Director ESS Product Management

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This is us, your new colleagues at Electromobility
The Electromobility Department is responsible for developing electromobility solutions and to secure a stepwise implementation in different segments/regions. This organization develops and drives the electromobility product portfolio for Trucks & Buses as well as creating opportunities for all business areas within the Volvo Group. We are growing to shape the future!
A key component within the electrified powertrain is the Energy Storage System (ESS). At our section, we are accountable for the lifecycle management of the ESS, from advanced engineering, product development into the maintenance phase.


We are now recruiting a Director for ESS Product Management
In this position, you will be part of the ESS Leadership team, an organization dedicated to developing leading ESS solutions for our industry as well as empowering and developing our employees. We always use customer satisfaction as the ultimate performance measurement.
You will be part of an agile and approachable organization with skilled teams consisting of passionate people. We work in a positive and creative atmosphere, where joy, knowledge sharing, and openness are key characteristics. With us, you will have a diverse, friendly and open-minded team on your side, always providing you the help needed to manage tasks you cannot imagine today.


Responsibilities / Main tasks
As the head of ESS Product Management you will be responsible for the lifecycle management of our ESS platforms. You will have three teams driving these platforms each led by a group manager as product owner for the batteries in each team. The teams are responsible for driving the roadmaps of their products, initiating pre-studies, running industrialization projects and maintenance. You will also have two additional teams focusing on the overall platform with attribute specialists and system simulations and analysis. You will seamlessly collaborate with our ESS chief engineers and technology departments to bring leading ESS solutions to the market.
You will have highly dedicated teams of project managers, planners and system architects that gather the needs and requirements from our Brands and Business Areas as well as other requirements. You are overall responsible to lead project portfolio. You are running a cross-functional network internally and are closely connected to key suppliers. You are open and positive and like to lead technology and people. With us, you need to be a team player and an accessible Manager who leads and, with focus on individual development, forms a high performing team.


Who are you? Are we a perfect match?
To be able to fully enjoy this position you should be ambitious, energetic and a communicative leader with an entrepreneurial mind-set creating strong business relations. Since the area is in an early phase, it is important that you are flexible and enjoy working in a changing environment. Long term experience within battery system design and development is crucial for this position. You also need to have extensive experience of industrialization of batteries for the automotive industry. Good knowledge of the Volvo Group or similar products and their different applications is a plus. You should have a strong experience working in development processes from the automotive industry and have experience running larger industrialization projects. Experience from maintenance and quality work is a merit. You should have experience in combining needs from different stakeholders into a common strategy and a product roadmap creating common platforms for the Volvo Group. Good stakeholder management and communication is a must as well as at least 5 years experience as group or department manager. We see that you have a M.Sc. level or equivalent experience.
You will be part of a cross-functional and international environment, with English as a natural language for written and spoken communication. Personal fit will be of great importance in this recruitment, as we are actively working to build a diverse team in terms of experience, gender and backgrounds.


Does this sound like your next challenge?
Please apply as soon as possible as interviews will be held continuously.


For further information, please contact:
For this recruitment we are cooperating with Pedersen & Partners. Please contact Maria Linderum (maria.linderum@volvo.com) for questions.


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