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Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport solutions for the future? If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.
Shaping tomorrow's technology
At Vehicle Technology, we are passionate about shaping tomorrow's technology to create excellent sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions to make the world a better place for future generations. We provide innovative, safe and driver friendly solutions, we develop top quality services and we make our customer operations more efficient by using excellent data insights. We support the Volvo Group engineering community with cutting edge tools and methods
Roles and Responsibilities
Our mission, is to identify and create and deliver new digital vehicle-related services, from an end-to-end perspective (meaning cross-functionally), by capitalizing on digitalization and the knowhow of the Volvo Group.
A directional target, is that we by 2027, have established a "Service machinery" for vehicle-related services, leading 1/3 of all Service initiatives, and are recognized as the "applied service innovation center" within Group Trucks.
We are a fairly new organization, and by finding an excellent leader for this position: Group Manager of Service Development, we take the next tangible step on a very exciting and challenging journey.
As a leader you will inspire and challenge people to be the best they can be. You are passionate about creating the right environment to enable your team to develop competencies and skills. You are a driving force and use experiences, feedback and best practices to constantly evolve and improve. Your key responsibilities will be:
In this role, you will be leading and growing the Service Development team, with the mission to
• Develop apps that truly make a difference for our customers
• Quickly and iteratively develop valuable digital and connected services to customers with trucks in their fleets
• Exploit the unique adgantages of the Volvo group (including our in-vehicle platforms), and combine this with customer centric solutions, and the strength of open platforms (such as Android), to bring out digital and connected solutions that make a difference for our customers
• Ensure that our solutions truly support the flow of value, and takes the End-to-End view;
"it does not work until a paying customer is happily using it"
• On top of the team's explicit responsibilities (software development), we are also looking for a leader who will support our higher level goals; to significantly improve our overall output, as a cross functional Service Stream
You will be part of Vehicle Technology, and more specifically, the Services organization, and be part of the Services Leadership Team and report to the Director of Services.
How to succeed
To succeed in this position, a solid technical foundation in Software development in general, and Android in particular, is a good start, and a passion for leading and growing the team around you, and acting as the product owner (backlog contents and priority) will be the next building block.
On top of this, you will probably bring your passion for at least one of the following topics: building lean/agile teams, service design, continuous improvement culture or logistics business knowledge.
If you combine the above, with a Mindset of: "The overall flow of value is more important than my silo", your success is very close to assured.
You are a passionate, professional and progressive leader with eyes on the horizon and feet on the ground. You bring several years of leadership experience in the software development industry and have a high level of expertise in the .NET environment. You enjoy building and motivating high performing teams and actively participating in strategy and execution. You create commitment around shared visions and objectives and act as a role model for your team as we develop the .NET domain and community globally.
You have a relevant university degree or similar and an excellent proficiency in English. Networking in a global multi-culture organization across all the Volvo Group brands comes naturally. You have the courage to challenge and take evaluated risks when necessary and you find energy in working in a changing environment as you contribute to driving the global shift in the transport and infrastructure industry.
The location for the position is Gothenburg, Sweden. If you are based in another location, but your skills are a good fit, we strongly encourage you to apply anyway. Relocation support can be provided if needed.
Contacts: Hiring Manager: David Klippudde, Talent acquisition team: Haris Dedic
Last application date March 31st
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