Manager – Product Data Engineering

Are you a strategic leader passionate about driving innovation in data management? Join us to lead the Product Data Management & Data Pipelines team within the AI & Data division of Group Digitalization. In this key role, you will enable cutting-edge software development by ensuring high-quality product data that powers efficient validation and simulation, collaborating closely with business stakeholders to shape the future of AI-driven environment. 

Your role 

We are seeking a strategic and collaborative leader to head the Product Data Management & Data Pipelines team within the AI & Data area of Group Digitalization with the responsibility to own and continuously improve Saabs product-data backbone that powers every simulation and AI model we ship. This team plays a critical role in enabling software development with high-quality product data to ensure that development and simulation can be validated in the most efficient and effective way. The team supports the entire organization and works closely with business stakeholders to ensure that data flows, structures, and quality meet the needs of modern software engineering and AI-driven development. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Lead and develop a cross-functional team focused on product data management and data pipelines 
• Define and execute strategies to ensure high-quality, accessible, and validated product data for development and simulation 
• Collaborate with software development, simulation, and AI teams to understand data needs and deliver scalable solutions 
• Drive continuous improvement in data quality, governance, and automation of data flows 
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and data-driven decision making 
• Ensure alignment with organizational standards for data security, compliance, and architecture 

Your profile 

Required: 

• Proven leadership experience in data engineering, software development, or platform management 
• Strong understanding of data pipelines, product data structures, and validation processes 
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and supporting large-scale software development 
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills 
• Ability to communicate fluently in both Swedish and English. 
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field 

Preferred: 

• Familiarity with highly regulated industries (e.g., defence, energy, medical, finance). 
• Experience with DevOps practices and tools (e.g. Databricks, snowflake or other) 
• Familiarity with simulation environments and AI-driven development 
• Knowledge of data governance, security, and compliance frameworks 
• Experience in large-scale or complex software organizations 

This position requires that you pass a security vetting based on the current regulations around/of security protection. For positions requiring security clearance additional obligations on citizenship may apply. 

What you will be part of 

Behind our innovations stand the people who make them possible. Brave pioneers and curious minds. Everyday heroes and inventive troubleshooters. Those who share deep knowledge and those who explore sky-high. And everyone in between.    

Joining us means making an impact together, contributing in our own unique ways. From crafting complex code and building impressive defence and security solutions to simply sharing a coffee with a colleague, every action counts. We encourage you to take on challenges, to create smart inventions and grow in our friendly and tech-savvy workspace. We have a solid mission to keep people and society safe. 

Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring mission, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 25,500 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world. 

Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defence capability of several nations. Read more about us here