Head of Engagement and D&I

People move the Volvo Group forward


As the Volvo Group journey continues in a rapidly changing environment, we are facing new expectations, from our customers, from society and from our people. We strive for transport and infrastructure solutions that are safer, cleaner and more efficient than the solutions we know today.
To reach our targets, we need both to perform and transform. Our culture, which is built around our care for people, will enable us to do so. After all, our products are built by people, our services delivered by people. People are the ones who turn strategy into action. People are the ones who will make the Volvo Group move forward – towards 2030 and beyond.
Now we are looking for a talent to join this exciting journey; as Head of Engagement, Diversity and Inclusion to inspire and engage colleagues across the Group towards the Volvo Group Vision 2030.


This is us, your new colleagues


You will be part of a diverse and inclusive team that is focused on transforming the Volvo Group’s People and Culture. We are a team of subject matter experts and professionals across employee engagement, inclusion & diversity, health, safety and wellbeing, talent mobility & succession, performance & leadership, employee relations, total rewards, people services and Volvo Group University. We use these areas of expertise to drive for continuous improvement by collaborating with colleagues across the Volvo Group. Our way of working reflects how the world is changing – we are becoming more agile, more focused on needs of colleagues and much more aware about what is going on around us, both within the business and outside. Our aim is to use curiosity, dialogue and teamwork to find new solutions and drive engagement and high performance in all we do.


Job Summary


Over the last years we have taken a new engagement approach and together with colleagues across Volvo Group, including the HR community we launched Volvo Group Pulse as a major channel to listen to our colleagues and take actions.
With the new People and Culture Strategy we have our People Commitment, to reach at least 35% women in both the total workforce and in leadership positions and you will be a key player in facilitating this evolution.
In this role you will also take the overall responsibility for defining the engagement, diversity and inclusion strategy and road map for the group together with all the key stakeholders and facilitating across TD/BA global initiatives. You will work with and through networks. You listen, support and lead our networks that cover engagement, diversity and inclusion.
You will inspire stakeholders and colleagues across the Group to be engaged and truly inclusive. You will also connect and engage with stakeholders to design the roadmaps, methods and tools to enable delivery of the People & Culture strategy and facilitate the change management activities.
You are expected to see the connections and links with all the other elements of People and Culture, including but not limited to recruitment, talents development, compensation & benefits, labor relations, competence shift, organizational development, and most importantly you are able to drive and connect the dots with the higher purpose of the Company.
You are ready to take on additional responsibilities that is assigned to you.
In this role you will report to the Head of Group People and Culture.


Who are you?


A committed, credible and trusted professional with a proven track record, including extensive HR experiences in global organizations. You specifically have experience in developing programs about engagement, diversity and inclusion. You are committed to collaborating, understanding the needs of a complex business, exploring solutions and sharing with many different local and global stakeholders. You are capable of driving results through people and networks internally and externally.
You have exceptional communication skills, coaching senior colleagues and communicating initiatives across teams. In addition to this, you have good self-management skills and work with energy, enthusiasm and flexibility.
You are highly adaptive and effective in both virtual and cross-cultural environment, and you have a good command of Office365 digital tools as well as proficiency of oral and written English.


Are we the perfect match?


Let us know if you believe we might be. Over time we know you will love the business and the people. Working together with our colleagues around the world we perform and transform.