Director of Digital Partnership

Who are we?
Volvo Cars is a company on a mission; to bring traditional car manufacturing into a connected, sustainable and smart future.
Since 1927, we have been a brand known for our commitment to safety, creating innovative cars that make life less complicated for our consumers. In 2010, we decided to transform our business, resulting in a totally new generation of cars and technologies, as well as steady growth and record sales. 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.

Does the thought of being a leader within an amazing organization that serves one of the core areas of the Volvo Cars business, that will help us achieve the goal of being the fastest transformer in the automotive industry, excite you? Excellent, then we would love for you to be our new Director of Digital Partnerships, Alliances & Investments. 
The Digital Core team is enabling the creation of attractive consumer products and offers through digital solutions and is critical for our company’s transformation.
As Director of Digital Partnerships, Alliances & Investments your main responsibility is to support the development of digital solutions through partnerships, alliances and investments.
In essence, we are looking for someone that's passionate about digitally enabled business development and bringing strategy to reality through collaboration with external parties.

What you’ll do
•    Act as digital lead in partnership and alliance dialogues
•    Bring digital expertise into our M&A and investment activities
•    Lead development of digital market intelligence and share knowledge with the digital core community
•    Benchmark digital capabilities among OEMs and identify areas of improvements for VCC
•    Work closely with various stakeholders across the organization to translate corporate strategy to digital development priorities and focus areas for investments and/or collaborations

Who you are
•    Someone that possess a deep understanding of how to translate strategy to a digital M&A agenda
•    You have a strong drive with a non-hierarchical and collaborative approach
•    A visionary leader with the ability to create clarity out of complexity and ambiguity
•    A person with strong business acumen and excellent understanding of financials and investments
•    Someone who enjoys collaborating with internal and external stakeholders in a multicultural environment
•    An excellent problem solver with a strong analytical capability
•    Excellent in verbal and written communication
•    A person with solid understanding of digital strategy and architecture as well as VCC digital landscape
•    Someone who knows what it takes to successfully implement new ideas at Volvo Cars and realize value from digital partnerships, alliances or investments

We see it as positive if you have:
•    Digital transformation experience
•    Strategy experience
•    International work experience

How to learn more and apply
For questions, please contact Simon Almqvist, simon.almqvist@volvocars.com
We want your application on 31st of May at the latest. Please note that applications via email will not be accepted.