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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.

Volvo Cars is on an ambitious journey to redefine the customer experience in automotive through digital technology. We’re committed to giving Volvo customers an entire week of quality time back per year by 2025 through innovations that simplify their lives. For this, we need team members who think about technology and opportunities in new ways.

What's in it for you?
As an experienced Release Train Engineer, you are a servant leader and support some of the clusters in the Corporate Worklife product area, focusing on enabling a great worklife and employee journey for Volvo Cars employees and consultants, located in the Digital Core unit.

What you’ll do: 
You will be driving improvements as well as delivering according to the prioritized cluster backlog, you will coach/lead cluster Scrum Masters to get high performing teams.
Your will book and lead all Cluster Ceremonies in a fun and engaging way.
You will manage and provide transparency – relevant, clear, and accurate metrics.
Proactively manage stakeholders by serving our Product Manager (PM) and successfully deliver according to agreed scope and priorities in a predictable, and transparent manner.
Proactively demonstrate control of the key issues i.e. risk, impediments, and compliance, and manage proper mitigating activities to ensure a smooth delivery
Together with our teams create a fun and energizing work environment built on trust, inclusion, and good communication.

Who you are: 
We’re looking for a senior who have experience working as a Release Train Engineer previously, preferably in complex programs in the Agile setting. Therefore, you have excellent knowledge of the Agile mindset and values as well as PX settings.
You possess experience in building a strong team and, subsequently, team development, but also experience in leading change, and interest in continuously developing yourself as well as others. It’s natural for you to lead complex initiatives with distributed multi-faceted teams in a fast-paced environment, and to understand IT process and the software development lifecycle. Additionally, you have experience in managing or leading a team in an agile/project set-up, experience in building strong stakeholder relationships, and have analytical skills.

As a person, we see you have the ability to be flexible in your way of communicating since different stakeholders have different levels of agile maturity, therefore, you have great communication and networking skills, and are good at driving collaboration across the value chain. You enjoy learning and are excited about bringing your ideas to the table, and have the willingness to drive initiatives of both agile and more traditional character. We notice you are dependable, well-grounded, willing to speak up – even when it’s difficult – and committed to empowering others. You enjoy structuring large events, and meetings, and have strong facilitation skills and use them in a good manner, due to this, you have the ability to present /talk for both small and large crowds. You demonstrate to have the ability to take initiative, and be strong in drive, being goal-oriented, structured, dedicated, and thorough. Last but not least, you have the ability to work and lead cross-border with different cultural team members and distributed teams.

The position is located in Gothenburg with flexibility to work some remote when suitable.

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 Sweden, 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.

How to learn more and apply? 
Does this sound like your next challenge? Welcome with your application by submitting your resume and cover letter. The screening will be ongoing and the role will be appointed when finding the right candidate, so don't wait with your application.
Please note that due to GDPR, we can’t accept applications via email.
For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter Abigail Glez at: abigail.gonzalez@volvocars.com.