Scrum Master - Volvo Cars Safety Centre

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?
We are now looking for a Scrum Master with a genuine interest in traffic safety for the teams Active Safety Integration and Driver Behavior at Volvo Cars Safety Centre. Safety is at the core of everything we do, and the teams thrive to deliver state of the art safety knowledge to the organization, to enable our leadership within safety. Here you will play an important role in the future journey of that success.

At Volvo Cars Safety Centre, 170 highly skilled professionals strive every day to make the world a safer place for car drivers and everyone else on the road. We are proud of our track record including numerous world's firsts, all based on real world research and knowledge: exemplified by the safety belt (1959), SIPS (1991), WHIPS (1998), City Safety (2008), Pedestrian Detection with Full Auto brake (2010), and Run off Road protection (2015). 

Our future challenges and opportunities are exciting and through advanced technology and research we are developing safety with regards to injury prevention and collision avoidance, in addition to areas like Autonomous Drive, HMI, emotional safety and driver behavior - all based on real life situations.

What you’ll do 
As a Scrum Master you will be a servant leader to support the team and the agile way of working. You will facilitate the team’s empowerment and progress towards team goals, and continuously engage in challenging the norms of development to improve performance in the areas of quality, flow, and velocity. You will help the team focus on daily and iteration goals in the context of current Program Increment (PI) Objectives. You will lead the team’s effort in relentless improvement and be a key player to create and maintain a high-performing team. You will support to educate the team in Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe, ensuring that the agreed Agile process is being followed.

You will together with the Product Owner (PO) and Team Manager (TM) create a strong trio with the mission to secure that the teams have the prerequisites needed to create and spread knowledge required for Volvo Cars to keep our leading position within safety. 

You and your skills
You have a university degree within a relevant field and a profound interest in vehicle safety. You are experienced within agile development and have good understanding of agile work methods, as well as experience from coaching teams. You also have experience from AD/ADAS development. As we are a global team you will need to have excellent English skills, both verbal and in writing.

On a personal level, you first and foremost share our genuine interest in traffic and vehicle safety. You like to have a position where you provide direction and work to remove obstacles for the team which enables work and helps the team to deliver. You see a fun challenge in creating an optimized work process and focus on continuous improvements to find a more efficient way to get things done. You are leading with the aim to create the best collaboration within and between teams. While being a servant leader for the team you should have a consistent focus on your own development to maintain in-depth safety and work process knowledge over time.

How to learn more and apply
For questions about the position, please contact Hiring Manager Mattias Robertson at +46733334544 or mattias.robertson@volvocars.com. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter Maria Kihlgren at maria.kihlgren@volvocars.com. We want your application at the latest February 23, 2022. Please note that due to GDPR applications and CVs via email will not be accepted.