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Legal Business Partner at Visit Sweden

Do you want a key position in an exciting organization entrusted by the Swedish government with the official mandate to market Sweden as a travel destination, with the unique goal of creating value for Sweden?

We are looking for a Legal Business Partner with a focus on public procurement who wants to step into the role of a commercial legal specialist and strategic advisor.

Your job will be varied and exciting. Visit Sweden is an organization in constant motion, offering an environment where employees are developed and stimulated. Marketers, project managers, economists, and specialists in PR, web, social media, and events work within the organization.

Do you thrive in a broad, business-oriented role where you combine legal expertise with strong commercial acumen and project management? Then we look forward to hearing from you!

Responsibilities

In the role of Legal Business Partner, you act as a partner to the management and the rest of the business. You combine legal competence and experience with practical action to drive processes forward and ensure regulatory compliance.

Main tasks:

• Responsible for driving and executing public procurements from start to finish.
• Act as an advisor and negotiator in internal and external contacts, providing legal advice and support within compliance, with a particular focus on the public sector and state regulations.
• Handle issues related to the state's ownership policy and politically driven processes, including responses to FFU (State Ownership Reports).
• Lead and drive projects with many participants and act as a catalyst for colleagues' understanding of legal frameworks.
• Contribute to organizational development by improving processes and structures.

Qualifications

To succeed in the role, you need:

• Relevant legal education and experience in independently driving public procurements.
• Good knowledge of law and compliance within the public sector.
• Experience in project management and steering complex processes with multiple stakeholders.
• Good financial understanding and the ability to see how commercial decisions affect the income statement.
• Very good ability to communicate clearly and effectively in speech and writing.
• Experience working within or collaborating with state operations or politically driven organizations.
• Good English skills with the ability to express yourself in both speech and writing.
• Negotiation experience.
• Good administrative skills.
• Good analytical skills.

It is meritorious if you also have:

• Experience with GDPR and business management.
• Basic IT understanding in a modern digital environment.
• Interest in or experience from the visitor industry and tourism.
• Previous experience from a leading role within Legal, e.g., as Senior Legal Manager.
• Knowledge of state aid.
• Experience working in an international or multicultural environment.

As a person, you are driven, commercially minded, structured, and confident in your expert role. You are a natural leader who inspires others and has the ability to build trust at all levels of the organization. You are unpretentious regarding both strategic and operational tasks and thrive in an environment where you have significant personal responsibility and the opportunity to influence.

About the Company

VS VisitSweden AB

Visit Sweden is Sweden's marketing company, with the primary goal of sparking interest in Swedish travel experiences and strengthening engagement for Sweden as a destination. Here, you are surrounded by engaged, competent, and professional colleagues.

In your role, you have many contact points and are welcomed into an inclusive and creative work environment.

We offer a stable organization with a socially important mission where you have great opportunities to grow and develop. Here, you get a workplace characterized by responsibility, influence, and a creative work environment.

We value and welcome diversity – our employees are all unique. We strive for ethnic and cultural diversity as well as equal gender distribution. We believe in maintaining a healthy balance between work and private life and promoting an inclusive and creative workplace for everyone. By marketing Sweden as a tourist destination and promoting conscious travel, Visit Sweden creates conditions to strengthen the country's attractiveness and competitiveness.

Read more about us and our work: https://corporate.visitsweden.com/om-oss/ (https://corporate.visitsweden.com/om-oss/)

Other Information

Application deadline: June 1, 2026

In this recruitment, Visit Sweden collaborates with Randstad.

Please contact Lotta Carlsson at phone 073 075 23 25 for more information.