Director Product Development IT

Scania IT assists the Scania Group with system development, IT operations and infrastructure. Our mission is to provide the global Scania business with innovative and robust IT solutions. Scania IT has about 900 employees and is represented in Sweden, Holland, France, Belgium, Latin America and India.

Director Product Development IT

Scania is currently undergoing an exciting transformation from a heavy truck manufacturer to a provider of sustainable transport solutions. IT is a vital enabler on this change journey. Scania IT has therefore initiated a significant transformation towards improved flow orientation and a focus on agile ways of working.
Do you want to be an active participant in driving Scania towards our Target 2020? We need leaders who want develop our activities and our co-workers in line with our vision and strategy.

Your duties
You will be heading Product Development IT, a department within Scania IT. Product Development IT currently consists of 190 people organized in 13 teams. The focus for the department is to support the Product development process and the R&D departments with IT-solutions and IT-services, including PDM-system, CAD and vehicle software update applications. The area is changing rapidly with heavy increase of simulation, more use of 3D modelling and a growing need of IT to support the cooperation between MAN R&D and Scania R&D.

You will be responsible for the overall development of the department. This includes defining the desired state for IT within the Product Development area as well as establishing and maintaining the same. You will together with your R&D colleagues create roadmaps for sub processes within the PD process ensuring these are made with a focus on the right IT solution at the right cost. Included in your responsibilities are also long-term IT environment planning as well as capacity planning.

You will be a member of the Scania IT leadership team and will be expected to actively contribute to creating a close-knit team. Your energy will be an important and valued addition as we continue our change journey.

Your profile
We are looking for a business-oriented person with good knowledge of different parts of the Scania business. You are an experienced leader with elevated communication skills and you have a strong engagement in our core values and the Scania leadership principles. You are a strong team player with a sense of integrity and an interest in change management. You display a clear ability to cooperate, this combined with a capacity to establish and manage relationships.

You value the collaboration with your colleagues and bring with you a good team spirit and high professional ethics as well as new ideas to the improvement work at Scania IT, since we continuously challenge the work processes. Change is a natural part of your day-to-day work.

As a leader, you believe in developing people and giving them opportunities to grow. You know how to achieve balance between sometimes conflicting interests, e.g. long-term competence development, short-term deliveries and co-workers personal situation. You are fluent in English and Swedish, both orally and in writing.

For more information, please contact
Pär Wallin (current Head of Product Development IT), 08-553 83321 or 070-6183321.