Planning Manager at Connecting Stockholm

About Connecting Stockholm

As the operator of the Stockholm Metro, we run a vital public service where safety, accessibility, and punctuality are at the core. We combine experience with innovation to create a metro system that is safe today and sustainable for the future.

Our mission is about more than just traffic – it is about people, responsibility, and trust. Every day, we meet hundreds of thousands of passengers, and through warm, respectful, and professional treatment, we create a travel experience where everyone feels welcome and secure. At our company, culture is a key part of our mission. We believe in the power of collaboration, in relationships that build trust, and in leadership characterized by professionalism, heart, and engagement.

We are driven by development – both of our operations and our employees. Here, you have the opportunity to grow, influence, and help shape the future of public transport – together with us.

About the role

As Planning Manager at Connecting Stockholm, you will have overall responsibility for strategic resource and traffic planning, as well as schedule and service planning, with significant impact on the organization's costs and results. You are responsible for ensuring that the planning of staff and traffic is efficient, managed, coordinated, and monitored so that assignments, goals, and requirements are met. The role covers both strategic and operational parts of the planning chain, including resource planning, scheduling, and the development of efficient processes that support the entire organization's needs.

You create the conditions for efficient, long-term sustainable, and quality-assured planning processes and ensure that the organization has correct and well-founded data for decisions regarding staffing and management. The planning function belongs to the Planning & Projects department, where the work is characterized by the historically large expansion of the metro currently underway. The role involves balancing complex needs related to both expanded traffic and vehicle maintenance, while simultaneously developing the operations to meet future requirements. Therefore, you will play a key role in driving strategic issues, change management, and quality improvements in close collaboration with both internal functions and the Transport Administration.

The role suits you if you want to combine leadership with analysis, structure, and a development focus, and if you appreciate working in an organization where public benefit, safety, and quality are central.

Main responsibilities

• Lead and develop the planning function in line with the organization's goals and strategic direction, while ensuring good working environment, competence, and quality.
• Manage and prioritize work so that goals, requirements, and timeframes are met.
• Drive change and development work.
• Develop and maintain efficient and long-term sustainable processes and methods for planning personnel, traffic, and capacity.
• Monitor goals, key performance indicators, risks, and deviations, and analyze trends and needs to ensure quality.
• Coordinate the interfaces of planning and collaborate with the Transport Administration and internal functions.

Qualifications

• University degree at master's level in a relevant field, such as urban planning, logistics, transport planning, or equivalent work experience.
• Experience leading teams within planning, traffic operations, business development, or analysis.
• Experience in developing working methods, processes, and structures, as well as follow-up and improvement work.
• Very good knowledge of Swedish and English, both spoken and written.
• As a person, you are strategic, communicative, and relationship-building.

Meritorious qualifications

• Experience working in larger organizations or operations with systematic quality and process management.
• Experience from the public transport industry and/or planning functions with similar complexity.

Other

Employment type: Permanent with a 6-month probationary period.
Scope: Full-time 100%.
Start date: To be agreed.
Location: Stockholm.
The employment is covered by a collective agreement and offers several benefits such as an SL card, wellness allowance, lunch benefit, and discounted insurance.

About the recruitment process

We apply competency-based recruitment and strive for a fair and inclusive process. As part of the selection, tests and screening questions are conducted to ensure an objective assessment of competence and potential. Reference checks and background checks are conducted before a decision on employment is made. Alcohol and drug tests are conducted both upon new employment and randomly ongoing within the organization.

We do not accept applications via email. If you have any questions, you are warmly welcome to contact [email protected]!