Country IT Manager - Sweden & Oversight Countries

Join Hitachi Energy as Country IT and Oversight Manager – Shape the Future of IT Solutions!

Are you ready to take the lead in driving IT efficiency and innovation across multiple countries? As a Country IT and Oversight Manager, you’ll spearhead a dynamic team of IT specialists, ensuring top-tier IT services and solutions are seamlessly delivered across your designated region. You’ll play a key role in compliance, stakeholder management, and aligning local operations with international standards and business needs.

If you're passionate about delivering IT services that enhance business efficiency and compliance, while leading and inspiring teams, this is the opportunity for you! Take the next step in your IT leadership journey with Hitachi Energy. Apply now!

Your responsibility

• Collaborating with the business unit IT Management, internal and third party IS suppliers and IT service management of related countries and R&D sites and other sites as defined. All other sites are managed by business solution teams (BST).
• You will be accountable for the assigned scope towards management stakeholders and Functions that delivery of processes or projects supporting IT systems or projects is aligned to business and functions needs, resulting in improved efficiency, effectiveness, quality and/or operational functionality
• You will prioritize tasks and responsibilities to manage country requirements and escalations seamlessly accordingly to the global targets and strategy along with ensuring operational tactics supporting the business.
• Provides experience in delivery and management of local services in the scope of country IT and process at both tactical and operational levels, understanding and applying IT best practices to assess, review, manage and monitor country IT services and products.
• Responsible for compliance of IT services to local law, local license compliance & local IT controls compliance and responsible for local IT budget in the country, where required.
• Ensures with HR support that the area of responsibility is properly organized, staffed, skilled and directed, guides, motivates and develops direct and indirect subordinates within HR policies, for the benefit of both company and the employee.
• Living Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background

• Proven professional prior experience in IT management of a large site or country
• Hands on experience in different IT roles or relevant non-IT management roles
• Good IT management, organizational change management, financial savvy, stakeholder or people management, analytical skills or data analytics, learning agility
• Communication skills, demand management, compliance management, innovation, IT domain knowledge
• Fluency in English and Swedish mandatory and other languages are meritorious

What we offer

• Collective agreement
• Flexible working time
• Health care and wellness allowance
• Fantastic career possibilities within Hitachi Energy both within Sweden and globally
• Mentor to support you throughout onboard phase
• Various trainings and education supporting employee development
• Diversified company with over 70+ nationalities working in Sweden
• Supplementary compensation for parental leave
• Employee Benefit Portal with thousands of discounts and perks

More about us

Are you ready for a new exciting challenge? Does the above description sound like you? Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, so don’t delay – apply today!

Recruiting manager Andreas Toth, andreas.toth@hitachienergy.com will answer your questions about the position. Union representatives - Sveriges Ingenjörer: Bo Westman, +46 107-38 38 04; Unionen: Karin Ulvemark, +46 107-38 51 42; Ledarna: Frank Hollstedt, +46 107-38 70 43. All other questions can be directed to Talent Acquisition Partner Renee Lundgren, renee.lundgren@hitachienergy.com.