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About Us

The IT department at the Swedish Customs Administration (Tullverket) in Luleå is the largest IT employer in Northern Sweden, with approximately 360 employees. Here, you will work with the latest technology and participate in the development of several exciting business areas. Together with colleagues who complement each other, you will solve new tasks every day and contribute to the Swedish Customs Administration's socially important 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 vital 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 and 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 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 a key task in leading the development of guidelines and guidance, as well as ensuring that other parts of the organization implement the IT solutions appropriately. 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 work, as well as to create and strengthen community and engagement.

The CTO role is new at the Swedish Customs Administration, which means you will have significant 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 within 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 larger organizations, preferably within the public sector or other regulated environments.

Are you the one we are looking for?

We are looking for you who have:

• An academic degree in IT or equivalent work experience assessed by the employer.
• 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 programming 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 in speech and writing in Swedish and English.
• Swedish citizenship.

It is meritorious if you have:

• Broad and current knowledge of IT infrastructure, IT platforms, IT operations, and IT development.
• Broad and current knowledge of cloud solutions.
• Knowledge of AI and machine learning.
• Knowledge of IT and information security.
• Experience with agile and innovative working methods.
• Experience working 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 skills and operations towards set goals. You have a strategic outlook, analytical ability, and a structured work approach. You are result-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 cooperate easily while also being able to work independently. You are also comfortable with remote work and utilize all channels and tools for it.

What We Offer

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 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 work-life balance is important, which is why our benefits include what 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-2026-15022

Location: Luleå

Type of employment: Permanent position.

Start date: By agreement

Individual salary setting applies

Travel may be included in the role

To be considered for employment at the Swedish Customs Administration, you must meet high demands regarding security and confidentiality awareness, suitability, and compliance with current laws. This means you uphold democratic values and the public sector values that apply to the Swedish Customs Administration's operations.

Before a decision on employment, you will undergo a drug test and background check. Security screening with register check according to the Security Protection Act is conducted before employment, as the position is classified in a security class.

The Swedish Customs Administration is a total defense agency, and upon employment, you may be assigned to wartime duties within the Swedish Customs Administration.

The Swedish Customs Administration values the qualities brought to the operations through equal 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 Swedish 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 August 23. You apply via the electronic application form below.

We decline all contact with staffing and recruitment agencies as well as sellers of job advertisements.