Product Owner Brake SW and Testing

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.

What’s in it for you?
The Deceleration & Steering ART (Agile Release Train), is a part of the Vehicle Platform. The Deceleration teams are responsible for the vehicle deceleration SW and we develop brake SW for conventional and AD controlled vehicles. We have both in-house and supplier-developed solutions. We research future systems for our portfolio and integration more systems. We work with platform solutions where we strive to lead and shape the development of future shared platforms between Volvo, Polestar, Geely, and Lotus.
Now we are in the search for a dedicated colleague within the ART who will work as a Product Owner within our teams for SW development and verification. The teams consist of highly skilled engineers working with supplier-developed SW for brake systems in our plan is to expand the in-house SW development team that develops new functionality as well as with other parts of the company. Do you want to be a servant leader and bring new knowledge to our highly motivated teams?

What will you do?
We are currently looking for a Product Owner Brake SW and Testing that will prioritize and lead our work in our teams.
•    Own, build, prioritize, decide and refine the roadmap and team backlog.
•    Lead our Teams together with Team Manager and Scrum Master.
•    Work with Product Managers and other Product Owners to define and maintain the team roadmap.
•    Maintain a dialog with all our Stakeholders both for team intake and as a team ambassador.
•    Validate backlog items making sure they meet the acceptance criteria and definition of done (DoD) for our teams.

Do you fit the profile?
To fit this position, you are passionate about people and our products and have a human-centric approach when working with our products and services. We believe that you are a servant leader that focuses on the deliveries as much as the people in the teams. You are structured and target-focused with a great ability to keep a holistic/strategic mindset rather than getting stuck in details. Further, you are a great communicator and networker, engaging people throughout the entire organization which makes it easy for you to collaborate with people from team to solution level. It comes naturally for you to build trust, and you are open-minded, always putting your team’s needs first without prestige. We also believe that your curiosity seeks you to learn new things and areas within the range of our future products and services.

We believe that you have an MSc Degree in a relevant area (Electronic engineering, SW Engineering) or equivalent expertise with 5+ years of experience working within a relevant area. We believe you have experience from working in a technical leadership role and that you have worked with SW development and have experience working in an agile development environment for industrialization and within early phases. You have knowledge about Volvo Cars Information Model and Product Engineering Framework mainly in the function development domain. Your English is fluent, both written and spoken, and you have a proven ability to inspire, challenge and lead different teams as a servant leader. 

How to learn more and apply?
For more information about the role, you are welcome to contact hiring manager Mats Gustafsson, mats.r.gustafsson@volvocars.com, and Sr. Recruiter Yesim Cicek, Yesim.cicek@volvocars.com. The last application date is 2022-06-11. The interview will be held continuously. Due to GDPR, we don’t accept CVs sent over email, please apply through the system. We are looking forward to your application!