Do you want to help develop Strängnäs as a vibrant place for business, tourism and future investments? We are looking for an engaged and strategic business development manager with a special focus on tourism and visitor destinations. You will be a key person in the work of strengthening Strängnäs as an attractive municipality to live in, visit and establish a business in. Together we build a strong, sustainable and welcoming Strängnäs – for residents, visitors and business.
The Business Development Unit works with business development, establishment assignments and tourism development. The unit consists of a total of six employees and you report directly to the head of business development.
1 position(s).
WORK TASKS
As a business development manager with us, you work to drive and develop the municipality's work within the tourism industry, tourism and place marketing. You lead processes and create collaborations with businesses, associations and regional actors, all with the aim of creating growth, increased attractiveness and sustainable development.
Your main responsibilities:
• Strengthen the municipality's role as an actor in the tourism industry and event development
• Develop collaborations with businesses in tourism, trade and services
• Provide strategic support on matters concerning business establishments, business services and business development
• Represent the municipality in relevant networks and collaboration forums
• Manage and communicate within the business development unit's mission on the web and social media
QUALIFICATIONS
We are looking for you who have:
• relevant education in tourism, marketing, urban planning or other equivalent education.
• very good ability to express yourself in Swedish, both in writing and orally.
• good ability to also express yourself in English.
• experience with and feel comfortable giving lectures, presentations and presentations to both small and large groups.
• good experience using IT as a support in your work, such as Office suite, Teams. You will also be partially responsible for our social media channels.
• B-class driving license.
We also consider it an advantage if you have current experience in tourism development, place branding and social media.
To thrive in this role, we see that you are business-minded, structured and driven with good cooperation skills. Your positive and solution-oriented approach makes you an appreciated collaboration partner both internally and externally. You have a natural ability to build bridges between people and different stakeholders while keeping track of things and driving projects forward with structure, clarity and commitment.
We offer you:
• A developing job in a growing municipality with clear confidence in the future.
• Opportunity to influence and contribute to Strängnäs' development as a tourist and business establishment destination.
• An engaged team with high expertise in business matters and societal development.
• Flexible working arrangements and good opportunities for further education and networking.
Does this sound exciting? We conduct continuous selection, so you are warmly welcome to submit your application today!
Between 15/07/2026-10/08/2026 you can send any questions to our function mailbox, [email protected]
Employment form: Permanent employment.
Duration: Indefinite, start date: Start 01/11/2026 or by agreement.
Welcome to Strängnäs Municipality! Strängnäs Municipality has just over 39,000 residents and is strategically located in the Mälardalen region with excellent communication opportunities. Here it is close to the major city Stockholm which is reached by train in under 50 minutes, and even closer is Eskilstuna. Our municipality is an attractive place for both living and working, where you have the opportunity to make a real difference for society and its residents.
With us there are many meaningful and challenging work tasks, with opportunities to grow and develop in your professional role. In Strängnäs Municipality, over 2,500 knowledgeable and committed employees work, all of whom contribute to creating a positive everyday life for residents. We value a workplace where everyone feels included and where there is room to have influence.
We actively work based on a values foundation characterized by respect, openness, development and clarity. We see in our annual employee survey that our employees are satisfied. We hope that you would like to be part of our team and together with us build the future of Strängnäs. Together we create a stronger municipality and make each other better.
Strängnäs Municipality implements smoke-free working hours to create a healthy work environment for all employees, colleagues and users.
Application process and personal data handling:
• As an applicant, you are responsible for clearly documenting your competence so that we can make an objective and fair assessment of your application.
• Strängnäs Municipality handles your personal data in accordance with applicable legislation. You can read more about our personal data handling on our website: https://www.strangnas.se/kommun-och-politik/overklaga-beslut-rattssakerhet/personuppgifter-i-strangnas-kommun
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We look forward to learning more about you and how you want to contribute to Strängnäs' future.Do you want to help develop Strängnäs as a vibrant place for business, tourism and future investments? We are looking for an engaged and strategic business development manager with a special focus on tourism and visitor destinations. You will be a key person in the work of strengthening Strängnäs as an attractive municipality to live in, visit and establish a business in. Together we build a strong, sustainable and welcoming Strängnäs – for residents, visitors and business.
The Business Development Unit works with business development, establishment assignments and tourism development. The…