Engineering Manager

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.

What’s in it for you?

This role is within our Car Service Cluster as a part of the Global Online Experience (GOX) area, and our mission is to provide our customers with a personalized, hassle-free, and cost-efficient car service experience. We support the rest of the organization in using this knowledge to attend to the customers in the best possible way.

We’re looking for someone to support us in crafting a high-quality data ecosystem that spans multiple product teams and clusters. We have only just begun this journey in earnest, and you’ll be joining us at a time when you can really have a great impact and contribute to setting the tone for the next chapter in our company's history!

The team is located both in Gothenburg and Stockholm Sweden and we use a hybrid in-office/work-from-home policy.

What you’ll do:

•    Guide and grow a team of engineers through hiring, mentoring, inspiring, and feedback.
•    Ensure through streamlined execution and experimentation that our solutions meet the needs of our customers quickly and accurately
•    Be the voice of engineering in the Product team through a friendly and effective collaboration with the product- and UX counterparts
•    Together with your peers, advocate and advance modern, agile software development and develop and facilitate good engineering practices.
•    As an Engineering leader, you will assist ensure the solutions are scalable, sustainable, and architecturally sound, and technical debt is both incurred consciously and repaid in a reasonable time.
Be a motivated member of the Cluster engineering leadership team and collaborate with other leaders across the cluster.

You and your skills:

We are looking for a person that enjoys guiding, developing, inspiring, and growing an engineering team, and has previous experience doing so; you have been an engineering manager before this and know what it takes to build a phenomenal team.
You are someone that possesses a deep understanding of how to translate product and business goals into sound technical solutions and can mentor your team in this. You are knowledgeable and enthusiastic about modern software development that builds products our customers are invested in.

Prior to starting a technical leadership career, you have had extensive experience working hands-on as a Software Engineer in an agile environment.
As a great leader, you possess compassion, understand that every individual and situation has its specific needs, and can adapt leadership style and interactions accordingly. Having fun at work is important, and you take great care in making sure everyone always feels welcome and included!

We offer our employees excellent benefits such as:  

* Plenty of leave to let you take time off for what's most important in life
* Collective Agreement and ITP pensions.
* An annual allowance to spend on your health and wellbeing.
* At Volvo Car Group, all new parents with one year’s permanent service now receive 24 weeks of parental leave, paid at 80 percent of their base pay. 
* The policy is for everyone – whether you’re a designer or a plant operator, whether you work in Sweden, China, or the USA. 
* Read more here: https://group.volvocars.com/careers/family-bond-by-volvo-cars
* A private health insurance 


How to learn more and apply
We are continuously screening applications and will fill the position as soon as we find a good match. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Senior Technical Recruiter Sara Zinad at: sara.zinad@volvocars.com.
Please note that applications via email will not be accepted due to GDPR.