Vacant job

Do you want to work closely with management in a business-critical and strategic role where you have the opportunity to influence, create structures, and drive large initiatives forward? We are now looking for a driven and communicative Technical Project Lead Coordinator / Strategic PMO for an expanding company within IT and network infrastructure. Here you are offered a unique opportunity to join at an early stage, work closely with decision-makers, and eventually help build an entirely new team and function.

About the role

In this role, you will act as a strategic extension of the business leadership and support both operational and strategic initiatives. The role is new and has been created based on a growing need for structure, coordination, and stakeholder management in complex technical deliveries.

You will work closely with senior decision-makers and have significant authority to drive projects, coordinate initiatives, and create clarity in a business undergoing strong development. The focus is on relieving the management team, holding larger initiatives together, and ensuring progress in cross-functional projects. This is a role for you if you thrive at the intersection of technology, project management, stakeholder management, and strategic change work.

There are excellent development opportunities in the role – both in terms of increased responsibility and the possibility to grow into a leadership position in the long term.

The position is located in Stockholm or the Uppsala region with a hybrid setup where three days per week are worked from the office. Travel within the Nordic countries may occur approximately once a month.

What we offer

• A long-term consulting assignment with the long-term goal of direct hire to the client company.
• A unique opportunity to step into a newly created key role with significant impact.
• Excellent development and career opportunities!

Responsibilities

In the role, you will among other things:

• Drive and coordinate strategic and technical initiatives.
• Act as support to management in prioritization, structuring, and follow-up.
• Be responsible for stakeholder management both internally and externally.
• Handle escalations, customer dialogues, and cross-functional activities.
• Create and develop processes, working methods, and structure.
• Prepare presentations, decision support materials, and reporting to management.
• Coordinate activities between technology, delivery, project, and business.
• Participate in larger customer and business initiatives.
• Contribute to the building of a future organization and PMO function.

We are looking for you who

• Have experience in technical project management, PMO, or strategic change work.
• Are accustomed to working in complex IT environments.
• Have excellent communication skills and the ability to build trust with various stakeholders.
• Have the ability to drive initiatives independently and take ownership.
• Have advanced communication skills.
• Have experience coordinating multiple parallel activities and projects.
• Have strong presentation skills and are proficient in PowerPoint.
• Have strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Speak and write fluently in Swedish and English.

It is meritorious if you have experience with:

• Telecom, networks, or IT infrastructure.
• SD-WAN, LAN/WiFi, or security solutions.
• Platforms such as Versa, Fortinet, Aruba, or Cisco.
• Stakeholder management at senior leadership levels.
• Change management and process development.
• Work in Nordic or international organizations.

To succeed in the role, you have the following personal qualities:

• Adaptable to change.
• Stress tolerant.
• Goal-oriented.
• Organized.
• Responsible.
• Socially self-assured.
• Energetic.

Our recruitment process

This recruitment process is handled by Academic Work, and our client's request is that all questions regarding the position are sent to Academic Work.

We conduct ongoing selection and will remove the ad when enough candidates have reached the final stage of the recruitment process. A CV is required when applying. We do not use cover letters as a selection method, so one is not needed. The recruitment process includes two selection tests: a personality test and a cognitive ability test. The tests are a tool to find the candidate with the highest potential for the role and to promote equality, diversity, and a fair recruitment process.