Forward thinking, servant Senior Manager CAD/vPDM

Scania is currently undergoing an exciting transformation from a pure truck manufacturer to offering sustainable and complete transport solutions. IT is a crucial part of this transformation and we have embarked on a stimulating and challenging journey of change to contribute to the development of Scania's business. Part of this change means making the CAD/vPDM Value Creation Team (VCT) the enabler we must be for Scania to achieve its long-term goals.

The CAD/vPDM VCT is responsible for delivering CAD & vPDM solutions for Scania and support the business regarding processes, methods and IT tools in connection to the CAD/vPDM for the digital product description. We have exiting challenges ahead of us, both enabling the Scania sustainability journey, the global focus as well as changing our current IT platform.

The CAD/vPDM management group is a joint group of R&D and IT managers. The CAD/vPDM VCT are led jointly by two Senior Managers, one from R&D and one from IT, where we are looking for the senior manager on the IT side.

Responsibilities of the role
Your role as a Senior Manager includes to involve, develop and support the group managers and employees within the section/VCT by practicing a servant leadership.

You create and maintain a common strategy together with your colleagues within IT and business, inspiring the whole VCT to move in the right direction.

Together within the VCT you develop the way of working in your joint value stream using an agile mindset enabling the teams to deliver business value to our end users even faster and with high quality. Furthermore, you have courage to challenge existing ways of working and you are creative in how you propose trying these ideas out.

You will play an important and active role in the Product Development IT department management team as well as in the joint management team together with business.

The profile we are looking for
You are a humble, engaged and experienced leader with a passion to develop people and organizations. You strive for growing together with your teams and you believe in a modern organizational culture where you value people and their abilities.

You have strong stakeholder management skills and understand the business that we are supporting. Your leadership abilities enables you to build networks thus facilitating the cooperation across functions.

You support the creation of agile work methods and communication flows for cross-functional teams and have the courage to initiate changes in them.

You understand that knowledge is crucial for our business and thus you continuously increase your own knowledge while creating a climate where the employees can increase and nourish their competence.

You have an IT education at university level and/or equivalent experience which has given you the ability to understand the potential in software and data. You have a strong commitment to our mission to support the business with superior IT solutions.

You understand modern software development and the organisational culture that is needed to be successful in this area today.

What’s in it for you?
We offer you an interesting, fun, challenging and developing journey together with our joint management team and our fantastic colleagues within our area. Soon we will move into our newly rebuilt office that will bring extra creativity and energy into the organisation.
The work environment is international and your colleagues and stakeholders are representing different nationalities and companies. In this exciting and dynamic surrounding you can influence the future IT landscape within the TRATON organization.

Scania has a competitive package of benefits, such as private lease of car, bonuses, flexible working hours and much more. Working from home is nowadays more a fact than a wish and Scania is one of the leading companies on the market that has implemented this approach.

Time line and process
Kindly apply as soon as possible with CV and cover letter, but no later than 18th of April 2022, since selection and interviews might be held throughout the whole application period. Kindly note that a background check might be conducted for this position. Kindly note that a background process might be a part of this recruitment process. 

More information
For questions regarding the position please contact recruiting manager Lennart Borg (IT Director, Product Development IT), lennart.borg@scania.com. For questions regarding the recruitment process, kindly contact Daniel Ruja, daniel.ruja@scania.com.

About Scania and IT @ Scania
Scania is a part of Traton Group and one of the world´s leading manufacturers of trucks and buses for heavy transport applications. Scania is also leading provider of industrial and marine engines. Service-related products account for a growing proportion of the company´s operations, assuring Scania customers of cost-effective transport solutions and maximum uptime. Scania also offers financial services. Scania’s IT organization is an integrated part of the company providing products and services to all business units worldwide. Based on extended Scania business knowledge and internal relations we balance in-house core competences and service production with services externally sourced and governed by us. We are approximately 1500 people and the majority is located in Sodertalje.