Director, Medical Technology Business Area

As a manager at the Medical Products Agency, you act with commitment, courage, and trust with your sights set on the whole and our shared mission. Together, we work for the health of people and animals – for a better Sweden, today and in the future. We are seeking an experienced leader who wants to help shape the future within an important and growing area. Our Operations The medical technology field is currently experiencing major and very rapid development. The Medical Products Agency's Medical Technology Business Area has the important task of ensuring that products are safe and suitable for their intended purpose and that they are available on the market. We are responsible for supervising medical technology products and working to ensure that market actors have good conditions to comply with applicable regulations. We disseminate knowledge, promote innovation, and develop regulations, provide support regarding product availability, and appoint and oversee notified bodies. With technological development and increased digitalization, our mandate is expanding into additional areas such as cybersecurity, AI, information security, and health data management. To meet development and increased expectations, we established the Medical Technology Business Area on January 1, 2026, currently consisting of approximately 80 employees distributed across three units and a staff office. We are on a development journey where we are establishing the new organization and preparing for continued growth. We operate in a multidisciplinary environment in close collaboration with healthcare, industry, and other authorities in Sweden and other European countries. Much of the work takes place in an EU context. Learn more about our mission and what it means to work at the Medical Products Agency here: https://www.lakemedelsverket.se/sv/om-lakemedelsverket/jobba-pa-lakemedelsverket. Your Tasks As director of the newly established Medical Technology Business Area, you have a large and strategically important change mandate. Since both the organization and the medical technology field are growing and developing rapidly, you have a central role in developing structures, priorities, work methods, and culture together with your management team. The focus is also on working with utility and effect from an external perspective with Sweden's public and animal health in view, as well as developing communication and collaboration with relevant actors. You also have, together with your management team, an important role in strategic cooperation with EU member states to contribute to harmonized implementation of the regulations in the field. Formally, you are responsible for budget, planning, implementation, and follow-up within the Medical Technology Business Area. You have personnel responsibility for four unit heads and an administrator. You report directly to the Director General, are part of the agency's management group, and thus have responsibility for actively contributing to the entire Medical Products Agency's mission and development. Your Background We are looking for someone who has: substantial and current management and leadership experience from a knowledge-intensive organization within life science, experience leading management teams and leading through others, experience successfully driving strategic development issues and long-term change work, current experience of and good knowledge about the medical technology field, and relevant academic degree, for example in medicine or engineering. Beyond this, we see it as an advantage if you have: experience from the medtech industry, government agencies, or healthcare, preferably larger and complex operations with an international character, experience with regulatory work related to medical technology products, and experience with supervisory work as well as preparedness and continuity. You have excellent command of Swedish and English, both spoken and written. Your Personal Qualities You are a leader who shows direction and creates engagement by communicating a clear vision and long-term goals. You have the ability to see and create understanding for the whole perspective and how changed conditions affect operations. You lead through values and trust, inspire and encourage responsibility-taking, and strengthen others' motivation by showing how their work contributes to the whole. You also need to be an attentive person with very good communication skills and the ability to create good, trusting relationships – both internally and externally. You see opportunities in change, dare to make courageous decisions, and drive development with a focus on both results and learning. We place great importance on your personal qualities. Good to Know Application Deadline: 2026-09-25 Employment Form: Permanent Start Date: By arrangement Unit: Medical Technology Business Area Case Number: 2.4.1-2026-065490 We apply a 6-month probationary period. We value diversity and welcome applicants with different backgrounds. At the Medical Products Agency, you have good conditions for work-life balance. We offer you, among other things, favorable vacation terms, wellness allowance, and wellness activities during work time. To the extent that work tasks allow, there is the possibility to work partially remotely by agreement with your manager. Learn more about the benefits you receive from us here: https://www.lakemedelsverket.se/sv/om-lakemedelsverket/jobba-pa-lakemedelsverket/formaner-hos-oss Security clearance with background check will be conducted according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585) before an employment decision is made. In certain cases, Swedish citizenship is required. At a potential interview, you will need to verify your identity and provide copies of your degree and relevant certificates. All permanent staff at the Medical Products Agency are registered for civil defense purposes within the agency. Contact You are welcome to contact Director General Ann Lindberg. You can also contact the union representatives Jonas Walldén, Saco, and Pia Wictor, ST. We can all be reached by phone 018-17 46 00 or by email [email protected]. We look forward to receiving your application! This recruitment is conducted entirely by the Medical Products Agency. We therefore decline calls from recruitment firms and advertising sales representatives.

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