Lead UX Designer at Scania IT

We are seeking a driven Lead UX Designer to drive Scania IT’s User Experience Centre of Excellence (CoE). We are looking for you with a unique blend of real-world experience and theory, someone who can cover the territory between profitability and creativity and who has a passion for cultural changes working with people. You will act as a core member within Scania IT and Volkswagen Group CoE together with representatives from other brands within the VW group. Our expectation is that you would quickly grow into a natural competence provider, managing the Scania IT UX process, responsible for orchestrating and delivering best practices and methods across all projects and organizations within Scania IT.

As part of a small function that is still starting-up and growing, you must demonstrate a collaborative working style, great communication skills, and the ability to thrive in an environment of innovation.
 
Responsibilities 

Establish UX deliverables through design sprints, user research and prototyping as stated in Scania IT UX process.
Systematically ensure that concepts are coherent, satisfying user needs and expectations.
Create opportunities for team members to work in line with Scania IT UX process.
Coach and teach other designers (independently of seniority).
Foster relationships with technical and management stakeholders.
Work across work cultures and comfortable with non-hierarchical organizations.
Dare to influence.
Be a good story teller and communicator both business and design.
Be comfortable with ambiguity and take ownership. You are able to define your own role and responsibilities, without being told what to do.
Bridge the gap between users, IT and business needs.
Ask smart and thoughtful questions in addition to coming up with innovative solutions.
Work with, learn from, and contribute to the global community of UX Designers at Scania.

Minimum requirements and qualifications 


Working experience within UX Design, Design Thinking, Service Design, Cognitive/Experimental/Social Psychology, Cognitive Science or Human Factors/HCI.
The ability to work with organizational challenges by getting buy-in, commitment and assuring deliveries.
Demonstrable experience taking an idea from theory and analysis into a market launch. For instance, this could be as an entrepreneur, a core member of a startup, a venture capitalist, or within product or marketing management at a larger business.
A master or a bachelor degree in HCI, Cognitive Science is helpful but not a requirement.
Fluency in English and Swedish is essential.
Scania values people who are optimistic, collaborative, who take ownership, embrace ambiguity, can learn from failure, and have the drive to make others successful.

What we offer
In addition to career and development opportunities, we can also offer Scania employees other benefits, such as a company car, performance bonuses, a pension, flexible working hours, lunch at reduced prices and much more. If you live in Stockholm, we offer a direct bus service between Stockholm and Södertälje, the Scania Jobexpress.
 
Additional Information
To find out more about your job, contact Johannes Joch (Group Manager), +46 (0)8 553 521 89 or Sara Hesselgren (Recruitment Specialist), +46 (0)8 553 519 33.
 
Application
Your application should include a cover letter, a CV and copies of any certificates.

Please apply through http://www.scania.com/group/en/available-positions/ in order for us to get correct information. In case of problems during applying at scania.com, send Your application to kandidatbokning@scania.com Important! Refer to Scania Job Id 20174537 in the headline and enclose Your CV, personal letter and relevant copies of grades. We also need Your full name, address, e-mail and cell phone no in order to register Your application. We will not manage incomplete mail applications.