Product Owner Managed Workstation

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?
In our Digital unit, you find outstanding opportunities to develop your skills and grow as a professional. In close collaboration with colleagues in other business units around the world, you and your team create IT innovations that support the company's overall business development and daily operations. 
We are looking for a Product Owner for Managed Workstation in the Digital Workplace product cluster. Managed Workstation is divided into the areas of Workstation Hardware Lifecycle Management, Print Management, Configuration Management and Virtual Workstation Management.
You get the opportunity to run a huge product team setting the roadmap, strategy, and vision for Managed Workstation within Volvo Cars. Part of the job is also to govern and develop the partnerships and related contracts with our service and hardware suppliers as well as other key stakeholders.
The Managed Workstation is in the frontline in its area when it comes to providing modern devices and peripherals combined with evergreen solutions enabling new technologies and ways of working for larger enterprises, and one of your responsibilities is to drive the area into even higher levels of cutting-edge technologies.
What you’ll do 
You will be Volvo Cars Product Owner for Managed Workstation, articulating and consistently emphasizing the short- and long-term vision of the product and its services to the team and relevant stakeholders. You will own, decide, prioritize and refine the objectives and expected key outcome in the Team Backlog.
You will review and reprioritize the backlog as part of the preparatory work for increment including coordinating dependencies with other Product Owners. You will involve the team in backlog refinement to achieve minimum handover and maximum joint understanding. Moreover, you will work with Product Managers to define and maintain the roadmaps with the non-functional requirements to manage operational risks and keep our IT systems safe, modern and evergreen whilst maintainable and always on.
You will govern and be responsible for the global services providing Windows and Mac configuration management, desktop and app sessions, pull and push print-out, and a Digital Workplace product catalogue fit for purpose, use, procurement and delivery of Digital Workplace products. Furthermore, you will work with hardware lifecycle management services keeping track of the lifecycle of all our assets.
You will be the main stakeholder and work closely with our suppliers in our joint venture to develop and provide these services and managing the underlying agreements.

Do you fit the profile? 
We believe you have experience of working with computer machinery hardware and virtual workstation management in larger enterprises. You have knowledge of workstation configuration management, i.e. designing, managing, and maintaining Windows/MacOS as well as Virtualization platforms to provision services in the Digital Workplace scope.
You have knowledge about hardware lifecycle management processes as well as procurement and supply chain. You are experienced in supplier management, writing service agreements and related requirements, outcome and service level targets and driving negotiations. Lastly, you have experience of agile processes (Scrum & SAFe).
Who are you? 
We believe that you are passionate about technology and how it can help us collaborate better as people. You are engaged and eager to drive change within the Managed Workstation product area using your strong technical and people related skills. You strive for transparency and knowledge sharing.
We also think that you have an excellent ability to take initiatives, plan and execute in complex business environments with a global scope. You have the skills to voice and negotiate priorities within the product team and to define product requirements in alignment with the overall strategy. It’s important that your skills in English are excellent, both written and spoken.
How to learn more and 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 the 10th of April 2022. However, incoming applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, so please apply as soon as possible. For questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Rickard Levander, Team Manager, at rickard.levander@volvocars.com. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Senior Recruiter Jonathan Allirol at jonathan.allirol@volvocars.com. Please note that we will not accept applications via email.