Are you a master of change management and an expert in infrastructure and cybersecurity? We are now looking for an area manager for the municipality's IT and digitalization activities. Come and contribute with your leadership in an organization that wants more! Our mission is to develop digital products and to hold together digitalization work in a broad organization that improves life in Umeå - from preschool to elderly care. Our business is responsible for developing the municipality's capacity for digital transformation with broad expertise. We have leaders, system developers, architects and specialists in IT and digitization who drive and hold together the municipality's journey into the future. It is a meaningful and developing mission that we are proud to have. We have around 110 sharp employees who care about job satisfaction and community. If you want to take Umeå municipality's digital infrastructure into the future, and build solutions that people can trust - then you should apply for this job! About the job As one of two area managers, together with unit managers, team leaders, product managers and process managers, you lead just over 50 employees in an organization that is in the middle of a change journey. You will have a strategic role. Your task is to stay one step ahead and be at the forefront of development in infrastructure and cybersecurity where you are responsible for organization and delivery. The tasks may vary over time, but may for example include: Focus on direction, goals and delivery Personnel and work environment responsibility for currently two unit managers and five employees within the cybersecurity team Setting requirements for processes and working methods in your area Leading or participating in various steering groups Be a change leader and representative of the direction of the business Replacing the Head of Operations in his/her absence The transition that our municipality is facing involves a lot that is unexplored and needs to be questioned. In what we do, all the answers will not be available in advance, and a lot will be unclear. Therefore, you need to exercise confident leadership. You will manage heads of unit, team leaders and process managers, who in turn manage staff in areas with an ever-increasing pace of development. You are the one who looks at the big picture, creates strategies and creates good conditions for your leaders to succeed in their missions. About you We are looking for you with a higher post-secondary education, relevant to the field. Perhaps you have training/certification in infrastructure and security. It is good if you have experience of being a manager but it is not a requirement. The most important thing for us is that you have experience in leading people in rapid change and know the field of infrastructure and cybersecurity. You need to create the conditions for the organization to deliver even if the answers are not given, the choices are not clear and the ways of working are not obvious. You challenge our habitual ways of thinking and working but are humble, responsive and also open to being challenged yourself. You establish clarity through communication, structures and follow-up. We believe that you who apply for this position are brave and want to develop. Through respectful treatment, you create a good climate of cooperation and mutual trust. You have good communication skills and know both Swedish and English to a good level, both in speech and writing. Great emphasis will be placed on your personal qualities. Do you feel met? Welcome with your application! Follow Umeå Municipality on Linkedin! About Umeå municipality Umeå municipality is the region's largest employer with over 13,000 employees. The municipality has about 440 managers and the business is divided into eight administrations. Our jobs and our values are based on citizen focus, openness, trust and continuous improvement. Umeå is a cultural city in constant development. To meet the target of 200,000 inhabitants by 2050, we need more people working for growth and welfare. We know that diversity enriches and welcome everyone to apply for jobs with us. Over the next ten years, we will be hiring around a thousand people every year. Do you want to join us? Find out what it's like to live in Umeå here: https://www.umea.se/flytta Umeå municipality is part of three administrative areas for Finnish, Meänkieli and Sami www.umea.se/minoriteter. As an employee of Umeå municipality, you can take advantage of a number of benefits. Take part of our benefits https://umea.se/jobbochforetagande/jobbochpraktik/kommunensomarbetsgivare/varaformaner.4.1b4d24fb1752122eb843bf.html Do you sell ads or offer recruitment support? Please do not contact us about it! We select and contact the companies we work with ourselves.