Product Owner, Material Information Management & Weight team

Who are we?

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.

Who are we?
HW Design is a group within Engineering Enablers at Complete Vehicle Engineering. We are change leaders, Business Analysts, Product Owners, Scrum masters and business architects, equipped with domain knowledge for our areas, leadership skills and great business knowledge. We are now looking for a person who can complete our team!

We are working tight together with Digital Clusters and our business at R&D. Our work is simply to make our design engineer´s lives less complicated.

HW Design is together with Digital on an exciting journey towards being a product-oriented software company. You will get to work with exciting challenges in an agile product team, focusing on delivering business value. The Sustainability and Product Compliance Product Cluster is part of the R&D Digital Area with the purpose to secure full compliance and transparency to all legal requirements for Volvo Cars products and enable the sustainability strategy and roadmap.

What you will do 
We are looking for a Product Owner to join the Sustainability and Product Compliance Product Cluster and the Material Information Management product, working with the development of new applications within the sustainability and compliance domain delivering solutions and value from material information and weight perspective.

As the Product Owner of the “Material Information Management & Weight team” you will own and prioritize the product backlog in close collaboration with different stakeholders, serving one of several cross-functional product teams. You will set the vision and guide the team in the work with continuously delivering new features and high-quality applications. Together with the Scrum Master you will support your team to remove impediments and reduce risks to be able to improve quality and the speed of deliveries. You will also be an important part of building the team and creating a psychologically safe environment for continuous improvement and cooperation.

Do you fit with the profile?  
We are looking for a Product Owner with an agile mindset and relentless improvement passion. You have a clear vision and coaching approach with strong ability to motivate others. You see possibilities in challenges and guide the team towards solutions in a structured manner. 

You are an efficient networker with the ability to consider and balance multiple, sometimes conflicting needs, illustrate information to others, and create a common understanding and direction for the team. You are comfortable collaborating and communicating with people on different levels in an organization as well as with different backgrounds. 

Valuable experiences to have within this role:
* Good experience in working as a Product Owner by managing stakeholders, prioritizing features, working with technical roadmap and business strategy. 
* Good experience working with Microsoft Power platform (Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, Azure)
* Good understanding of Teams culture Performance Dialogues, KPIs & Metrics.
* Good knowledge about Product Creation Engineering process and Product Creation Applications.
* Good experience working closely with system architects and development teams in defining the systems, functions, modules/interfaces, validate technology assumptions and evaluate solution alternatives.


You have a positive attitude and like to be proactive, you possess the courage to take the initiative and drive for progress. You have excellent skills for meeting different persons in different ways, hence meeting our customers is vital. To succeed in the role, you need to be comfortable leading others towards a common goal and at the same time be part of the team. Further, you are fluent in English, able to create visual communication and presentations in order to get our improvements deep implemented into the business.

It is beneficial if you have experience from working in an agile environment and if you are SAFe educated. We are looking for a great spirit that will bring in new ideas and competence to our team!

How to learn more and apply
For questions about the job, please contact Sr Manager HW Design Johan Stabeck by phone +46 76 6210782 alt. Damir Smajic +72 9707350. For questions about the recruitment process or HR-related questions please Sr. Recruiter sandra.viklund@volvocars.com. 
Note that due to GDPR applications by e-mail will not be accepted. Interviews will be held continuously, so please apply as soon as possible, but no later than 27 August.  

Union Representatives
Akademikerna: Sladjana Strbac sladjana.strbac@volvocars.com 
Unionen: Rikard Agmarken, rikard.agmarken@volvocars.com