent knowledge of regulations and reporting obligations affecting businesses.
• Excellent spoken and written skills in Swedish and English.

The following are considered meritorious:

• Experience of self-employment
• Completion of or participation in one or more government inquiries
• Experience of inter-agency collaboration

As a person, we are looking for someone who works result-oriented with their tasks. You are flexible and pragmatic, with good collaboration skills and well-developed self-leadership. You have good communication skills and the ability to pedagogically communicate and package inquiries, proposals, and preliminary studies.

We will place great emphasis on personal qualities.

We expect you to adhere to our employee and manager policy (https://tillvaxtverket.se/tillvaxtverket/omtillvaxtverket/jobbahososs/fordelarmedattjobbahososs/medarbetarochchefspolicy.600.html), which expresses our expectations for all employees.

We assume that you share our value system, which is the public sector value system (https://www.statskontoret.se/fokusomraden/god-forvaltningskultur-och-antikorruption/den-statliga-vardegrunden/). It unites all civil servants, regardless of activity and profession. The value system aims to create an administration that is efficient, secure, and free from corruption and abuse of power.

Employment Type and Application Deadline

The employment is permanent, with a six-month probationary period.

The application deadline is April 23, 2026

More Information and Contact

For more information about the duties, please contact the unit manager Anders Nyberg at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]). Questions regarding the recruitment process will be answered by HR Partner Anna Svenberg at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]).

Union Representatives

ST (Union): Contact person, Robert Berggren, e-mail [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

Saco: Contact person, Susanna Lindbom, e-mail [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

Both are reachable by phone via the switchboard number 08-681 91 00

We work based on competence, and the recruitment process will include selection questions, potential tests, interviews, and reference checks.

If you have protected personal data, please contact the HR partner in this recruitment.

We are centrally located in modern premises where you choose your daily workspace based on your tasks. Tillväxtverket strives for a working method where digital and technical solutions facilitate daily work. Read more about the benefits of working with us (https://tillvaxtverket.se/tillvaxtverket/omtillvaxtverket/jobbahososs/fordelarmedattjobbahososs.960.html).

Tillväxtverket aims to preserve the qualities that a balanced gender distribution as well as ethnic and cultural diversity bring to the organization. We strive for a work environment where every employee is given the opportunity to combine professional and private life for a balanced life.

Welcome to apply to create your and Sweden's future!

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