Scrum Master

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.

This is what your new colleagues do
At Core System Platform we are building a computer-in-the-car architecture, a key for enabling innovation within areas such as Advanced Connectivity, Machine Learning, and Autonomous Drive. Our mission is to create a Vehicle Control Unit platform using new technologies like DriveOS and NVIDIA’s latest chip technology in combination with more traditional car signalling technologies. We are dedicated to delivering platform functions simplifying the application development to create a safe, reliable, and secure platform solution within Volvo Cars for increased innovation and speed.
Within Core System Platform, three High Integrity teams are jointly responsible for the creation and deployment of a platform for high-ASIL components and safety-critical processes.

What you will do
As technically oriented Scrum Master within Core System Platform, your responsibility will be to secure the value flow of several teams and optimize their output efficiency. By living the Volvo Cars Agile Framework, you will facilitate Scrum events, such as daily stand-up meetings, sprint demos, sprint plannings, reviews and retrospectives, PI events and other team workshops or activities. As a vital leader you will coach the team on agile tools and practices, enhance collaboration, and help the teams’ open mind blossom. You will assess the maturity of the teams and actively participate in Scrum of Scrums and Scrum CoP. As Scrum Master, you help to mitigate risks as well as removing, escalating, and tracking impediments while you keep an eye on process definition and documentation. As part of the agile troika you will be one of the central contacts of the High Integrity area to ensure a world-leading, safe, and sustainable software platform.

Who are you?
We want to work with you who has a keen interest in modern computing technologies and want to work in an evolving industry. You like solving problems together with others. You are a customer-oriented person who enjoys being part of a team where you take initiative and take pride in your own and the team’s deliveries.

You and your skills:
Mandatory requirements
-You are a servant leader
-You like to coach, teach, support, escalate, and facilitate in a VCAF manner 
-You are an excellent networker and surely cross-functional with great communication skills
-You are self-driven; you think in solutions and have the energy to make things happen
-You are a structured person allowing for exceptional solutions
-You are a holder of a university degree within Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or similar
-You are fluent in spoken and written English

Meritorious
-You have industry experience in embedded software development and process definition
-You worked as a Scrum Master before
-You are result-oriented with a “think-outside-of-the-box-attitude”
-You have a keen perception with a good portion of quality understanding
-Your energizing attitude sparks also your teams and your troika

How to learn more and apply
Are you curious yet and maybe have some questions? Please contact hiring manager Christian Glatzer, at christian.glatzer@volvocars.com. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Olivia Holm, at olivia.holm@volvocars.com.

To apply, please register your profile at our career site and attach your application documents as soon as possible but no later than October 31st , 2021. Interviews will be held continuously in August, please note that applications by e-mail will not be accepted. As we use our own channels for recruitment, we respectfully but strictly decline to be contacted for any offer of recruitment assistance from external companies.