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 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 persons with different competences and backgrounds, located in Gothenburg and Shanghai.

If you are passionate about people, team building, coaching and have focus on flow and continuous improvements, then you may be the servant leader we are looking for.

What will you do

As a Scrum Master you will be a part of a Complete Seat agile team. The Complete Seat team develop seats from initial concept, design, implementation to assure that the customer gets as much value as possible from it. 
* You will be a servant leader, coaching the team using agile team practices with focus on flow, and take lead in continuous improvements.
* You will help the team to embrace, adopt and apply agile principles and practices, you will support in the agile ways of working like SAFe, Scrum and Kanban.
* You will assist the execution, feature/capability completion tracking and report status. Your goal is to see to that the team operate and deliver as an effective “team on the train”. 
* You will work closely with the team, Product Owners and with the line management.
* You will be supporting the Product Owner in her efforts to manage the backlog with respect to priorities and scope.
* You will facilitate all team meetings like the daily stand-up, iteration-planning, demo, and retrospective. You will also collaborate with other Scrum Masters and RTE to learn and improve your profession.


You and your skills
* You are experienced with agile development and have good understanding of Agile work methods.
* You have experience from coaching teams.
* You have minimum a bachelor’s degree within engineering or equal and at least 4 years work-life experience. 
* Good to have at least 2 years of leadership experience as a scrum master or equal.
* Good to have skills in computer program VIRA and knowledge in SAFe. You are fluent in speaking and writing in English.


Who are you
* You are a strong agile leader with an open mind-set, strong communication skill and can explain complex matters in a simple way.

* You are purpose and value oriented, self-driven and professional in your work.
* You practice Volvo Cars People and Leadership Culture in a good way, see the big picture and often take an outside in perspective in dialogues.




How to learn more and apply
For questions about the position please contact Team Manager Erik Rydberg at erik.rydberg@volvocars.comcecilia.strom@volvocars.com or +46 70-9287327. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Talent acquisition, Nandini Nelanuthala at nandini.nelanuthala@volvocars.com. We want your application at the latest 30th Sept 2022. Please note that applications via email will not be accepted.