Digital Product Owner - API Management

Who are we?
Volvo Cars is a company on a mission; to bring traditional car manufacturing into a connected, sustainable and smart future.
Today, we’re expanding our global footprint in Europe, China and the US, and we’re on the lookout for new talent.
We are constantly pushing our own skills and abilities to drive change in the automobile industry like never before. We are looking for innovative, committed people to join us in this endeavour and create safe, sustainable and connected cars. We believe in the power of people and will challenge and support you to reach your full potential. Join us and be part of Volvo Cars’ journey into the future.

Digital is on an exciting journey toward being a product-oriented software company. At Digital you get to work with exciting challenges in an agile product team, focusing on delivering business value and putting the users first. It is a joint effort to continue and develop our agile journey and you will be part of that. 

What’s in it for you?
We are looking for a passionate and technically skilled Digital Product Owner for the product API Management within the cluster Integration Center of Enablement (ICoE).  The API Management product resides within the Integration Center of Enablement Cluster which manages a set of integration platforms, currently 8 of them, where MQ, 3scale for APIM, and KAFKA are the key platforms. We maintain and operate these platforms and self-service portals to enable (state of the art) integration capabilities for all applications at Volvo Cars. Our Integration Strategy states API first and with that, this product is at the core of modernizing VCC’s integration landscape and time to market for new digital innovations at VCC. The product is based on the Red HAT 3scale platform and subsequently provides an API catalog and usage support to any application at Volvo Cars, supporting all aspects of the APIM process. 

You will be leading an agile development team of 9 people to deliver on the product backlog and product strategy and you will also work closely with our operations supplier to secure operational excellence. You will also take an active part in delivering on our self-service roadmap, where we develop self-service tools with the purpose to enable our application teams to fully manage their integrations themselves. We are currently going through a major restructure of our cluster and we are creating 5 new products out of the current very large integration product. As product owner for one of these products, you get the opportunity to be part of the exciting road ahead establishing the team and the product in a new way, fit for the future of integration management.

The purpose of the role.  As a Product Owner, you are in constant dialogue with our business stakeholders globally, the IT community, and with external parties to understand their needs and to help create solutions that support business objectives together with the rest of the teams within the ICoE cluster. 
You will be responsible for providing the right platform capability; fine-tuning operational excellence, life-cycling, continuing to develop our capabilities on the platform, platform architecture, roadmap, provisioning of application solutions, ensuring monitoring, logging, and visualization, and by automation and improvements continuously keep the APIM platform modern and fit for purpose. A very important part of your role is also to support the development of the self-service capability Developer Portal. 

Who you are: 
We believe you have extensive experience in integration concepts and technology with a focus on API Management, 3scale, and APIM strategies and understand the global environment in which Volvo Cars operates. You have work experience in a leading position - driving digital product strategy as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or equivalent role for a minimum of 4 years.  Your dialogue with stakeholders is strong and well-articulated. You have worked with suppliers and are very comfortable with the dialogues related to both critical operations and development. You are experienced in agile development methodologies and SAFE framework and have worked in distributed and global product teams. You are data-driven in your approach to decision-making and measuring your successes. You are also fluent in English, both verbally and written. 

As a person, you are customer focused and passionate about solving their problems. You are flexible, creative, open to new ideas and always looking for ways to improve, and you love to initiate and drive transformation. You are energetic and forward-thinking and you push for innovation. You are excellent at communicating, presenting, and relationship-building with teams and global stakeholders. You have a holistic viewpoint and an ability to inspire and motivate others to achieve the team’s goals. Also, you are a kind and positive person, with a clear technical interest. We would definitely appreciate female applicants. 

How to learn more and apply
Welcome with your application by submitting your resume and cover letter no later than November 19th, 2022. Please note that due to GDPR, we can’t accept applications via email. 
For questions about the position, please contact Team Manager Louice Johansen, at: louice.johansen@volvocars.com. 
For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Senior Recruiter Abigail Gonzales, at: abigail.gonzalez@volvocars.com.