Junior Agile Project Manager – Volvo Group Digital & IT

Join us on our transformation journey to the digital future


With Volvo Group Digital & IT, you will be part of a global and diverse team of highly skilled professionals, who learn continuously and embrace change to stay ahead. We have an important role to play in reaching the Volvo Group ambitions for 2030. With Volvo Group new product centric operating model and digital technologies, we will produce digital offerings that are profitable, scalable, and differentiated. Do you want to be part of our transformation journey towards becoming the digital capability of the Group? The time is now.


This will be us - your colleagues within Volvo Group Digital & IT


Together with our digital talents, we will work on IT solution design and deliveries to improve business performance and create value at scale for Volvo Group. We foster an environment where ideas, thoughts and opinions can be shared. We are true team players. We strive towards people’s growth and have a generous offering of exiting project assignments.


We are now looking for a Junior IT Project Manager in Sweden, Gothenburg


You will belong to the Project Management Chapter, where you share knowledge and experiences with other PM colleagues to grow, learn and get support. We are approximately 300 Project Managers around the world, around 160 of them located in Sweden.


You’ll have access to big spectra of exciting project assignments within the whole Volvo Group – a great opportunity to learn and develop in many areas and technologies.
We know that people are our asset, therefore, as a part of our team, we will together plan for your continuous and professional development, and you will find plenty of training and assignment opportunities within Volvo Group.




Junior IT Project Manager - Main activities


Your duties will be to drive the project planning process and mobilize cross-functional teams including external vendors in documentation of scope, schedules, staffing, budgets and defining quality outcomes as described by the initiative sponsors of the assigned projects.
Some activities in this role will be to:
Support the project team and follow up progress towards agreed deliverables and milestones
Report the project progress and potential variances or high risks to a Steering Committee
Identify cross project dependencies and activities
Identify risks and define mitigation plan in a pro-active way
Ensure that the deliverable of the project is aligned with business priorities
Project resource allocation
Take an active role in improving ways of working to maximize customer value output



Who are you?


You’re a Project Manager in the beginning of your career. You’ve 1-3 years of experience from Agile IT projects as Project manager and want to continue your career path within Project management in an international context and in our transformation journey. We also see a value if you’ve experience from roles such as Scrum Master, Application Consultant, Business Analyst or similar together with your Project manager experience.
To succeed in this role, we’re looking for someone who has:
An open mindset and want to learn by doing
A passion for support and motivate teams, planning and stays up to date with IT and Tech
An inclusiveness and the ability to deal with a degree of ambiguity
A clear customer value driven mindset and natural problem-solving skills
The ability to manage dependencies and stakeholder relationships
The ability to be a quick learner and is eager to explore
Solid networking and communication skills
A relevant university degree or similar



We also value experience from working in a multi-culture environment and with global teams.

Why you should join us
We lead with passion, transform with vision, and perform with purpose
We create what is new and different and embrace the new normal
We are the bridge between IT and business in Volvo Group
We have the best-in-class professionals that will gladly support and mentor you in your journey
Working with us you can be certified in project management, Agile methodologies, and other Digital competences
We work in global teams in international atmosphere

You will be part of a senior global team with colleagues who are expert in their respective fields. The On Boarding process will ensure that you’re well equipped to start your journey within Volvo. This includes support from a senior colleague, online courses, knowledge exchange and more.
We value flexibility and work-life balance and believe in an open dialogue, feedback, and transparent communication. By joining us you will contribute to shaping future innovations and advancing existing breakthroughs.


We hope to see you soon as our new colleague. Curious, and have some questions? Contact us:
Karin Knutsen, Chapter Lead Project Management, Group Digital & IT, +46 76 5537146
Christian Hallström, Chapter Area Lead Project Management, Group Digital & IT, +46 76 5533706
Mikael Aldén, HRBP, Group Digital & IT, +46 76 5537112


Union representatives:
Akademikerna - Therese Koggdal, +46 470 387855
Unionen – Laila Dahlsjö , +46 31 3224575
Ledarna - Ulrika Holmberg, +46 31 3225071


The location for the position is Gothenburg, Sweden.
We are happy to get your application. Last day for hearing from you is Nov 30, 2022.


Kindly note that due to GDPR, we will not accept applications via mail. Please use our career site.


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