Project Manager, international Business development for SME - Linköping
- Application Deadline: Oct. 18, 2026
- Linköping
- Hybrid
We are looking for a Project Manager to join our industry teams in Sweden, focusing on global growth of Swedish companies. Start date as soon as possible.
Business Sweden helps Swedish companies grow global sales and international companies invest and expand in Sweden.
As a Project Manager you will work in a challenging and stimulating environment supporting our clients in their international business development. You will work mostly independently, but in teams as well, with advising Swedish SMEs in their internationalization journey, identifying new business opportunities, driving sales, stakeholder analysis and management, arranging business meetings and developing regional networks.
- The role includes both strategic and operational responsibilities
- Support small and medium-sized companies in their internationalization
- Proactively prospect and reach out to relevant companies ready for internationalization.
- Independently coach and strategically advise Swedish SME companies to make them ready to grow internationally.
- Carry out market and industry analyses and other client deliverables.
- Drive business development and sales of Business Sweden’s full service offering.
- Work with international teams to deliver projects that support our promotional activities and clients in their international business development.
- Manage and drive own workflows and take on project manager roles in projects.
- Break down own work into process steps, prioritize correctly and deliver results on assigned KPIs.
- Support the team in strategic business development projects and in the improvement of internal processes and tools.
Your manager is Head of Life Science, Digital Technologies & Consumer Goods. You will work network-based with colleagues in other offices, both in the team and in projects across the organization globally at Business Sweden. You will also have contact with many external stakeholders and represent Business Sweden in various collaboration projects and networks.
The role is based in Linköping, but you will be expected to work with our teams and clients around the world, as required.
We apply probationary employment in all applicable positions.
Work with great people
Skills & Requirements
Core competencies and collaborative skills
- Demonstrate commitment, honesty and accountability in tasks.
- Provide support and take ownership to ensure high-quality delivery on time.
- Collaborate effectively to achieve good results with a positive can-do attitude.
- Contribute to team spirit and transparent communication.
- Be a problem solver who easily adapts to new ways of working.
- Voice your own ideas and share opinions. Show appreciation for different perspectives.
Formal requirements
- A higher academic degree, Master of Science or equivalent.
- At least five years’ relevant experience in business development or management consulting, international business, or global expansion and sales.
- Proven project management skills and experience.
- Experience in business development and sales.
- Experience working with market analysis and research.
- Experience working with the development of digital tools or data analytics.
- Great relationship-building and teamwork skills in internal and external networks.
- Experienced user of AI tools, Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
- Experience working outside Sweden and with international companies and global projects is meriting.
- Strong competence and experience in one of the focus industries is positive: Life Science, Digital Tech, Defense orConsumer Goods, enabling you to be a trustworthy adviser to companies and stakeholders.
- Knowledge and insight into the development of SMEs, including understanding company drivers and financials, in order to advise on internationalization and global business opportunities.
- A high level of proficiency in written and spoken English is required. A high level of proficiency in written and spoken Swedish is meriting.
Application
Please submit your CV in English as soon as possible as we will be screening applications on a rolling basis. Your application will be handled confidentially.
As part of our efforts to create a more fair and competence-based recruitment process, we have chosen to collaborate with Hubert.ai.
Once you have submitted your application, you will immediately be invited to a chat-based initial interview with our virtual recruitment assistant, Hubert. The purpose of this interview is to make the selection process faster and more accurate. It does not replace a human interview, but serves as a first step to help us create better conditions for a more in-depth conversation later in the process.
The interview typically takes around 15–20 minutes to complete, and we encourage you to complete it as soon as possible.
Great Place to Work
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Global exchanges and career opportunities
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Exclusive focus on our client’s growth agenda
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Extensive responsibility
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Diversified teams with world class colleagues
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Training academy for continuous development
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Entrepreneurial environment
About the company
Diversity powering global growth
At Business Sweden we value and encourage applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds and perspectives. We strive for a workplace where all colleagues can explore their full potential and contribute with their unique experiences. By embracing a wide range perspective, we can better drive sustainable growth and customer-centric excellence.
About Business Sweden
Business Sweden helps Swedish companies grow global sales and international companies invest and expand in Sweden. With a unique mandate from the Swedish government and the business sector, we offer strategic advice and practical support in more than 40 markets worldwide.
Our mission is to help lay the foundation for sustainable, inclusive, and digital growth – in Sweden and around the world. We do this by providing startups, small- and medium sized companies and multinationals with tailored services, coupled with access to key stakeholders in the public and private spheres.
We help our clients build relationships, accelerate time-to-market, and comply with local standards and regulations. Visit business-sweden.com for more information.
OUR VALUESOur high performance culture rests on that all our employees live our core values. We will never have guidelines for every situation we will meet, but if all of us are guided by a strong sense of our values, we will always navigate in the right direction.
RESPONSIBILITYThis is the foundation of our culture. Taking responsibility is a way to show commitment to our work. We take ownership of the relationships with our clients and stay true to our word.
COLLABORATIONAlone we can do so little; together we can do so much. Collaboration knows no geographical borders. At Business Sweden, we act as one global team to create the best possible value for our clients.
IMPACTBy monitoring the world around us and identifying possibilities , we make a difference by helping companies to seize new, sustainable business opportunities. We create impact both for our clients and for Sweden.
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