Product Owner - Core Embedded Electronic System

Product Owner - Core Embedded Electronic System
At Volvo CE, we believe that being curious and truly committed to understanding people is the key to future success. We are people who care about other people, working together to create new technologies and innovations to meet Volvo CE purpose “To build the world we want to live in”, Want to join us?


Who we are and what we offer!
Advanced Engineering and Core Technology (AE&CT) organization is responsible for the complete development lifecycle of the common embedded electronic platform – from advanced engineering through product development into maintenance phase. Our Core Embedded Electronic System Platform defines Base functions and capabilities to enable realization of machine level function and needs for the transformation journey Volvo CE is within with digitalization, electrification and autonomous machines.


Join us as Product Owner (PO) for our Core Embedded Electronic System. We are responsible for the Core EE system to be used within all our different machine types within Volvo CE. This EE-system is the Backbone in the machine electronic system providing necessary system functionalities for various user cases.


We are looking for a Product Owner for our Core Embedded Electronic System team with an ability to create a good network with stakeholders within Volvo CE and understanding their needs to be able to develop our product that is the Core EE System. As a Product Owner you will be responsible for our product and lead our development team. You will be part of the team contributing to the development together with Scrum Master and other team members.


What will you do?
We are currently looking for a Product Owner for the System engineering team that will lead and contribute at developing and maintaining the work to maximize value-added work by owning and deciding upon priorities in the Team.


You will:
Own, build, prioritize, decide and refine team backlog supporting the roadmap of the Core EE System.
Lead our Team together with Team Manager and Scrum Master.
Work with Product Managers and other Product Owners to define and maintain the team backlog.
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 team.
Run release- and life cycle management.



We are using systems engineering and a model-based approach to design and develop our Core EE system.
By joining us, you´ll be a part of global and diverse team of highly skilled professionals who work with passion, trust each other, and embrace change to stay ahead.


Welcome to an exciting role, where you will have the opportunity to shape the future.


You and your skills
To fit this position, you are passionate about people and our products and have a human-centric approach when working with our tasks. We believe that you are a servant leader that focus 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 focusing on 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 needs first without prestige e.g., a technical leader who empowers others and creates energy. We also believe that your curiosity seeks you to learn new things and areas within the range of our future products and services.


As our Product Owner we see that you have experience from management and has a MSc Degree in a relevant area (e.g., Electrical and/or Software engineering, Computer Science) or equivalent expertise with several years of experience working within a relevant area. We believe you have experience from working in a technical leader role as Product Owner and that you have worked with embedded system or SW development and have experience working in an agile development environment and within early phases. Your English is fluent, both written and spoken, and you have proven ability to inspire, challenge and lead teams.


In this role you will have the opportunity to work with your own strengths and develop within areas as internal communication, improvements of administrative processes and other areas the organization doesn’t know they need yet. Pro-activity is one of the key factors to success in this position. We encourage a curious and positive mindset and eagerness to learn!


Competence and experience are important, but personality is key!


Application and Contact
Does this sound like your next challenge? Welcome with your application by submitting your resume and cover letter.


For further information, please contact Mikael Laggman, Head of Embedded Electronic System Architecture, +46 16 541 5769.


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