{"data":{"id":207870,"slug":"gruppchef-it-plattform","type":"job","title":"Group Manager IT Platform","description":"IT Department\n \nDo you want to lead and develop Sweden's University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) central IT platforms and contribute to a stable, secure, and modern IT environment for research, education, and administration?\nThe IT Department at SLU is seeking a Group Manager for Platform. We are looking for someone who wants to combine present and trust-based leadership with the development of services, working methods, and technical platforms in a large and complex organization.\nAbout the job\nAs Group Manager for Platform, you will lead approximately 10 employees located in Uppsala, Ume\u00e5, and Alnarp. The group is responsible for central services within server and platform operations and works closely with other parts of the IT Department and operations at SLU.\nThe group is responsible for developing and managing the IT Department's virtualization solutions, server operations, databases, Microsoft Azure, and container solutions.\nAs group manager, you have personnel, budget, and operational responsibility. You lead the group's work and ensure that services are developed and delivered cost-effectively, securely, and with the organization's needs in focus. An important part of the assignment is to work together with the group's specialists, other parts of the IT Department, and IT coordinators in the organization to translate technical capabilities and operational needs into clear and manageable services.\nYour main areas of responsibility are to:\nlead, support, and develop employees with high technical competence\nbe responsible for the group's operations and finances\nensure stable and appropriate delivery and management of the group's services\ndrive development toward modern platforms and working methods\ndevelop service offerings, processes, procedures, and documentation\nconduct continuous improvement work and change management\ncollaborate with the organization, other parts of the IT Department, suppliers, and other external parties\nbe responsible for budgeting, financial follow-up and forecasting, and parts of the group's purchasing and supplier management.\n\nYou will be part of the management group for the IT Infrastructure unit and work closely with the Group Manager for Network and the unit manager on the unit's joint development and goals.\nOn-call services may be part of the work.\nYour background\nWe are looking for someone who has:\nrelevant academic education in, for example, systems science or computer science, or equivalent competence that SLU deems equivalent\ndocumented experience leading and developing IT employees\nexperience leading employees working in multiple geographic locations\nexperience in IT management and in structuring and developing management work\ndocumented experience in change management and implementing changes that affect technology, working methods, and people\nexperience translating operational needs into defined IT services, service offerings, and agreed deliveries\nexperience with budget responsibility, financial follow-up, and forecasting\ngood knowledge of process-oriented working methods in IT, for example ITIL\ngood knowledge of information security and its application within IT infrastructure\nexperience in IT operations at a university, college, or other large academic organization.\n\nIt is advantageous if you have experience with:\nmodern platforms within IT infrastructure\nleading and developing structured management work\ndeveloping service models and systematic follow-up of IT deliveries\nworking in a larger IT organization\nsystematic information security work\nprocurement and supplier management within IT\noperational work within IT infrastructure\nworking at a government agency\nworking according to ITIL, SAFe, or similar frameworks.\n\nYou as a person\nTo succeed in the role, you need to be able to combine present and trust-based leadership with structure, development capability, and a genuine interest in both people and technology.\nYou are unpretentious and create conditions for employees to take responsibility and develop. You build trusting relationships and are good at collaborating across organizational and professional boundaries. You work in a structured manner, drive matters forward, and can switch between daily delivery and longer-term development issues.