Helene Stureborg worked between 1990 and 2022 as a choral conductor and pedagogue at the Stockholms Musikgymnasium/Kungsholmens gymnasium. She was also the conductor of the Stockholms Musikgymnasium Chamber (SMK) choir between 2002 and 2022. After receiving a Master in Fine Arts in Church music and a Postgraduate Diploma In Choral Conducting at the Royal University of Music, she started as a church musician in a Stockholm parish and became the conductor of Kongl Teknologkören at the Royal Institute of Technology.

In 2011 she started her own ensemble Helene Stureborgs chamber choir (HSK) which has won Grand Prix in both Cork choral competition in Ireland and in the Grieg choral competition in Norway. For many years Helene Stureborg worked as a teacher in choral conducting at the Royal University College of Music in Stockholm. She was a member of the Artistic Council of Statens Musikverk in 2014-2016 and in 2017 she received the Choir conductor of the year prize in Sweden .

In January 2023 she began a new position as Artistic planning manager of the Swedish Radio Choir. In the same year she received the Johannes Norrby medal of honor for contributing to the development and promotion of Swedish choral singing. In August 2023 Helene launched the new Storkyrkans Kammarkör, a choir for young talented singers. Helene Stureborg is frequently adjudicating in competitions internationally and are a sought for seminar leader and workshop holder.