Are you experienced in leading complex IT and digital transformation programs in global environments? Do you enjoy working close to both technology and business to deliver meaningful results and drive organizational change? Then the role as Senior Project Manager at Autoliv could be your next step.

About the position

Autoliv is looking for a Senior Project Manager to strengthen its global Digital, IT & Security PMO – a key part of the company’s ongoing digital transformation journey. The role is central to modernizing infrastructure, applications, and digital capabilities across Autoliv’s global organization, ensuring that technology initiatives deliver measurable business outcomes.

As Senior Project Manager, you will lead cross-functional transformation programs spanning areas such as cloud migration, ERP modernization, cybersecurity, and manufacturing digitalization. You will collaborate with teams across IT, operations, and security to secure alignment, drive delivery, and foster adoption of new systems and ways of working.

The position combines strong program management and change leadership, requiring both strategic perspective and hands-on execution. You will play an important role in shaping the digital foundation of one of the world’s leading industrial companies.

About Autoliv

Autoliv is the world’s leading provider of automotive safety systems, delivering airbags, seatbelts, and steering wheels to nearly all major car manufacturers. Every year, Autoliv’s products save more than 100,000 lives and prevent over 300,000 severe injuries.

With more than 60,000 employees in 27 countries, and headquarters in Stockholm, Autoliv continues to pioneer new safety technologies for the future of mobility – including digitalization, automation, and data-driven innovation. Their mission, Saving More Lives, is at the core of everything they do.

Experience & Competence

• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience and solid track record in broad IT/digital program/project management, with a focus on transformation initiatives – data and manufacturing digitalization
• Understanding of enterprise IT systems, cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure), and software development lifecycles
• Solid competence of balancing tech and business, with capability to build relationships with both business and IT stakeholders and work towards business outcomes
• Excellent leadership, and stakeholder management skills
• Ideally experience of global manufacturing and related industries
• Experience within international/multinational and matrix/virtual organizations
• Expertise in communication and very strong in change management including methodologies (e.g. Prosci, Kotter, Agile Change).
• Certifications: PMP, PgMP, or SAFe Program Consultant (SPC); Prosci or equivalent change management certification
• Ideally leadership experience of developing other in a mentorship capacity
• Highly preferred with understanding of legacy systems and decentralized organizations
• Merit with experience leading digital transformation in regulated or complex environments
• Bachelor / Master in a relevant field
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal. Merit with Swedish fluency

Personality & Leadership

• High adaptability and resilience in fast-paced, global, evolving tech landscapes – having both integrity and flexibility
• Act as a role model, develop others, pillar for the Project Management team including behaviors of mentorship, coaching, drive cultural change within the team
• Structured, methodological and execution oriented
• Strategic thinker with a hands-on, delivery-focused mindset and forward looking
• Extrovert and people person; with a balance of having integrity to drive topics but also act as an advisor
• Curios with an open mindset. Mentorship oriented
• Very strong social skills and stakeholder management capabilities – ability to build trust
• Solid communication skills: adapt and be able to deliver the right message to the right audience with responsive/listening capabilities. Able to distill and translate technical facts and jargon to language understood by management / non-experts
• Ability to bridge strategic/business topics with tech / IT topics
• Base work on the “why” from a business-oriented perspective
• Respectful personality and understands how to create value in a matrix organization

Goals, Scope & Responsibilities of the Role

IT Project & Project Management

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex IT transformation projects/programs (e.g., cloud migration, ERP modernization, DevOps adoption)
• Define project/program scope, architecture alignment, and technical roadmaps in collaboration with IT and business stakeholders
• Manage cross-functional teams including software engineers, architects, cybersecurity, and infrastructure specialists
• Oversee vendor and partner relationships, ensuring alignment with technical and contractual requirements
• Track milestones, budgets, and risks using Agile, SAFe, or hybrid methodologies

 Technology Change Leadership

• Champion the human side of IT change—ensuring users adopt new systems, tools, and processes
• Develop and execute change management strategies tailored to technical audiences (e.g., developers, IT operations, end users)
• Conduct impact assessments and readiness evaluations for system rollouts and process changes
• Design and deliver communication, training, and support plans to drive adoption of new technologies
• Monitor adoption metrics and user feedback to refine change strategies
• Stakeholder & Governance Management
• Engage with CIOs, CTOs, and business unit leaders to align IT transformation goals with enterprise strategy
• Lead steering committees and governance forums to ensure transparency and accountability
• Translate complex technical concepts into business language for executive reporting.

 Continuous Improvement & Innovation

• Identify opportunities to streamline IT operations and enhance digital capabilities
• Promote a culture of agility, innovation, and continuous learning within IT teams
• Stay current with emerging technologies and best practices in IT transformation and change management

Placement: Stockholm
Office policy: Hybrid
Reporting to: Cosmin Neagu, Digital Acceleration Director
Start: Q1 2026
Travel: International travel – project based