Automation Project Manager

Responsibilities Project Leadership

• Lead and coordinate IT activities within the assigned portfolio.
• Own the overall delivery plan, milestones, dependencies and risks.
• Drive progress through established governance and planning forums.
• Escalate issues and risks to relevant decision-making forums when needed.
• Coordinate deliveries across multiple IT and OT stakeholders to ensure successful implementation and business value realization.

Business Collaboration

• Act as the primary IT contact for production stakeholders.
• Build trust and strong collaboration between business and IT.
• Lead requirements gathering and clarification activities.
• Secure alignment between business expectations and IT deliveries.
• Support business representatives during implementation, testing and go-live activities.
• Facilitate communication between production, automation, operations and IT delivery teams.

Experience Must Have

• Proven experience as a Technical Project Manager within IT/OT environments.
• Experience leading complex IT delivery initiatives in manufacturing or industrial production environments.
• Strong understanding of MES, SCADA, industrial automation, shop-floor systems and production-related integrations.
• Experience managing stakeholders across both business and technical organizations.
• Strong communication, coordination and leadership capabilities.
• Professional proficiency in both Swedish and English.

Nice to Have

• Experience from automotive manufacturing environments.
• Experience from large-scale production transformation or digitalization initiatives.
• Previous experience within Scania, TRATON or similar industrial organizations.