Line Manager Tech

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.

You and your team will get the mission to develop, support, operate, and maintain our core IT platforms to meet our business challenges in the short and long term. You will be responsible for maximizing the value of our IT platforms and you balance development, and life cycle management, and ensure platform functionality and stability. We will be enablers for our software development teams and will work tight together with the Development and Delivery department to deliver the best-in-class solutions to our customers.

What's in it for you 
Volvo Cars aim to lead in the automotive world by creating a digital ecosystem built around making our customers' lives less complicated. Now we are looking for a curious, creative Line Manager who wants to change the world through innovative thinking. In this role as a Line Manager, you will be able to share your passion to lead, motivate and develop a group of technical specialists supporting the continued transformation of the platform area. You will also be able to shape our future together with the team and contribute to our agile way of working.  

What you’ll do
As a Line Manager Platform you will be responsible for:
• Inspiring and empowering others; developing people and teams through coaching, mentoring, and feedback
• Removing impediments that may hinder teams’ performance 
• Creating a working environment in which uncertainty can be handled
• Energizing people; create an environment where people are motivated and happy
• Competence development for your team members; create an environment where people are challenged, invited to learn, and stay motivated
• When needed recruit and onboard new experts
• Build Platform strategy in collaboration with teams and architects
• Budget/financial follow up and vendor/contract management
• Life cycle management and platform functionality and stability

Who you are: 
To be successful in this role we believe that you have great communication skills (both in English and Swedish), and like to inspire people and challenge them to grow. This is because you will get the opportunity to interact with various stakeholders both within and outside the organization.  Building good relationships is one of your key assets and you are a good listener, have a business mind, and like working closely with other managers and teams. You are not afraid of challenges and are great at supporting people in a changing environment. New technologies are a big interest of yours and you have experience in building highly scalable platform products/solutions. We believe that you also have technical knowledge about IT infrastructure, public cloud (Microsoft Azure), IT security, IT architecture, system integration & identity & access management. We also believe you have a strong desire and experience from working within or close to the Software development and operations processes.
Position is located in Gothenburg, and the major part of the workweek is needed in the office. 
Don’t be discouraged to apply if you lack one or two, rather let us have a good discussion about it.

We offer our employees excellent benefits such as:
• Plenty of leave to let you take time off for what's most important in life.
• At Volvo Car Group, all new parents with one year’s active permanent service now receive 24 weeks of parental leave, paid at 80 percent of their base pay. The policy is for everyone – whether you’re a designer or a plant operator or work in Sweden, China, or the USA. Read more here: https://group.volvocars.com/careers/family-bond-by-volvo-cars 
• Collective Agreement and ITP pensions.
• An annual allowance to spend on your health and wellbeing.

How to learn more and apply?
Does this sound like your next challenge? Welcome with your application by submitting your resume and cover letter no later than Sep 22nd, 2022. Please note that due to GDPR, we can’t accept applications via email. 
For questions about the position, please contact Chief Technology Officer, Håkan Stig Stenvaller at hakan.stenvaller@tacdis.com
For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter Abigail Glez at abigail.gonzalez@volvocars.com.