Team Manager Cloud Foundation

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 be part of the product area Platform, located in the unit Digital Core and be responsible for employees and consultants in the cluster Cloud foundation. Cloud foundation focus area is to build and operate the container services used by VCC. Our main container platform is the home grown open source and Kubernetes based Bakery platform. The cluster is also managing Openshift based services.  

We are now searching for a Team Manager with leadership skills supporting the continued transformation of the platform product area. To succeed in this role, we believe you need to be a servant leader that have a passion for leading and developing others, enjoy empowering people and that have embraced an agile mindset and culture. We also believe you have a strong desire and experience from work within or close to the Software development and operations processes.

What you’ll do:
As a Team Manager in the Cloud foundation cluster you will be responsible for:
• Inspiring and empowering others; developing people and teams through coaching, mentoring, and feedback
• Removing impediments that may hinder teams’ performance 
• Creating a working environment in which uncertainty can be handled
• Energizing people; create an environment where people are motivated and happy
• Competence development for your team members; create an environment where people are challenged, invited to learn, and stay motivated.
• People plan to match our product roadmap short, mid and long term.
• When needed recruit and onboard new experts.
You are expected to support, challenge, and develop the organization and culture with focus on the members of your team. You will also be responsible for staffing our product teams so that they can meet current and future demands and foster a strong engineering culture in our product area.

Who you are:
We’re looking for you who have previous experience in leading people, Agile mindset and behavior with experience and good understanding of Agile Frameworks (e.g. Kanban, Scrum, Design Thinking, SAFe) to apply Agile ways of working.  You possess previous or present Software development experience with DevOps mindset.

As a person, we see that you have good communication, facilitation, and presentation skills, as well as you know how to guide, and organize people and activities into an efficient workflow.  In addition, you have experience in developing others by using coaching, mentoring, feedback, and stretch assignments supporting Volvo Cars learning culture.  You are good at problem-solving and decision making.

Position is located in Gothenburg, and the major part of the workweek is needed in the office.   Please, don’t be discouraged to apply if you lack one or two, rather let us have a good discussion about it.

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.

How to learn more and apply 
Does this sound like your next challenge? Welcome with your application by submitting your resume and cover letter no later than September 15th, 2022. Please note that due to GDPR, we can’t accept applications via email. 
For questions about the position, please contact Product Area Lead “Platform”, Jakob Arvidsson, Jakob.arvidsson@volvocars.com. 
For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter Abigail Glez: abigail.gonzalez@volvocars.com.