IT and software development

Head of IT Infrastructure Services

Mining is a business area within the Sandvik Group and a global leading supplier of equipment and tools, parts, service, digital solutions and sustainability-driving technologies for the mining and construction industries. Application areas include rock drilling, rock cutting, loading and hauling, tunneling and quarrying. In 2024, sales were approximately 64 billion SEK with about 17,000 employees.

About the job

For Mining and our IT organization, we’re looking for an experienced Head of IT Infrastructure Services. Someone who is ready to be a central player in our truly international team across the globe – team in general responsible for the IT infrastructure services within our Business Area Sandvik Mining. The position is permanent, full-time, and located in Tampere (Finland), Stockholm (Sweden) or Sandviken (Sweden). Global travel is included in your job, although we are even more digital than before the pandemic in our ways of working.

About you and your background

We’re looking for a confident and collaborative leader, with the ability to set a successful strategy and deliver on the same. You have deep experience in the field of IT – such as IT management, IT project management, IT infrastructure services, cloud technologies – and you’re skilled in driving change in a global context. A master’s degree in computer science or similar is required, and as we’re present across the globe, you have excellent communication skills in English and are experienced when it comes to remote, indirect, and cross-cultural leadership.

It’s key that you can establish structure, gain trust, and create strong relationships, and that’s why your personal qualities are very important to us. You have an innovative mindset and like both to challenge us and to be challenged - always committed to making things happen in a flexible, yet decisive manner. You’re also very tactical and clearly communicate the purpose of our activities to ensure team spirit and a positive impact.

We offer you versatile and interesting tasks in a modern, continuously evolving, and international business environment, as well as the opportunity to develop your own professional skills and career. In addition, we offer good employee benefits and an inclusive corporate culture focused on sustainable development, with values such as Winning Together, Curiosity, Responsibility and Customer Focus. We believe in an inclusive, equal, and open-minded culture, and we nurture our diversities to form a solid foundation for achieving great results.

Contact information

For further information regarding the recruitment process, please contact:

Sandvik’s HR Services Finland, tel. +358 800 1 44444 (weekdays at 9-11 and 13-15 EET).

Want to be part of our IT team?

Submit your application at home.sandvik/careers by Sunday November 9th, 2025.

Please note that we are screening the applications and interviewing already during the application period. Your application should consist of an introductory letter including your salary request and a CV. If you wish to add a cover letter to your application, please make sure to attach the file when uploading your CV. Please note that we don’t accept applications by email.

Job ID: R0084470

About our company

Sandvik is a global, high-tech engineering group providing solutions that enhance productivity, profitability and sustainability for the manufacturing, mining and infrastructure industries. We are at the forefront of digitalization and focus on optimizing our customers’ processes. Our world-leading offering includes equipment, tools, services and digital solutions for machining, mining, rock excavation and rock processing. In 2024 the Group had approximately 41,000 employees and revenues of about SEK 123 billion in more than 150 countries.

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