Sweco plans and designs for future sustainable societies and cities. Together with our customers, our architects, engineers, and other specialists we work together with our clients to facilitate the green transition, maximise the potential from digitalisation and strengthen the resilience of our communities. We are the leading consultancy firm in technology and architecture in Europe with a turnover of approximately 31 billion SEK and listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. Want to learn more, visit Sweco Group.

We are now looking for a Compensation & Benefits Specialist for Sweco Group to join our HQ Stockholm office. As a Compensation & Benefits Specialist you will be part of the Group HR team and will have the opportunity to work closely with stakeholders in the different countries. You will be reporting to the Compensation & Benefits Director.

About you

You have several years of relevant working experience, ideally within compensation and benefits and an academic background in Finance, Human Resources or a related field. For this role, we are looking for someone who is analytical, detail oriented and comfortable working with numbers. You have advanced Excel skills and the ability to initiate, drive and deliver projects. Since you will be working with several international stakeholders, it is important that you enjoy collaboration, adapt to different cultures and build wide and effective networks of contacts inside and outside the organization. You communicate confidently in English, both verbally and in writing.

Your background could be in an in‑house rewards team, a consultancy firm, or a local C&B function. You have the ability to automate, streamline and quality‑assure processes in a structured and proactive way. Experience with job evaluation methodologies, such as Korn Ferry, is considered an advantage. It is also an advantage if you have experience in designing compensation strategies and frameworks and enjoy developing them.

The role

This is a group level compensation and benefits role within a decentralised organization, working closely together with the Group Compensation & Benefits Director with defining and continuously refining the reward strategy at Group level and collaborate across Sweco’s business areas.

Your responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Lead the annual salary review process for senior leadership across the group and support the annual salary review for Sweco Group functions

• Proactively work with Sweco’s Short‑ and Long‑term incentive programs

• Maintain and develop Sweco’s global job architecture framework

• Perform job evaluations for senior leadership roles and provide support to Sweco Group functions

• Prepare materials for the Board’s Remuneration Committee meetings

• Support and advise on executive and senior management compensation

• Support in the ongoing implementation of the Pay Transparency Directive

• Monitor trends and regulations to maintain competitiveness and compliance

• Contribute actively to ensuring governance and compliance within executive compensation, including Remuneration Reports and information for the Annual Report and Annual General Meeting

How to apply

In this recruitment we are working together with Länk Recruitment. All applications will be reviewed, and interviews will be performed on a rolling basis. To ensure all applications are properly reviewed and tracked, we kindly request that applications be submitted exclusively through the application link. Applications sent via email will not be considered. 

For more information about the role contact Karin Steenstrup on +46 76 020 30 16 / karin.steenstrup@lankrecruitment.se or Zerin Baran on +46 72 032 87 86 / zerin.baran@lankrecruitment.se.

Sweco will conduct a personality test for final candidates and a background check with 2Secure will be performed on final candidate.

The Sweco Offer

At Sweco Group, we are about 60 employees who support our other Sweco business areas within Europe to make future societies more sustainable. Sweco Group is led by Sweco's CEO and consists of the teams Group Finance, Group Strategy, Group Legal, Group Communications, and Group HR.

The position is a permanent full-time position. You will be located at our head office in Stockholm (Kungsholmen) in modern premises. We are a flexible workplace when work permits.

At Sweco, we have collectively agreed benefits (insurance and occupational pension) as well as other benefits such as wellness, salary exchange, counselling support, and holiday cottages to name a few.