Engineering Director

Who are we?
Volvo Cars is a company on a mission; to bring traditional car manufacturing into a connected, sustainable and smart future.
Since 1927, we have been a brand known for our commitment to safety, creating innovative cars that make life less complicated for our consumers. In 2010, we decided to transform our business, resulting in a totally new generation of cars and technologies, as well as steady growth and record sales. 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.

Does the thought of being the leader of an amazing organisation that serves one of the core areas of the Volvo Cars business that will help us achieve the goal of being a fully electric car company by 2030 interest you? Excellent, then we would love for you to be our new Cluster Engineering Lead that will guide the teams on this exciting journey we have ahead of us.

This is part of the Global Online Experience (GOX) area and our mission is to ensure we provide a transparent and reliable experience for our customers that have bought or leased a vehicle with us.

What you´ll do:
* Lead and grow a team of hardworking Engineering Managers and engineers through hiring, mentoring, inspiring and feedback.
* Ensure through streamlined execution and experimentation that our solutions meet the needs of our customers quickly and accurately.
* Be the voice of engineering in the Cluster Leadership team through a friendly and effective collaboration with the product- and UX counterparts.
* Advocate and advance modern, agile software development practices and help develop and foster good engineering and organizational practices.
* Help ensure the solutions are scalable, sustainable, architecturally sound, and technical debt is both incurred consciously and repaid in a reasonable time.
* Be an active member of the GOX engineering leadership team and collaborate with other leaders across the organization.


Who you are:
A person that loves leading, develop, inspire and grow an engineering organisation, and have previous experience doing so; you have been a manager-of-managers before this and know what it takes to build phenomenal leaders. Someone that possess a deep understanding of how to translate product and business goals into sound technical solutions, and can mentor your organisation in this. Very knowledgeable and passionate about modern software development that build products our customers love.

Prior to starting a technical leadership career you have had extensive experience working hands-on as a Software Engineer in an agile environment. Someone that fully embrace a growth mindset, and have the ability to encourage others to do the same. A compassionate person who understand that every individual and situation has their specific needs, and can adapt your leadership style and interactions accordingly. Someone who like to have fun at work, and take great care in making sure everyone always feels welcome and included!

We offer our employees excellent benefits such as:
* Plenty of leave to let you take time off for what's most important in life.
* Collective Agreement and ITP pensions.
* An annual allowance to spend on your health and wellbeing.
* A private health insurance.


Location: Gothenburg 

How to learn more and apply:
Please contact Senior Recruiter Rinor Alihajdaraj at rinor.alihajdaraj@volvocars.com for any questions regarding the role or application. Please note that we do not accept any resumes or application through email due to GDPR.