Artificial intelligence is transforming society. AI Sweden is the national center for applied artificial intelligence, jointly funded by the Swedish government and our partners, both public and private. Our mission is to accelerate the use of AI for the benefit of our society, our competitiveness, and for everyone living in Sweden.

We are now looking for new colleagues to take the next step in the development of AI Sweden, and our ability to support our partners' journeys towards solving key societal and business challenges by the use of AI.

For the roles of Ecosystem and Partner managers we look for individuals that can make significant impact on organizations ability to apply AI by combining general knowledge of AI methods, systems and implementation with a deep understanding of organizations and change management. These roles greatly impact how Sweden uses AI to build a great society and are key positions at AI Sweden.

Deadline for application: December 9, 2024

About the position

Your main responsibilities will be to support a number of AI Sweden's partners to generate sustainable value using AI and contribute to building the overall AI ecosystem in Sweden.

You will be responsible for some of AI Sweden’s important partners, such as corporates, consultancy firms, regions, municipalities or authorities, and actively enable them to generate maximal value from the partnership of AI Sweden. This includes a wide range of activities such as;

• Building relations with relevant decision-makers, changemakers and practitioners throughout our partner's organizations.
• Actively support partners in their AI maturity journey.
• Through meeting, networks and events, catalyze match-making between partners' individuals and teams with other partners and AI Sweden's activities.
• Attracting, signing and onboarding new partners to AI Sweden.
• Identifying high impact challenges and opportunities.
• Conceptualize solutions or applied research- and innovation projects.
• Contribute to the overall development of AI Sweden.

Additionally, personnel responsibility for 5-15 team members might be included in your responsibilities (optional and depending on candidate).

We believe that as a person you are

an energetic and curious leader with exceptional skills in building relationships, strong social, communications and management skills, as well as a commitment to making real difference.

A good understanding of AI methods and how they can be applied, and relevant experience of change management, key account management or complex sales will certainly improve your chances to succeed.

We also believe that you are;

• A generalist rather than a specialist. Curious and eager to learn when it comes to new tools, platforms, and technologies.
• Dedicated and likes to take responsibility for your work; from ideation through production and over the finishing line.
• Good at paying attention to details as well as seeing the broader picture.
• Ready to undertake any tasks, large as small.

And workwise, you have

• Minimum 5 years of experience in relevant environments/roles where change or transformation of some sort has been a dominating aspect.
• High-level understanding of different AI technologies and how to apply them in practice.
• Ability to explain technical solutions and project results for non-technical audiences.
• Capability to quickly understand different domains and organizations and their challenges.
• Proven project management skills and experience of leading both with and without formal authority.
• A structured way of working and enjoying building and maintaining good relations with different types of roles and organizations.
• A constructive approach to finding synergies between initiatives and to maximizing values for partners.
• Fluent in both Swedish and English.

Location

This role is based in either Stockholm or Gothenburg, with regular travel within Sweden. You'll be part of AI Sweden's 100-person team distributed across many cities, including Gothenburg, Stockholm, Linköping, Lund, and Luleå.

Why work for AI Sweden?

At AI Sweden, you’ll be part of a diverse and highly skilled team with inspiring colleagues all working with a higher purpose in mind than “just” tech. You'll be working alongside journalists, linguists, policy professionals, leading AI scientists, historians, entrepreneurs, change leaders, and many more.

As an organization, we’re uniquely positioned at the sweet spot of governmental influence and startup agility. Small enough to stay adaptive and have fun but backed by and in close contact with both the government, academia and private and public sector.

And, within our mission, we can most certainly be a platform empowering you to realize your ideas. AI Sweden’s ability to empower partners and individual team members to do exceedingly well in their profession is a key success factor for driving positive and significant impact.

In short, we like to believe we offer our team members a place to grow, an environment for personal development and achievements.

An equal and fair working environment

We strongly believe in diversity and inclusion and are acutely aware of the skewed gender balance in our industry. We actively strive to put together a diverse team in terms of age, gender, and background.

Naturally, we are under a collective agreement (“kollektivavtal”) and offer everything that comes with it in terms of annual leave, pensions, wellness allowance (“friskvårdsbidrag”), and such.

If you have any questions or thoughts, don’t hesitate to contact Agneta Jacobson, Director of Strategic Partnerships & Partner management.

AI Sweden does not accept unsolicited support and kindly ask not to be contacted by any advertisement agents, recruitment agencies or manning companies.