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Sussa Collaboration 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 Collaboration operates on behalf of the regional directors.

Job Responsibilities

Sussa Collaboration is seeking a COO (Chief Operating Officer) 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 Sussa Collaboration's steering group, report to the steering group, and serve as the presenter at meetings. The assignment involves 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 capabilities, secure and clear leadership, and strong legitimacy in both regional and national collaboration. The role entails significant responsibility and high expectations, where the ability to lead, drive, and unite the organization 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.

Leadership and Governance

• Serve 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 in the operations through clear control, follow-up, and accountability.

Supplier and Contract Responsibility

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

Collaboration and Culture

• Represent Sussa Collaboration with a unified regional perspective and act as a unifying force between participating regions and collaboration partners.
• Create trust, stability, and a calm working environment in a virtual and geographically dispersed organization through clear communication, structure, and presence.

Qualifications

For the COO role within Sussa Collaboration, we are seeking 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 create trust through clarity and integrity.

Essential Requirements

• Relevant academic education with a focus on leadership, 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 steering groups, boards, or equivalent decision-making forums, including the preparation of decision-making materials.
• Experience 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 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 in 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 in 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 with high integrity, clear, and structured, even under pressure. You have the ability to prioritize and make decisions with incomplete information, creating trust, stability, and calm in complex contexts. Furthermore, you are action-oriented, responsible, and driving in your working style. We place great importance on personal suitability.

Application

The application must include a CV and a cover letter. Certificates, grades, diplomas, etc., should be submitted at a potential interview.

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About the Organization

Region Örebro County is one of the county's largest employers and an important growth engine in the region. We work for people's health, security, and well-being and for the development of the county. We offer exciting and important jobs in areas such as healthcare, dental care, public transport, culture, and business development. Together, we create a better life.

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