Digitalization Project Manager
Workplace: Jönköping, Sverige
Expires: September 2, 2025
Jönköpings kommun seeks an experienced project manager to lead and execute municipality-wide digital projects, improving services and processes. The role involves leading a multi-year procurement project for a new shared municipal financial system and other digital initiatives, ensuring timely, budget-conscious, and quality-delivered results. Collaboration with multiple stakeholders and departments is essential.
Main requirements:
  • Academic degree preferably in IT or computer science
  • Relevant project management training or equivalent experience
  • Experience in project management within digitalization or IT
  • Experience leading complex projects with multiple stakeholders
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills
  • Ability to work independently and take initiative
  • Experience from similar roles in public sector or large organizations
  • Proficiency in Swedish, written and spoken
Responsibilities:
  • Act as main project manager for implementation of new municipality-wide business systems and other digitalization initiatives
  • Drive change processes with clear results and anchored solutions
  • Ensure project delivery on time, within budget, and with high quality
  • Collaborate across departments and stakeholders to identify needs and develop solutions
  • Develop and implement project plans, timelines, and budgets
  • Monitor and report project progress to management
Required hard skills:
  • Project management within IT/digitalization
  • Knowledge of project management methods such as PPS, IPMA
  • Budget and timeline management
  • Communication and reporting skills
  • Swedish language proficiency
Recommended hard skills:
  • Experience with financial systems
  • Knowledge of change management in large organizations
Soft skills:
  • Driven and solution-focused
  • Ability to inspire and lead projects forward
  • Meticulous documentation and clear, pedagogical communication
  • Strong collaboration and teamwork skills
Frameworks:
  • PPS
  • IPMA
Natural languages:
  • Swedish (Proficient)
Cultural skills:
  • Experience working in public sector or equivalent large organizations
  • Familiarity with change management in large organizations