Team Manager

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.

We are looking for a Team Manager 
To succeed with our mission, we will need a Team Manager with solid experience in committing code. A passion for embedded software systems and large-scale software development organizations is needed. Our department will have interfaces with most ARTs in our company. Therefore, we will need a leader with the ability to build trust. Our department will ramp-up, meaning that we would need a leader that can hire the right colleagues and organize the teams efficiently. 

Role Specifics   
You are a servant leader with complete responsibility for the work environment, who continuously assist in aligning teams to long-term strategies. The team manager challenges the team to continuously improve by facilitating real-time data transparency such as visualizations of KPIs, Quality Metrics, Test coverage, etc. You will stay updated and drive improvements in tools, IT, flows, and ways of working. Most importantly you will safeguard long-term technical strategies in close collaborating with the product owners and system architects and will proactively work with competence development to assure the right skills within the team as well as recruiting and onboarding new members.  

Requirements  
We believe you are a former embedded software engineer who is motivated by challenging tasks in a complex and innovative environment. Needless to say- technology and teamwork is your real passion. You enjoy learning from others, as well as, sharing your knowledge with your colleagues. You are fluent in English and can communicate effectively with all types of stakeholders. You are a social, analytical, and problem solver.  

•    M.Sc. in Electrical and/or Computer Science, Software Engineering  
•    At least 8 years of experience from working with embedded software development, committing code as well as and handling requirement within software projects 
•    Experience from working on embedded software in large-scale agile software companies 
•    Experience from relevant Managerial roles 

Meritorious
•    Experience within Automotive and from working in an international environment