Innovation Project Leader

CEVT is an innovation and development company at the forefront of mobility. Modular development, ground-breaking virtual engineering, software development and continuous innovation enable us to deliver world-class technology. Today we deliver to different automotive brands in the Geely family such as Geely Auto, Volvo Cars, and Lynk & Co and are based at Lindholmen in Gothenburg.

We need a brilliant Innovation Project Leader focused on combining some different innovations projects into a complete experience. We think it could be you!

Mission:
CEVT is on an ever-transforming journey focusing on future mobility solutions. This future includes both ongoing innovation programs and yet un-invented services that add value to both end-users, business partners as well as our own organization. Iterative design thinking mixed with insights and various technologies/methods (Sensors, HMI, Big data, AI) is how we validate ideas and direction together with stakeholders. A service is anything from the most simple App to something with the most complex machine learning algorithm running in the background combined with mechatronics.

CEVT Innovation strongly supports our transformation by funding innovative projects. We transfer the values/solutions/learnings into our organization and future products by working as one Team.

We are now looking for an Innovation Project Leader for a continuous project that supports our journey.

This is what you will do most of the time:

You will be responsible to deliver a combined experience (including both hardware and software) based on both existing technologies in combination with new innovative solutions. At CEVT we like to think big, but start small to validate our ideas before scaling up into potentially larger projects. Touch and feel will support making business, user, tech critical decisions. You will work in close cooperation with Innovation Program Leaders, from whom you will get both direction and inspiration on what could be combined into 1+1=3. You will lead both internal and external resources.

As an Innovation Project Leader at CEVT, you are expected to bring knowledge of working in an agile setup with in-house and external delivery teams. The job requires excellent communication skills and a can-do attitude, multicultural understanding and prior experience from delivering functional concepts/systems by close teamwork. As Innovation Project Leader you report to the Head of Innovation CEVT.

Responsibilities:

- Lead teams & deliver Innovation Project Combine
- Owning project budget
- Deliver combined solutions to business stakeholders
- Actively communicate with business units and report owners
- Support the business to define future needs/challenges/opportunities
- Actively communicate with development teams
- Continues improvement of way of working, supporting the business targets and visions
- Interact with suppliers, partners, and vendors


You and your skills:

- An experienced leader in delivering complex solutions
- Strong personal drive
- Curious business mindset
- Design thinking / User-focused
- Ability to work independently yet cross-functionally in teams in a changing environment
- Fluent in English and preferable Swedish or/and Chinese
- Cultural awareness
- Can-do-attitude, flexible and service-minded


Are you curious to hear more about the opportunity? Do you want to join us in our journey? For more information please contact:
Peter Stavered, Head of Innovation, 072-988 81 03 (pls txt sms and you get a call back), peter.stavered@cevt.se for questions regarding the position

Kristina Larsson, Senior Recruiter, 072-988 85 44, kristina.larsson@cevt.se for questions regarding the recruitment process

Last application date: 2022-01-16

Apply today, we will perform ongoing selection during the application period.
We look forward to hearing from you.

Please note that due to GDPR regulations we can only accept applications and CV's sent through the recruitment system, not via email or other channels.

Working at CEVT

We are engineers, developers and innovators from around the world. Joined together by entrepreneurship, our unique blend of Chinese and Scandinavian culture and a belief in a smarter more sustainable future.

- Supportive and creative work environment

- 30 days of vacation and additional 8 days paid ATK- days annually
- Great office location at Lindholmen