VP Product & Solutions Development (RnD)

If you want to be in the center of a company transformation journey, acting in a human oriented and highly innovative context, this may be the opportunity for you.


Volvo Penta is hiring a Vice President Product & Solutions Development. We are looking for an engaged, business-oriented leader with ability to provide inspiring leadership and make people cooperate to make great things happen.


Challenge description:
The Volvo Penta vision is to become the world leader in sustainable power solutions. We have a history of innovation and enjoy a strong market positions based on our current product and services offering. We are in a phase of accelerating next generation solutions within electromobility, connectivity and automation and the person we are looking for therefore has a deep passion for technology, a solid experience of senior research and development leadership as well as experience of driving change. This position reports to the CTO & Senior Vice President Product Planning, Purchasing and Product & Solutions Development [PPP] and will be part of the PPP Management team.


Functional responsibilities include:
Development [Product & solution projects, Quality, Process]
Testing & Laboratory [Activities within product & solutions Development]
Technical & IT Support [Quality and consistency of the product & solutions information in order to increase the efficiency of the entire product Development & solutions process and other Up- and Down stream processes]
Design [responsibility for each product & solutions family]



Main activities and responsibilities:
Align the product & solutions development activities to meet the objectives of the technology plan
Manage the product & solutions development budget, overall project plans and secure that project goals including cost, quality and authority regulations are met
Initiate and implement improvements in product quality and product cost



Profile:
Extensive professional experience in technology leadership in a global environment (10+ years in relevant positions) with strong track record
High standard of professionalism and to operate with integrity
Experience from leading development of both concurrent automotive technologies (e.g. combustion engines, transmissions, vehicle electronics, etc.) as well as electromobility, connectivity and automation
Experience from developing solutions
Experience from software, electronics and functional safety
Experience from managing large teams and complex operations
Experience from emission, compliance and environmental sustainability management
Experience from innovations management
Experience from various ways of working (e.g. projects, agile, etc.)
Experience from virtual methods and other tools to ensure development efficiency
Quality and safety first mindset, with ability to establish tailored processes
Effective contributor in a senior management team
Strong leadership and management skills, bringing out the best in people and teams by keeping an open, honest and curious dialogue
Results-orientated while building foundations for long term operational excellence
You are the person who acts with a clear sense of ownership and you have exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to interact and influence at all levels both internally and externally



We expect you are a social person who enjoys working with some really pleasant people in flexible team constellations. You believe in the power of teams.


We believe you have a relevant University degree as the basis for your career.


In prioritizing candidates, we will pay attention to matching your profile to our CTO’s, Peter Granqvist, desire to create a diverse management team in all aspects, not the least in way of thinking. The successful candidate will have shown a winning attitude and great persona in combination with a strong track record and references.


The position is based in Göteborg, Sweden.


For further information, please contact:
Anna Thorén, Head of HR, CTO & PPP, +46 765 53 53 53, I am back at the office on the 10th of August.