IT Director at SSG

Do you want to lead an IT operation where you can combine strategic leadership with deep expertise in IT and technology? We are now looking for an IT Director who wants to take full responsibility for infrastructure, architecture, and development, and who is driven to create modern, stable, and business-aligned IT solutions. Here you will have a key role with significant influence over direction, culture, and technical development. At SSG, we develop digital solutions and services that help industry work safer, smarter, and more sustainably. We are now facing a strategic shift where we move from working in separate units to building a shared and scalable platform with new services, business opportunities, and potential for international growth. About the Role As IT Director, you have overall responsibility for the entire IT delivery, from infrastructure and operations to architecture and system development, and you lead an organization of approximately 55 employees. You are responsible for several areas of expertise and ensure that they together enable both internal IT environments and SSG's customer products to be developed and maintained in an appropriate, cost-effective, and long-term sustainable way that supports the company's goals. The role involves setting the strategic direction for IT, while working with group managers within IT to drive, coach, and follow up on operations at individual, team, and department levels. You are responsible for creating conditions for various roles to continue developing the technical platform and architecture as well as the team-based working approach. You work closely with operations and product management to translate needs into technical capabilities, establish the need for technical transformations, and ensure that IT contributes to business value. The role also includes responsibility for suppliers and partners, as well as continuously driving improvement efforts, prioritization, and investments in the IT area. As a leader, you are responsible for development and infrastructure teams and lead through specialists and other leaders. You actively work to build a cohesive organization where collaboration between departments at SSG as well as within IT is central. You create structure, direction, and engagement, and together with group managers ensure that the organization has the capabilities to meet both today's and tomorrow's needs. You are part of the management team and report to the CEO, which gives you a central role in shaping the company's direction together with others in management. Work location is Sundsvall. Who You Are We see that you have relevant academic education, or alternatively other education and experience that we consider equivalent. You are an experienced leader with a good understanding of the entire IT landscape, where you have a technical foundation, whether it comes from infrastructure, development, or architecture. You also have the ability to see the whole picture and create balance between stable operations, long-term technical direction, and fast team-based development. As a person, you are confident in your leadership and experienced in leading through others, while having sufficient technical depth to challenge, prioritize, and make well-founded decisions. You thrive in a role where you can combine strategy and operational issues, where you build bridges between technology and business, and can act as a change leader. You are communicative and trustworthy, with the ability to create engagement and clarity in complex environments. You are driven by development—of people, organization, and technology—and see the value in working in a structured, long-term way with continuous improvements. What SSG Can Offer You SSG is in a strong growth phase and you will be an important part of the strategic work. We offer you varied work with cutting-edge technology where you get to be part of both development and challenges. We work in agile cross-functional product teams and have short decision-making paths with great opportunity to influence development within your respective area of responsibility. Benefits for you as an employee at SSG: - Modern office with individual workstations - Inspiring meeting spaces with studio, arcade games, and a 3D printer - Inclusive work environment with good camaraderie and a sustainable performance culture - Competence development during working hours - Wellness hour and wellness allowance, as well as opportunity for floorball, group training, and padel with colleagues - Shortened working hours with free days and summer/winter time - Private health insurance - Occupational pension ITP1 and collective agreement - Profit sharing when SSG performs well About SSG For over 60 years, SSG has gathered Sweden's leading industrial experts in committees and networks to find solutions to the industry's common challenges. Among our customers are over 400 of the largest international industrial companies, more than 50,000 entrepreneurial businesses, and we deliver approximately 500,000 digital security training courses annually. We welcome tomorrow's challenges and opportunities. With innovative technology, we lay the foundation for new services that make international industry competitive. Contact We are collaborating with Jefferson Wells in this recruitment. If you have questions, you are welcome to contact Karin Frisendahl or Mats Andersson. Mats Andersson: 070-8543042, [email protected] Karin Frisendahl: 070-3774546, [email protected] We want your application via the link below no later than August 23.

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