\nYou need to be able to understand technical issues at a level that allows you to lead specialists and translate technical capabilities into operational benefit. The role requires clear and trust-building communication with employees and technical specialists as well as operational representatives and management.\nGreat weight will be placed on personal suitability.\nAbout us\nAt the IT Department, we work with both basic IT services and customized digital solutions. We support the university's operations in research, education, and administration, which places high demands on both stability and security as well as flexibility and development capability.\nThe IT Department is a large department with broad expertise and many different specialist areas. Through collaboration, development, and security, we work to deliver a modern IT environment that creates value for SLU's operations.\nWe are in a period of extensive technical and operational development. Among other things, we are modernizing the university's digital workplace and network environment while information security, storage, data, cloud services, and digitalization are high on the agenda.\nRead more about our benefits and what it's like to work at SLU at https:\/\/www.slu.se\/om-slu\/jobba-pa-slu\/\nPlacement:\nOne of SLU's main locations: Uppsala, Ume\u00e5, or Alnarp.\nType of employment:\nPermanent position. SLU may apply a probationary period.\nScope:\n100%\nStart date:\nBy agreement.\nApplication:\nWelcome to submit your application via the application button below no later than 2026-10-15.\nTrade union contact persons:\nhttps:\/\/internt.slu.se\/min-anstallning\/facket\/kontaktpersoner\/","language":"sv","is_translated":true,"title_original":"Gruppchef IT-Plattform","description_original":"IT-avdelningen\n\u00a0\nVill du leda och utveckla Sveriges lantbruksuniversitets (SLU) centrala it-plattformar och bidra till en stabil, s\u00e4ker och modern it-milj\u00f6 f\u00f6r forskning, utbildning och administration?\nIT-avdelningen vid SLU s\u00f6ker en gruppchef f\u00f6r Plattform. Vi s\u00f6ker dig som vill kombinera ett n\u00e4rvarande och tillitsbaserat ledarskap med utveckling av tj\u00e4nster, arbetss\u00e4tt och tekniska plattformar i en stor och komplex organisation.\nOm jobbet\nSom gruppchef f\u00f6r Plattform leder du cirka 10 medarbetare placerade i Uppsala, Ume\u00e5 och Alnarp. Gruppen ansvarar f\u00f6r centrala tj\u00e4nster inom server- och plattformsomr\u00e5det och arbetar n\u00e4ra \u00f6vriga delar av IT-avdelningen och verksamheten vid SLU.\nGruppen ansvarar f\u00f6r att utveckla och f\u00f6rvalta IT-avdelningens virtualiseringsl\u00f6sningar, serverdrift, databaser, Microsoft Azure och containerl\u00f6sningar.\nSom gruppchef har du personal-, budget- och verksamhetsansvar. Du leder gruppens arbete och ansvarar f\u00f6r att tj\u00e4nsterna utvecklas och levereras kostnadseffektivt, s\u00e4kert och med verksamhetens behov i fokus. En viktig del av uppdraget \u00e4r att tillsammans med gruppens specialister, andra delar av IT-avdelningen och it-samordnare i verksamheten oms\u00e4tta tekniska m\u00f6jligheter och verksamhetsbehov till tydliga och f\u00f6rvaltningsbara tj\u00e4nster.\nDina huvudsakliga ansvarsomr\u00e5den \u00e4r att:\nleda, st\u00f6dja och utveckla medarbetare med h\u00f6g teknisk kompetens\nansvara f\u00f6r gruppens verksamhet och ekonomi\ns\u00e4kerst\u00e4lla stabil och \u00e4ndam\u00e5lsenlig leverans och f\u00f6rvaltning av gruppens tj\u00e4nster\ndriva utvecklingen mot moderna plattformar och arbetss\u00e4tt\nutveckla tj\u00e4nsteerbjudanden, processer, rutiner och dokumentation\nbedriva kontinuerligt f\u00f6rb\u00e4ttringsarbete och f\u00f6r\u00e4ndringsledning\nsamverka med verksamheten, andra delar av IT-avdelningen, leverant\u00f6rer och andra externa parter\nansvara f\u00f6r budgetering, ekonomisk uppf\u00f6ljning och prognostisering samt delar av gruppens ink\u00f6p och leverant\u00f6rsstyrning.\n\nDu ing\u00e5r i ledningsgruppen f\u00f6r enheten IT-infrastruktur och arbetar n\u00e4ra gruppchefen f\u00f6r N\u00e4tverk samt enhetschefen med enhetens gemensamma utveckling och m\u00e5l.