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Job Description

HighFive Innovations Arena is owned by the Municipality of Halmstad. Our mission is to develop the business community in the municipality and Halland county, and to promote a favorable business climate. HighFive exists for those who want to start or develop a business in Halland. We offer, among other things, qualified business development in our incubator process, a meeting place, and a project arena where we drive several innovation projects in collaboration with the University of Halmstad and other actors. Contributing to societal development, sustainability, and gender equality is an important part of HighFive. Our focus areas are digitalization & data-driven innovation, human-centered AI, cybersecurity, and sustainability, where we have a unique niche in human-centered AI. In Halmstad, our approach is characterized by courage and new thinking, and we work together to make a difference for residents, visitors, and entrepreneurs through good service. HighFive is local, operates regionally, has a national responsibility, and a global perspective.

In this recruitment process, the Municipality of Halmstad collaborates with Randstad. If you have any questions about the recruitment process, you are welcome to contact recruitment consultant Olivia Josefsson at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]).

Responsibilities

Do you want to shape the future business landscape through AI, innovation, and new thinking? Do you want to be part of creating opportunities, building relationships, and driving development together with businesses, the public sector, and academia? Then you could be one of our next project managers at HighFive.

We are looking for two driven, relationship-building, and curious individuals with a good understanding of the opportunities with AI, data-driven innovation, and how these tools can be applied in practice. At our workplace, you will find an environment filled with energy, knowledge, and laughter. Since we believe kindness is one of the finest words, we care that you feel at home here. Does that sound appealing?

As a project manager at HighFive, you will be a key driver in developing and implementing projects that strengthen companies' innovation capacity and competitiveness. You lead processes where businesses get to explore new opportunities, understand their needs, and take steps from idea to concrete development. In this role, you work closely with businesses and together with colleagues, researchers, students, and other partners. You plan and facilitate workshops, identify needs, shape development initiatives, and drive projects forward in areas such as AI, IoT, cybersecurity, sustainability, digitalization, and data-driven innovation.

You will move between strategy and practice. From building relationships and identifying new opportunities to coordinating activities, creating momentum, and following up on results. With your ability to bring together people with different perspectives and competencies, you contribute to meaningful collaborations and solutions that create real value for businesses and for the development of Halland.

Here, you will help shape the next step for HighFive as an innovation arena, in a team that combines engagement, knowledge, and the courage to test new things. Always with the human, the planet, and business development in focus.

Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you have a very good ability to lead processes, network, and build strong trust. You are an initiative-taking and creative person who feels completely comfortable working independently and quickly getting up to speed in new environments and contexts. You have an aptitude for identifying needs and are driven by a genuine desire to help others. Through your experience in project management, you have overall responsibility for driving our projects forward and ensuring they are completed successfully. You are the spider in the web who steers the process from start to finish, puts the puzzle pieces together, and ensures that work is translated into real and measurable results. As a proficient user of digital tools, you like to think outside the box and have a genuine interest in AI and innovation.

You have a relevant university degree or other education combined with experience that the employer considers equivalent. You have extensive experience in independent project management within business development, operational development, and/or innovation management, which has given you good insight into the prerequisites, drivers, and needs of the private business sector. The role requires good knowledge of digitalization and a natural ability to see the opportunities and challenges of technology in a business context. Since the role is highly outward-facing, you are a skilled communicator with extensive experience in facilitating workshops as well as conducting engaging training sessions and presentations. We are particularly interested in you if you have several years of documented, successful experience in business and innovation management. It is also a big plus if you possess deeper knowledge in AI, service design, or if you have concretely driven innovation projects specifically linked to AI applications.

To collaborate and communicate seamlessly with all our partners, you need good knowledge of both Swedish and English, both spoken and written. As the role involves some meetings and networking around the region, a valid B-driver's license is a requirement for the position.

About the Company

Halmstad Business Incubator AB