Portfolio Manager - Volvo Penta

The shift is here. Are you in?


Volvo Group is at the forefront of the greatest shift in the history of transport and infrastructure. With us, tomorrow is today. We need a passionate, progressive Portfolio Manager to lead our efforts and develop our relations with Volvo Penta. At Volvo we don’t just shift an industry, we shift society, hearts and minds. Are you in?


Tomorrow’s vehicles and construction equipment are electric, connected and autonomous, increasing safety and reducing the environmental footprint. With more than 1 million connected vehicles, Volvo Group is at the forefront of this evolution. Our ambition for 2030 is to be 100% safe, fossil-free and more productive, and to have 50% of revenues coming from areas other than our physical products. Working with some of the sharpest and most creative people in our field, we are determined to leave a better society for the next generation.


This will be us - your colleagues within Digital Delivery


Digital Delivery is a function within Group Digital & IT. It has the ambition to identify and execute on new digital initiatives in tight collaboration with our truck divisions and business areas as well as modernize and transform our existing solutions into products and to secure agile ways of working across the whole Digital Delivery function. Part of our transformation mission is to drive an efficient Group Digital & IT interface and Portfolio Management for Volvo Penta.


If you want to be part of the journey of a strong brand into new business and challenges, working with high-performing teams, passionate about what they do, and with constant desire to learn and innovate, then being Portfolio Manager for Volvo Penta is for you!


This is how you could make an impact


As the Portfolio Manager for Volvo Penta, you will be responsible for establishing an efficient interface and orchestration of strategic roadmaps, operational plans, delivery activities, engagements and results between Volvo Penta and Group Digital & IT. You will have a very important and senior leadership role that is critical for the success of the digital transformation and evolution for Volvo Penta and as such you will be a member of the Volvo Penta Digital & IT management team. You will be the ambassador, key point of contact and escalation path when needed, for Volvo Penta towards Group Digital & IT and vice versa. You will also be engaging in key areas inside Group Digital & IT, bringing the perspective of Volvo Penta. You coordinate the Penta delivery network within Group Digital & IT and benefit and learn from the network members’ diverse competence and engagement.


In this position, you will add value and make a difference, by taking lead in successfully managing the responsibilities in the role in connection with the needs of Volvo Penta. A key success factor to this will be frequent and concrete interactions with Volvo Penta and Group Digital & IT stakeholders and colleagues, based on the ways of working described, with an empowered and senior approach. As we move forward, you are expected to be a driving force in the continued digital transformation, where experiences, feedback and best practices are used to constantly evolve and improve.


You will be part of the Business Operations Chapter management team and report to the Head of Business Operations Chapter.


These are the key responsibilities:
​Orchestration of Group Digital & IT for Volvo Penta in defined portfolios
ensuring alignment and transparency of operational outcome with strategy planning and execution
ensuring business value enablement and business co-creation for customers and users
ensuring efficiency and quality of planned and executed digital and IT activities
ensuring planning, follow-up and confirmation of financial activities and outcome
ensuring the planned transformation agenda and plans
ensuring efficient communication, interfaces and interactions between Group Digital & IT and Volvo Penta
Contact point, escalation point and ambassador in Group Digital & IT for Volvo Penta

Who are you?


We believe you are a senior professional with management experience, who wants to lead, engage, and orchestrate in all the different future Digital & IT aspects, strategic and operational, with Volvo Penta. To be successful in this position, you need the ability to understand, control, structure and take leadership in the different portfolios of activities and results that concerns Volvo Penta in relationship with Group Digital & IT.


You are a person who earns your seat at the table, is a skilled communicator and have the capability to lead in a functional set-up. As a foundation, you have a relevant University degree and several years of senior leadership experience as leading leaders.


Furthermore, you have the managerial courage to take well evaluated risks, address stakeholders on different levels and challenge when necessary. You have a passion for building relationships and strong networks, interacting and managing stakeholders in a cross functional and multi-cultural environment with ease. Finally, you find energy in working in a changing environment, executing the transformation agendas for Volvo Group and Volvo Penta.


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 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 Portfolio 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 continuous improvements and learning maximize the outcome of our work.