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.

What’s in it for you?
You will join, lead and coach two of our agile teams within the Service Now platform at Volvo Cars. 
You will also take an active part in the agile transformation of the product by coaching the team to improve agile abilities and by utilizing agile methods and SAFE framework principles to create business value continuously. And of course, have lots of fun while doing it. The majority of the teams are located in Gothenburg.

What’s in it for you?
You will join, lead and coach two of our agile teams within the Service Now platform at Volvo Cars. 
You will also take an active part in the agile transformation of the product by coaching the team to improve agile abilities and by utilizing agile methods and SAFE framework principles to create business value continuously. And of course, have lots of fun while doing it. The majority of the teams are located in Gothenburg.

What you will do
• Delivery execution within the Service Now product teams, while coaching the teams and people in all aspects of agile ways of working and mindset. 
• Managing and optimizing the flow of value through the product. 
• Establishing and improving planning and delivery iterations. 
• Understand and coordinate cross team dependencies and foster program collaboration.
• Create clarity in prioritization and ensure transparency of team progress, releases, and achievements across the organization as well as facilitating measurement of results. 
• Assess the Scrum Maturity of the team and organization and coach the team to higher levels of maturity at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.
• Collaborate with the other scrum masters and RTEs of the other teams in the product to jointly support the agile journey of the product. 
• Help to manage and reduce risks and dependencies as well as remove, escalate, and track impediments. 
• You will be working with product management, engineering, and other stakeholders.

Who you are
We are looking for a person with a servant leadership approach and we believe you have the ability to create an environment that fosters high performing teams.  You have 5+ years of experience as a Scrum Master, preferably from several organizations and global teams and you are experienced in infrastructure management and/or development.  We see that you have leadership experiences (e.g., Scrum Master, Line manager, Project Manager) and are experienced in Azure DevOps or equivalent system and experienced from working with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), coaching, and facilitation, Scrum, DevOps familiarity, and experience in Lean-Agile methods.  Last but not least, you have previous experience in working with software development projects.

As a person, you are solution and delivery oriented with a strong drive and problem-resolution approach. You are flexible and energetic. You manage conflict, drive engagement, build effective teams and optimize work processes. 
You are culture and people driven, with a team before me mindset. We see that you are a true collaborator and networker who can communicate efficiently and effectively with everyone on all levels. We are looking for an engaging, courageous person who shows curiosity, innovation, and playfulness and constantly works to enable organizational learning.

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.
• 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 no later than August 7th, 2022. Please note that due to GDPR, we can’t accept applications via email. 
For questions about the position, please contact Jim Elfving at jim.elfving@volvocars.com 
For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Senior Recruiter Abigail Glez: abigail.gonzalez@volvocars.com.