Team Manager for ART Product Structure and Engineering Tools

Who are we?
Volvo Cars is a company on a mission; to bring traditional car manufacturing into a connected, sustainable and smart future.
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?
The ART Product Structure and Engineering Tools (PSET) is a part of the product area Vehicle Software & Installation Digital, which is one of the product areas within the unit Engineering and Operations Digital. You will be a vital team member in our product area leadership team consisting of the product area Lead, Product Managers, Head of strategy, and team managers.
The purpose of the PSET ART is to enable speed, flow, and quality in Vehicle development, and especially the Vehicle Software development, by developing and delivering digital solutions and toolchains for engineers and developers within mainly R&D. The solutions are using a wide array of technologies and platforms, both COTS and open source as well as in-house built state of the art solutions supporting the company transformation. The ART is a vital enabler for the company objectives related to technology transformation and becoming a software-centric company, where software is a core component for the business model.

Currently, the PSET ART consists of 7 different digital products. Teams are primarily located on-site in Torslanda. For PSET ART we are now hiring one more Team Manager with an interest in product development as well as strong leadership skills to support this exciting digital ART. To succeed in this role, you need to have a passion for leading and developing others, enjoy empowering people and embrace an agile mindset and culture. Your collaboration skills will be an asset due to many interfaces and collaboration needs both within digital as well with other business functions. Together with your Team manager colleague, you will be supporting the teams within the ART, where both holistic and long-term views will be needed. You will be responsible for 4 of the product teams within the ART.

What you’ll do:
As a Team Manager 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
• 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 and competence map to match our product roadmap short, mid, and long term

You are expected to support, challenge, and develop the organization and culture with focus on the members of your teams. You will also be responsible for staffing our product teams so that they can meet current and future demands and foster a strong software development culture in our product area.  

Who you are: 
We are looking for you who have previous experience in leading people, self-leadership and development, and experience in developing others by using coaching, mentoring, feedback, and stretch assignments supporting Volvo Cars learning culture.  You know how to influence and organize people and activities into an efficient workflow, and you have an agile mindset and behavior.  We see that you have experience and a good understanding of Agile Frameworks (e.g. Kanban, Scrum, Design Thinking, SAFe) to apply Agile ways of working, and good business acumen and shaping a competitive customer-focused culture.
As a person, you have strong communication, facilitation, and presentation skills, strong relationship management skills and you are effective in solving problems and making decisions.

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 and cover letter no later than June 21st, 2022. Please note that due to GDPR, we can’t accept applications via email. 
For questions about the position, please contact Fredrik Malmer, Product Area Lead SW&Vehicle Installation, at fredrik.malmer@volvocars.com.  
For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter Abigail Glez: abigail.gonzalez@volvocars.com.