\nBeredskapstj\u00e4nstg\u00f6ring kan komma att ing\u00e5 i arbetet.\nDin bakgrund\u00a0\nVi s\u00f6ker dig som har:\nrelevant akademisk utbildning inom exempelvis systemvetenskap eller datavetenskap, eller motsvarande kompetens som SLU bed\u00f6mer likv\u00e4rdig\ndokumenterad erfarenhet av att leda och utveckla medarbetare inom it\nerfarenhet av att leda medarbetare som arbetar p\u00e5 flera geografiska orter\nerfarenhet av f\u00f6rvaltningsledning inom it och av att strukturera och utveckla f\u00f6rvaltningsarbete\ndokumenterad erfarenhet av f\u00f6r\u00e4ndringsledning och av att genomf\u00f6ra f\u00f6r\u00e4ndringar som ber\u00f6r s\u00e5v\u00e4l teknik och arbetss\u00e4tt som m\u00e4nniskor\nerfarenhet av att oms\u00e4tta verksamhetsbehov till definierade it-tj\u00e4nster, tj\u00e4nsteerbjudanden och \u00f6verenskomna leveranser\nerfarenhet av budgetansvar, ekonomisk uppf\u00f6ljning och prognostisering\ngod kunskap om processorienterade arbetss\u00e4tt inom it, exempelvis ITIL\ngod kunskap om informationss\u00e4kerhet och dess till\u00e4mpning inom it-infrastruktur\nerfarenhet av it-verksamhet inom universitet, h\u00f6gskola eller annan st\u00f6rre akademisk organisation.\n\nDet \u00e4r meriterande om du har erfarenhet av:\nmoderna plattformar inom it-infrastruktur\natt leda och utveckla ett strukturerat f\u00f6rvaltningsarbete\nutveckling av tj\u00e4nstemodeller och systematisk uppf\u00f6ljning av it-leveranser\narbete i en st\u00f6rre it-organisation\nsystematiskt informationss\u00e4kerhetsarbete\nink\u00f6p och leverant\u00f6rsstyrning inom it\noperativt arbete inom it-infrastruktur\narbete vid en myndighet\narbete enligt ITIL, SAFe eller liknande ramverk.\n\nDu som person\nF\u00f6r att lyckas i rollen beh\u00f6ver du kunna kombinera ett n\u00e4rvarande och tillitsbaserat ledarskap med struktur, utvecklingsf\u00f6rm\u00e5ga och ett genuint intresse f\u00f6r b\u00e5de m\u00e4nniskor och teknik.\nDu \u00e4r prestigel\u00f6s och skapar f\u00f6ruts\u00e4ttningar f\u00f6r medarbetare att ta ansvar och utvecklas. Du bygger f\u00f6rtroendefulla relationer och har l\u00e4tt f\u00f6r att samarbeta \u00f6ver organisatoriska och professionella gr\u00e4nser. Du arbetar strukturerat, driver fr\u00e5gor fram\u00e5t och kan v\u00e4xla mellan den dagliga leveransen och mer l\u00e5ngsiktiga utvecklingsfr\u00e5gor.\nDu beh\u00f6ver kunna f\u00f6rst\u00e5 tekniska fr\u00e5gest\u00e4llningar p\u00e5 en niv\u00e5 som g\u00f6r att du kan leda specialister och oms\u00e4tta tekniska m\u00f6jligheter till verksamhetsnytta. Rollen kr\u00e4ver att du kommunicerar tydligt och f\u00f6rtroendeskapande med s\u00e5v\u00e4l medarbetare och tekniska specialister som verksamhetsf\u00f6retr\u00e4dare och ledning.\nStor vikt kommer att l\u00e4ggas vid personlig l\u00e4mplighet.\nOm oss\nP\u00e5 IT-avdelningen arbetar vi med b\u00e5de grundl\u00e4ggande it-tj\u00e4nster och anpassade digitala l\u00f6sningar. Vi st\u00f6djer universitetets verksamhet inom forskning, utbildning och administration, vilket st\u00e4ller h\u00f6ga krav p\u00e5 s\u00e5v\u00e4l stabilitet och s\u00e4kerhet som flexibilitet och utvecklingsf\u00f6rm\u00e5ga.\nIT-avdelningen \u00e4r en stor avdelning med bred kompetens och m\u00e5nga olika specialistomr\u00e5den. Genom samverkan, utveckling och s\u00e4kerhet arbetar vi f\u00f6r att leverera en modern it-milj\u00f6 som skapar nytta f\u00f6r SLU:s verksamhet.\nVi befinner oss i en period med omfattande teknisk och verksamhetsm\u00e4ssig utveckling. Bland annat moderniserar vi universitetets digitala arbetsplats och n\u00e4tverksmilj\u00f6 samtidigt som fr\u00e5gor om informationss\u00e4kerhet, lagring, data, molntj\u00e4nster och digitalisering st\u00e5r h\u00f6gt p\u00e5 agendan.\nL\u00e4s mer om v\u00e5ra f\u00f6rm\u00e5ner och hur det \u00e4r att jobba vid SLU p\u00e5 https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/safety\/go\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eslu%2Ese%2Fom-slu%2Fjobba-pa-slu%2F&urlhash=DecY&mt=SlERTgR4_AWmYvhpKxtELexifJUS8I5mhb-lJXWaMkgHIrtc7THud-Q6-Y26GVnPY0l6psbS-z32F0L0QrA_5VBjBAs&isSdui=true\nPlacering:\nN\u00e5gon av SLUs huvudorter: Uppsala, Ume\u00e5 eller Alnarp.\nAnst\u00e4llningsform:\nTillsvidareanst\u00e4llning. 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