UX Design Lead - Volvo Group Connected Solutions

"Founded in 1927, the Volvo Group is committed to driving prosperity and shaping the future landscape through sustainable transport, mobility, and infrastructure solutions. By offering trucks, buses, construction equipment, power solutions for marine and industrial applications, financing and services that increase our customers’ uptime and productivity.

Our headquarters are in Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo Group shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm."

We are committed to being a driving force in the transition to efficient, fossil-free and safe means of transport. Great progress is achieved by connecting great people, because together, we shape the world we want to live in. 

At Volvo Group Connected Solutions, we believe that connectivity is the key to making a difference. With vast amounts of data, we are pushing boundaries for what connectivity can do in a transforming industry.

The Position

As UX/UI Lead, you will play a vital part in ensuring the seamless user experience, across different brands, of our platforms and services when introducing new functionalities and updating existing solutions. As a UX/UI Lead you will drive the overall maturity level of our UX practices and ensure that we build the right solutions in the right way.

Your responsibilities will include:

* Perform UX activities related to our platforms and services, ensuring a user-friendly and intuitive interface.
* Demonstrate experience working with web applications for multiple viewports and devices.
* Great experience in growing, maturing, and evangelizing design systems.
* Coach and mentor digital product owners and product managers, scrum masters, and development teams in adopting user centered design methodologies, fostering effective teams that prioritize delivering business value while meeting user needs.
* Be a champion for user-centered design solutions across the different domain teams.
* Collaborate with stakeholders and executive management teams to ensure quality control of the User Experience and design across platforms and services.
* Provide training and guidance to team members as needed, ensuring they have the necessary skills and knowledge to deliver exceptional user experiences.
* Familiarity with agile delivery methodologies and experience working in fast-paced, iterative development cycles.
* Experience with DesignOps and operational design work from product teams working according to SAFe and other agile methodologies.


What we can offer you

You will be part of a team that creates great results through awesome people, strong relationships and a high-performance culture. We want to set a new standard for user experience, speed to market and customer value. We will do this through modern leadership, people in focus and a true passion to really make a difference. We who work in this team have a lot of fun, are great collaborators and we all consider ourselves as leaders of our work and owners of our results.   

Our main hub and headquarters are in Lindholmen Science Park in Gothenburg, a vibrant area that lives and breathes new technology like IoT, autonomous driving, electro mobility and digitalization.

Your profile

You are a seriously experienced designer with a passion for creating digital experiences that are desirable and solve real customer needs. You have a keen eye for designing intuitive user interfaces that are consistent across multiple platforms, devices and channels. You have a keen eye for visual details while also grasping the holistic picture and you are used to dealing with all types of stakeholders, and you have a proven track record bringing both quantitative and qualitative data into your design. 

You have prior experience with large organizations and complex projects. You understand technical terminologies and easily communicate with architects and software developers. You understand what it entails to work in a digital product centric operating model. You are outcome oriented and a trusted partner to people at all levels of the organization, you support other designers in their quest of excellence, and you actively contribute to stakeholder’s product visions, strategy, and delivery to realize business value. There is only one goal – to help shape the future digital platforms by coaching and guiding our teams towards excellence in user-centered design while rapidly and efficiently releasing new features to customers.

We think you are a seasoned designer with over several years of experience in UX/UI work. Ideally, you should be located in or close to Gothenburg, Sweden - and have a valid work permit for the country. You have a deep understanding of Design Thinking and human-centered design methodologies. Experience in consulting will be an added advantage. You should be able to demonstrate your skills and previous work through a well-designed portfolio.

Welcome to the heart of connectivity at Volvo Group Connected Solutions! 

Want to know more? Contact us!
Please contact Anders Westman, UX & Service Design Manager, anders.westman@volvo.com.
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