Agile Product Owner

Position description


Are you the kind of person who is passionate about connectivity solutions, entertainment systems, amplifiers & speakers, android systems, apps and what can happen when you merge technologies from different areas? Would you like to use your passion in the automotive industry and be part of the digital transformation leap? Would you like to work in a great team with competent and helpful colleagues?

You can be a part of this if you join us at Connectivity – Entertainment and Connected Services (EACS), where we are in the heart of this. We work with our android based HMI heavy Service and Entertainment head unit. We develop the on-board application and the connected services.
Connectivity is a key enabler for the future of the Volvo Group. Our service and connected android system is enabling new features in the entertainment productivity and uptime field.
The development in the area of connectivity is fast, furious and fun!


We are now looking for an Agile Product Owner to front our Entertainment and Connected Services Software Agile Release Train into the future.


The mission & context:


The main purpose of this role is to manage the development and the maintenance of the products during their whole product life cycle & to maintain the products roadmap.


The Agile Product Owner is globally responsible for a subset of the EACS (Entertainment and Connected Services) software products, both the product´s functional platform and the software product quality.


The Agile Product Owner should have a strong foot-hold in the software development team as well as with stakeholders and Product Manager for the Entertainment and Connected Services and continuously balance what is on top of the agenda.
Within Connectivity we apply the SAFe framework.


Wanted profile


In this role you will create an efficient and trustful day-to-day operation. You have proven experience as a technical leader. It is important that you have an innovative and creative mind-set in order to inspire and challenge your organization. You also have a true can do attitude, a strong quality focus and a personal drive to reach the objectives and targets set for your team & products, understanding how these contribute to the our vision, strategy & roadmap.

We believe that you as a person have a broad technical know-how combined with very good people skills and a strong belief in agile methods. You have a strong ability to inspire, develop and motivate individuals and teams.


The main responsibilities are:
Building, editing, and maintaining the team backlogs with input from stakeholders such as system architects, projects, engineering, other POs etc.
Prioritize the backlog content for your products (technical debt, field/production issues, feature growth, project bugs & issues etc.)
Secure alignment with stakeholders and Product Manager for Entertainment and Connected Services
Iteration Planning – Reviewing and reprioritizing the backlog as part of the prep work for Iteration Planning, including coordination of dependencies with other POs
Develop & maintain the products roadmap and support in developing EACS strategies and overall roadmap
To represent the customer and ensure that the teams delivers value to the business
Balance different product’s requirements, such as platform vs business. I.e. Ensuring we get the optimum level of QDCF (Quality, Delivery, Cost & Feature)
Represent Connectivity in the context of the products in scope
Have a strong foot-hold in the development team as well as with stakeholders and Product Manager for the Entertainment and Connected Services (EACS)
Lead and continuously support in developing the processes, methods and tools that are used by the EACS to continuously improve
Ensure that the Entertainment and Connected Services SW solutions, products and projects area are developed and delivered in an optimal way
Participate in relevant concept selections & investigations
Coach the team members regarding architectural matters
Support in developing processes, methods, tools and standards related to android development at EACS.



Requirements & qualifications:
Master of Science in Computer Science, Electronics or equivalent
Minimum 7 years of automotive experience
Have an open multi-brand and multi-cultural mindset
Have good communication skills
Be business and customer oriented
Have excellent prioritization skills and ability to eliminate roadblocks
Experience of agile methods, such as SCRUM, KANBAN & XP is meriting
Experience of working with HMI & UX is meriting
Experience of truck customers and users is meriting
Experience from IT development is an asset
Experience from SW development in truck or car industry within the area of connected services is highly meriting
Have an inspiring leadership and find it rewarding to manage co-workers to perform their best in a successful working climate



For any further information please contact:
Gunnar Hiljemark, Entertainment and Connected Services, phone +46 31 32 23560


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