Product Owner

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.

About us
In our department, part of Safe Vehicle Automation, we are around 200 skilled engineers creating tomorrow’s platform solutions for our active safety and self-driving vehicles. Our Agile Release Train (ART) Autonomous Drive & ADAS Platform develops the sensor and software platform that enables deployment of functionality such as Collision Avoidance, Automatic Parking and Autonomous Driving.
Our team Platform Software now has a unique opening for you who want to be a driver in creating the world-class platform that will enable delivery of autonomous drive features powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI). You will have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to make a huge impact in solving the “engineering problem of the century”.

What you will do
As a Product Owner within Platform Software, you will lead the development of the platform software by driving the roadmap ahead and create and prioritize the backlog for the teams. You will work closely with the ART management team, architects and lead developers to provide guidance for the teams to take technical decisions to successfully deliver our state-of-the-art software. 
As a technical leader, you will drive technical dialogues with stakeholders internally and externally of the organization, and you are an important communicator towards the teams on goals and purpose.

This is you
You are a visionary technical leader with profound understanding of the technology stack needed to deliver an autonomous driving car. Your academic background is B Sc or M Sc within Computer Science, Computer Engineering or similar, and you have minimum 5-10 years of experience from system/software development of real-time safety critical software, preferably from the automotive industry.
You enjoy driving technical strategies and you have an ability to make them come true in alignment with necessary priorities. You have a passion for communication, team empowerment and leadership. You are already an experienced technical leader with good hands-on knowledge about agile development principles.
As a person, you are driven, self-motivated and curious to continuously learn and innovate.
Your English speaking and writing skills are excellent, as we are a truly international team working in a very dynamic environment.
How to learn more and apply
Have we sparked your interest yet? 
If you want to learn more about the role itself, please contact hiring manager Eliasson, Lena at lena.eliasson@volvocars.com.
If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, contact recruiter Pedram Yousefi at pedram.yousefi@volvocars.com. 
Please submit your application in English by latest April 17th, 2022. 
Please note, due to GDPR, applications via email are not accepted. 
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