Product Owner Common Base Technologies

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.

At Volvo Cars, we are making bold digital visions come true. We aim to lead in the automotive world by creating a digital ecosystem built around making our customers' lives less complicated. We’re moving towards becoming more of a software developing company and where our products give the driver’s a car-experience that improves every day. Highlights of the areas in focus are Infotainment, Autonomous drive, and a core system optimized for electric cars. We look for curious, creative people who want to change the world through innovative thinking

About R&D – Common Base Technologies 
We are an agile release train in the software and electronic platform solution organisation with the ambition to create the best digital car platform on the market. Common Base Technologies include SW deployment technologies, vehicle platform services, start and electrical energy management, as well as cyber security and wired communications. CBT deliveries are common among many ARTs and useful to align for complexity reduction, cost and speed. When going for our vision delivering our products in code, we are facing exiting challenges and we are now strengthening ourselves with new skilful and talented people onboard.

What is in it for you?
Future technologies, nice people, influence, challenge & personal development! 

You will join a team of experienced engineers working as PO.s, taking lead for our art´s  technical solutions in future platforms. Cooperation with all our CBT teams, including art lead, architect teams and product areas within software and electronic platform solution as well as other solutions within R&D. You will have the possibility to use the skills and competences you already have today at the same time being challenged with future new ones. Your work will end up in a vision, technical logical roadmap or work task in your team backlog, and later maybe be very usable for our future VCC customers driving their new car to the beach or in the city centre somewhere.

What will you do?
You will manage product lead for cross functional CBT teams responsible for developing, implement and verify future platform solutions within vehicle platform services, start and electrical energy management.
•    Working with stakeholders and product management to set priorities and align expectations on the product
•    Maintain, prioritize, and refine the product backlog to create the most value
•    Drive the product vision including a technical logical roadmap for your product area
•    Collaborate with cross functional teams preparing work tasks in the coming increment and sprints and review the value created. 
•    In a clear and motivating way explain why this work task is important

Who are you?
To succeed in this role, it is most important that you are a curious quick learner who enjoys diving into new things. 

Moreover, you should have a MSc education in software engineering, data technology, electronics or similar, combined with +7 years of relevant working experience. We believe that you are fluent in English, spoken and in writing. 
As you will collaborate with many different people cross our organisation, we see that you have excellent collaboration and communication skills and enjoy working in a team. Since this is a senior engineering position you are expected to have leadership skills and personal interest to further develop them.

Meritorious:
Software development experience and software architecture skills.

What do we offer?
If you have a suitable background, interested and happy to join our team, we promise you that we will do everything we can to make you feel welcome and support you when performing your new job. We simply offer you a great place to be at work!

How to learn more and to apply
Does this sound like your next challenge? Welcome with your application by submitting your resume and cover letter via the link below no later than May 25:th 2021. If you have any questions regarding the position, you are welcome to contact hiring manager Göran Innergård, Team Manager 94410, at +46 72 371 6116. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact recruiter Catharina Skog, at catharina.skog@volvocars.com. Please note that applications via email will not be accepted.