Product Owner - Prepare production

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?
We are looking for a passionate Product Owner for Prepare Production that is part of the Plant Engineering Cluster within the Global Manufacturing Digital area. Prepare Production systems ensures that documents and instructions are generated to secure a correct and efficient building process.  With an always-on mindset, you will be assisting departments in the factory (Engineering, Production & Logistics) in designing, configuring, and managing solutions for their devices, tools, and applications, in line with the factory and corporate standards.  You will be part of the journey as we deliver on our company’s vision and scale our users globally. We use modern tools and agile methods to create business value continuously, ensure high quality and adaptability in our delivery. 

The product owner (PO) maximizes value-added work by owning and deciding upon priorities in the digital product team’s backlog from a business perspective to streamline the execution while maintaining the technical integrity of the features/components for the team. You are the voice of the user you have a business perspective and technical know-how.   You will work together with the agile product team following SCRUM/SAFe frameworks.

What you will do
You are articulating and consistently emphasizing the short- and long-term vision (roadmap) of the product to the team and relevant stakeholders.
You drive that the applications can be used globally in all factories and also make sure that data is handled in a good way that will improve the process. By doing that our business will become more data-driven.
You own, build and prioritize the epics, features, and stories together with the business stakeholders in the team backlog including defects and enablers
You coordinate content dependencies with other Product Owners and you will be participating as a member of the Plant Engineering Cluster where you view and contribute towards the program-level vision, roadmap, and content presentations

Who you are:
We are looking for you who have interest in software development and experience of IT solutions within manufacturing.  You can coordinate multiple initiatives in parallel together with the stakeholders and own the product backlog with the ambition to have a global harmonized landscape. 
As a person, you have excellent communication skills, high integrity, a strong sense of delivery, and a personal eagerness to accomplish results and get things done, in time and with the right quality.  You are ambitious, energetic, creative, and open-minded with the aim to find new solutions to existing problems. 
This position could be located either in Sweden or Belgium.

We offer our employees excellent benefits such as:
• Plenty of leave to let you take time off for what's most important in life At Volvo Car Group, all new parents with one year’s active permanent service now receive 24 weeks of parental leave, paid at 80 percent of their base pay. The policy is for everyone – whether you’re a designer or a plant operator, whether you work in China or the USA. Read more here: https://group.volvocars.com/careers/family-bond-by-volvo-cars.
• Collective Agreement and ITP pensions.
• An annual allowance to spend on your health and wellbeing.
• A private health insurance.

How to learn more and apply?
Does this sound like your next goal? Welcome with your application by submitting your resume and cover letter no later than March 28th, 2022. Please note that due to GDPR, we can’t accept applications via email. 
For questions about the position, please contact Ola Spetz, Team Manager, ola.spetz@volvocars.com.  
For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter Abigail Glez: abigail.gonzalez@volvocars.com.