Lead UX Designer - Corporate Digital

Volvo Cars is on an ambitious journey to redefine what it means to own a vehicle during a time of rapid change in the transport industry. Volvo Cars is looking to redefine all aspects of the car ecosystem including mobility solutions, autonomous driving, vehicle electrification, sustainability, and digital purchases and engagement. User Experience as a discipline is a key part of Volvo Cars' strategy and the UX organization gathers insights about our users, and redefines and elevates their experience of Volvo's products and services.

We are now seeking a Lead UX Designer to join the Corporate Digital team within the UX Organization at our Headquarters in Gothenburg or our office in Stockholm, Sweden.(International applications are welcome).

What you´ll do
In the role as Lead UX Designer in the Corporate Digital team you will focus on developing design strategies for Volvo’s workplace tools, communication platforms, and how that intersects with our consumer facing digital landscape. You will work with teams across the company to set a vision of our digital experiences as well as make immediate impact on what we deploy today. You will deliver product strategies and high-level designs based on customer insights and business needs. This includes delivering key design artifacts such as user flows, wireframes, and prototypes that balance design aesthetics with intuitive functionality. You get to develop a deep understanding of our customer needs and pain-points, serving as an expert for your product team and develop ideas for new and enhanced features. 

You'll be part of elevating user experience in collaboration with stakeholders in product and engineering.

You'll advocate for the customer and exceptional design with a high level of craft.

We are looking for someone who has:
* Strong UX fundamentals and user-centered design practices.
* A portfolio (or work samples) of relevant past projects


Location
HQ, Gothenburg or Epi Center, Stockholm, Sweden

How to learn more and apply
We look forward to receiving your application!
For questions about the team, position, and recruitment process, please contact Senior Recruiter to the UX Organization, Megan Reif, at megan.reif.dyfvermark@volvocars.com.

Please note that applications (CVs and Portfolios) via email will not be accepted.
There is no need for a cover letter, but please answer the screening questions.
If you upload or (preferably) link to your your public or private online portfolio where you have documented your work and processes, your application will be prioritized.

The UX Organization is growing and has several roles in the pipeline. If you would like to stay in contact about this as well as future positions, you are welcome to create your career account at Volvo Cars so we can contact you about future roles. Be sure to indicate that you are interested in being contacted about other positions AND that you make your profile available to all Volvo Cars recruiters in your country/region so we can share it with relevant hiring managers.

Who you are 
We believe that you are a person who has been designing for at least 8 years for a consumer-focused tech company, so you understand what it takes to create elegant, consumer-oriented experiences. You are a versatile designer who uses a full range of skills—product design, interaction design, service design and visual design — to ensure you deliver magical experiences to the customer. You are a strategic thinker, and look for ways of simplifying the experiences for the customer across a broad spectrum of touch-points. You’re a strong communicator, who can inspire teams towards action and empathy for the user. You are a great collaborator, who can work with not only design patterns, but many other stakeholders from marketing to engineering. You have a people-focused design mentality. Constantly looking to hone your design instinct through user feedback. Whether that is hands-on user research or a quantitative A/B test.