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The IT department at the Swedish Customs Administration (Tullverket) in Luleå is Northern Sweden's largest IT employer, with approximately 360 employees. Here, you will work with the latest technology and participate in development within several exciting areas of operations. Together with colleagues who complement each other, you will solve new tasks every day and contribute to the Swedish Customs Administration's socially vital mission.

Do you want to help shape the digital infrastructure for a safe, modern, and accessible Sweden? As Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at the Swedish Customs Administration, you will play a key role in driving technical decisions in a critical operation for businesses, private individuals, and other authorities.

Are you a driven CTO looking for challenging, varied, and meaningful work with exciting tasks where you contribute to improving and developing the Swedish Customs Administration, specifically its IT department? Apply now and become one of our new colleagues!

About the role

As CTO at the Swedish Customs Administration, you have an important role in making choices and decisions regarding IT technology that contribute to technical development and digital transformation. As CTO, you lead the work on implementing new technology and assess and manage risks. Furthermore, you have an important task in leading the development of guidelines and guidance, as well as ensuring that other parts of the organization adopt the IT solutions in an appropriate manner. You will also assess the technical solutions from an economic perspective and ensure they are manageable over time. In addition, it is important to have the ability to inspire employees from different areas to work together towards common goals to best develop and streamline operations, as well as to create and strengthen community and engagement.

The role of CTO is new at the Swedish Customs Administration, which means you will have great opportunities to influence how the work is structured and performed.

You will also collaborate closely with other departments, units, and development areas to ensure that our IT solutions are efficient, user-friendly, and aligned with our overarching strategies and goals. Your work will be crucial in promoting innovation and digitalization of the agency.

We are looking for you who are a confident and inspiring leader with the ability to combine technical depth with a strategic holistic perspective. You have experience leading technology development in large organizations, preferably within the public sector or another regulated environment.

Are you the one we are looking for?

We are looking for you who have:

• an academic degree in IT or established work experience that the employer considers equivalent
• at least 5 years of work in a similar IT role within the last 8 years
• several years of experience in the IT industry with competence ranging from technical to leadership roles
• the ability to continuously stay updated with technical trends in development languages, platforms, infrastructure, development methodology, etc.
• broad and current knowledge of on-premise IT solutions
• experience working in agile organizations
• good ability to express yourself well verbally and in writing in Swedish and English
• Swedish citizenship

It is also meritorious if you have experience with the following:

• broad and current knowledge of IT infrastructure, IT platforms, IT operations, and IT development
• broad and current knowledge of cloud solutions
• AI and machine learning
• IT and information security
• agile and innovative working methods
• work in public operations and/or large companies

Personal qualities

We value that you are driven, proactive, communicative, and unpretentious. You have a strong interest in developing capabilities and operations towards set goals. You have a strategic mindset, analytical ability, and a structured working method. You are results-oriented and have a holistic perspective in everything you do, as well as being an inspiring leader with the ability to lead and motivate. You collaborate easily while also being able to work independently. You are also comfortable with remote work and utilize all channels and tools for it.

We offer you

An exciting and stimulating job with good development opportunities. The Swedish Customs Administration is a recognized friendly workplace where we value well-being and culture very highly – having fun at work is a success factor. By working at the Swedish Customs Administration, you contribute to a safe and secure society.

We believe it is important to have balance in life, and therefore our benefits include something we call a flexible workplace. This means you have the opportunity to work both at the office in Luleå and from home based on a level that suits your work, your colleagues, and you, but at least one day per week you are at the office in Luleå.

Other benefits include a wellness allowance as well as good vacation and pension conditions.

Other information

Reference number: TV-2026-11694

Location: Luleå

Employment type: Permanent

Start date: As agreed

Individual salary setting applies

Travel may be included in the position

We place high demands on our employees' awareness of security and confidentiality. Before a decision on employment is made, you will undergo a drug test and background check. Security clearance with register check according to the Security Protection Act is conducted before employment, as the position is classified. The Swedish Customs Administration is a total defense agency, and upon employment, you will be mobilized for war service within the Customs Administration. The employment is permanent and may begin with a 6-month probation period.

The Swedish Customs Administration values the qualities brought to the operations by having a balanced gender distribution and ethnic diversity.

For more information and application

Information about the position can be provided by Lars Matsson, Head of IT Production, 0920-25 97 07. For questions about the recruitment process, you can call the Customs Administration's HR support at tel. 060-67 25 85. Union representatives are Anders Nilsson for OFR-P/TULL-KUST, 0920-25 96 31, and Eva Rutberg for SACO-S, 0920-25 96 39.

Your application, including a cover letter and CV/resume, must be received by the Swedish Customs Administration by June 14th. You apply via the electronic application form below.

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