Product Owner (Seats & Safety)

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 we offer
ART Seat & Safety´s purpose is to provide the Volvo Cars customer a unique premium seating experience as well as a world leading interior safety system. We lead the development of a complete seats into the vehicle, balanced to vehicle needs. Our diverse ART consists of more than 100 People with different competences and backgrounds, located in Gothenburg and Shanghai. We work in close cooperation with our suppliers, internal customers and several different car projects. We deliver to new car projects and to current running production.

Are you a leader, ready to take on a key role for the Seats & Safety department? Then the role as Product Owner for one of our Complete Seat teams is the place for you to prosper. The position will develop your innovation and strategic skills. If you have experience in Volvo Cars development processes and project management, then this might be a great opportunity for you to take a step forward.  We are a team that has fun together while working hard to develop premium seats.

What you will do
As a Product Owner you will be a part of a Complete Seat agile team. The Complete Seat team develops seats from initial concept, design, implementation to assure that the customer gets as much value as possible from it.
As a Product Owner for the Seat complete team, you will be working closely together with the Team, Team Managers, Scrum Masters, Product Manager (PM), Architects and stakeholders in other Agile Release Trains to maximize the value for our customers.

You will own the Backlog, the Vision and the Roadmap for the team. Further, you increase the value-added work by owning and deciding upon priorities in the program backlog from a technical and business perspective. You will be the representative for your area and collaborate with stakeholder such as Quality, Manufacturing, Procurement etc. This will give you the opportunity to create a broad network within the company.

As Product Owner you will be responsible for the short- and long-term strategy for your components. You own the backlog and deliveries, and your responsibility is to prioritize, approve, release and quality assure the product.
You will participate in the Pre- and Post-PI planning to define the inputs, milestones, and high-level objectives. You also participate in DEMOs and Retrospective and you are the one driving the Backlog Refinement.

Competence is Important 
You have a technical education, preferably a master’s degree in mechanical engineering and/or 5 years’ experience of automotive experience and product development knowledge. 
You have good knowledge and experience in leadership
You have proven communication/coaching skills and proven knowledge in SAFe
You are fluent in English, written and spoken.
You have driving license “B” to be able to evaluate our products.

Personality and potential are key
As the work will be carried out both independently and in teams, we expect you to have good communication skills and team-oriented approach. You are a good team player and you recognize the benefits of working together. It is beneficial if you have experience from working in agile environment and if you are SAFe educated. You have experience from a global environment and have worked in an international setting.

We work in close cooperation within the ART but also with our network to ensure that the entire ART is involved in our common deliveries. You will work in a prestige less environment to focus on what´s best for the vehicle. We believe that we are stronger as a team and we share the responsibility of developing our ART and its co-workers. We strive for gender balance and believe that actively prioritizing a high level of diversity in our workforce creates a competitive advantage. It is our people that make the difference.

We are looking for a personality that will bring in new ideas, thinking and competence into the Seating team so that we will be well prepared for the future.

How to learn more and apply
Does this sound like your next challenge? Welcome with your application by submitting your resume and cover letter no later than 7th of February 2022.

If you have any questions regarding the position please contact Team Manager Cecilia Ström, cecilia.strom@volvocars.com.
For questions about the recruitment process, please contact Filippa Funck, Senior Recruiter, filippa.funck@volvocars.com.
Please note that applications via email will not be accepted and we will evaluate applications continuously.