Manager DevSecOps Platform

Manager DevSecOps Platform


Join us on our transformation journey to the digital future

At Group IT, we have a clear ambition to enable value creation at scale for the Volvo Group. With a new product centric operating model and digital technologies, we will produce digital offerings that are profitable, scalable, and differentiated. With Group 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 a very important role to play in reaching the Volvo Group ambitions for 2030. 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 new colleagues within Foundational Products & Chapters


Foundational Products & Chapters is part of Technology, a new function within Volvo Group Digital & IT with a big stake in the Group’s digital transformation. Technology will modernize Volvo’s core digital backbone making it a platform for digital products. Foundational Products & Chapters are responsible for API & Integration, DevSecOps, Cloud and Development Platforms. Our Foundational IT products are used by digital product teams and enable them and their products to outperform Volvo’s competitors. Our digital talents develop capabilities and digital technologies to improve business performance and create value for the Group with speed and at scale.


We collaborate with other parts of the organization, both in Group IT, with TD/BAs and Group Functions. We foster an environment where ideas, thoughts and opinions can be shared. We are team players with clear common ambitions, and we win together.


This is how you could make an impact


You are an experienced leader who has energy and passion for modern software development and see the benefit that great tooling can provide from a business purpose. You always put the customer in focus and are curious to understand the needs of the business to be able to provide the best fit for each team. You always have an ear with your stakeholders and believe in the power of collaboration. Working in a global context is something that comes naturally to you.
As Manager DevSecOps Platform you lead a global team of subject matter experts in Software Development, Automation and Development tools.


You manage the complete portfolio of technology agnostic development tools and ensure they operate according to commitments. You lead the team that is responsible to build, maintain and operate the end-to-end DevSecOps Toolchain, in collaboration with your colleagues in the DevSecOps department. You engage with the market and collaborate closely with the Software Engineering community to both understand needs and to ensure that we provide a technology agnostic tool set that is best in class and fit for purpose.


You ensure best practice use of the development tools by providing coaching & support to the Software Engineering Community, working closely with the Engineering Chapters in Digital Delivery.


You play a key role in the DevSecOps transformation across the Digital & IT Community, creating and evolving the software development tooling strategy for teams working according to DevSecOps and for more general Development purposes.


Who are you?


We believe you thrive on working in a global team with amazing, talented people. To be successful in this position we believe you have a university degree or equivalent, and several years of experience from Leading people in the Software Development domain. You have experience in implementing Cloud based applications, preferably in MS Azure. You have been a practitioner in Software Engineering or IT Architecture for 8+ years.


It is a benefit to have experience of implementing DevSecOps or DevOps Toolchains, CI/CD pipelines and have a broad experience of Development tools.


The right candidate will be able to think and act strategically but also to operate and implement change tactically when required, dealing effectively with ambiguity and managing changing priorities. You should be passionate about driving strategic & technological transformation in a business focused, fact-based and collaborative way to achieve real impact. This role requires solid communication skills and a passion for leading, inspiring and developing people.


In addition to this, you are a passionate believer in continuous learning. You should feel energized by working both independently and interdependently, have proven skills in cross-functional collaboration and thrive in managing, foster and enable both the perform and the transform angles of the job.


Are we a good match?


In the Volvo Group, we have defined leadership as a set of observable behaviors that leaders exercise to achieve alignment towards our vision 2030, to better execute our strategy and for the Group to continuously renew itself in order to “Perform and Transform”. To reach our vision and deliver on our strong commitments, we need to pair “the will” with “the skill”. That is why our leadership principles are behavioral based. The principles Lead with Passion, Perform with Purpose and Transform with Vision are our values in action, and they will strengthen our culture.


In your role as Line Manager, we expect you to develop your area of responsibility by having the ability to define the right priorities based on a customer centric mindset. We encourage the ability to drive business forward and act upon opportunities and ideas and transform them into value (financial, cultural, or social) for others. We create an environment where of continuously improvements and learning maximize the outcome of our work.


To achieve our goals, we collaborate within and across teams. We create a sense of unity and trust by nurturing open dialogues and collective work. We build a work environment where diversity in expertise, opinion and culture is valued.




The location for the position is flexible, with Bangalore (IN), Wroclaw (PL), Göteborg, (SE) as preferred location.