Lead UX Designer - Electrification - Car UX

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.

Volvo Cars' UX Organization is seeking a Lead UX Designer - Electrification to be based at our headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden, to expand our team and focus on defining our customer’s vehicle electrification journey.
What’s in it for you?
Volvo Cars is on an ambitious journey to redefine what it means to own a vehicle during one of most innovative times in the transport industry. Volvo Cars is looking to redefine all aspects of the car eco-system including ownership, autonomous driving, vehicle electrification, sustainability and online shopping. User Experience as a discipline is a key part of Volvo Cars' strategy and a newly formed UX organization will help gather insights about our user's and redefine and elevate the users experience of Volvo's products and Services.
Our new Lead UX Designer for Electrification will work closely with stakeholders and customers to define features, products and systems in the electrification ecosystem and customer journey(s) and touchpoints.
Your responsibility will be to deliver design artifacts, such as user flows, wireframes, and prototypes that balance design aesthetics with intuitive functionality. You will collaborate with other designers and ensure a seamless customer experience across Volvo’s digital and physical landscapes involving electrification.
And as part of a product team, you will communicate designs, ideas, and rationalewith your team using data and customer insights. As a lead designer, you will advocate for the user, develop a deep understanding of our customer needs and pain-points, and serve as an expert for your product team and develop ideas for new and enhanced features.
How to learn more and apply
For questions about the team, position, and recruitment process, please contact User Experience Lead Recruiter Megan Reif at megan.reif@volvocars.com.
Please note that applications (CVs and Portfolios) via email will not be accepted.
Candidates are invited to interviews on a rolling basis, so apply as soon as possible!
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.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Who you are

* You’ve been designing for 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, and visual design — to ensure you deliver magical experiences to the customer.
* You are a strong collaborator, who can work with not only design parterns, but many other stakeholders from marketing to engineering.
* You have a people-focused design mentality.
* You are constantly looking to hone your design instinct through user feedback, whether that is hands-on user research or a quantitative A/B test.