Head of Homologation Release

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?

In our department, Product Regulation & Compliance, we work with stakeholders both within and outside Volvo Cars and collaborate with international technical service partners, Volvo colleagues and authority representatives on a daily basis. We cover numerous aspects of the vehicles and are constantly challenged from both regulatory and technology perspectives. Our daily tasks are to plan, prepare and ensure vehicle type approval to enable sales of our products on all markets where Volvo Cars is present. Besides the tradiotional legal requirements we need to demonstrate by both testing and by technical descriptions, we are also facing interesting challenges that comes with Autonomous Drive functions, Connectivity and functional updates via continuous software releases, for example. If you are a person who enjoys working with people, genuinely interested in our operations and in the technology - all this wrapped in an international environment - you are most welcome to apply for the position as Head of Homologation Release Team. 

What you’ll do

You’ll support the Homologation Release Engineers in your team by removing obstacles and helping them develop. You’ll contribute and support ways of working, through both technical and people leadership and in close collaboration with product owners and the other teams and leaders. The main delivery is the Vehicle Type Approval Applications, that is one of the last pieces that needs to be in place in order to start the sales of our vehicles. Therefore, you need to enjoy the exposed working life which comes with the final approvals before we can start to manufacture the vehicles. You will need to be interested in the daily operations and tasks in order to support the team development and deliveries.

You and your skills

We are looking for a true leader with strong communication skills that create clarity and an open and trusting environment. You drive results with a structured approach and have a proven ability to build and lead successful teams.  To be successful in this role you must be a skilled people manager with extensive leadership experience. You have an outstanding capability to engage with different stakeholders in cross-functional collaboration as well as a well-developed ability to understand and communicate purpose and business objectives. You have a university degree within Engineering or equivalent and experience from working with homologation, certification, compliance or similar. You are fluent in Swedish and English, both oral and written.

How to learn more and apply

Does this sound like your next challenge? Please apply for this position through our portal no later than 5th of June 2022, enclose CV and cover letter written in English. Note that due to GDPR we cannot accept application through e-mail. Selections will be running continuously.  If you have additional questions regarding this opportunity you are welcome to contact hiring manager Product Regulation & Compliance, Johan Bogren at johan.bogren@volvocars.com. If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact andreas.antefelt@volvocars.com. 

We look forward to receiving your application. 

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