Roadmap lead CWL

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.

What's in it for you?
While Volvo is pushing the boundaries on several fronts – autonomous driving, vehicle electrification, cutting-edge vehicle engineering design, and more – some of the most exciting action is happening in the Digital area.  We are uniquely positioned with our talent within Digital to shape what’s next in automotive. We are taking consumer-facing technology around the driving experience to places most players are only dreaming about – and changing how people think about transportation as a result.  We’re fully committed to giving Volvo customers an entire week of quality time back per year already by 2025 through digital innovations that simplify their lives.  
Digital Core is looking for a senior Roadmap Lead for our product area Corporate Worklife. Corporate Worklife’s purpose is to create an inspiring Digital Worklife and digital employee experience, bringing out the best in people and enabling strengthened performance across our supported business functions. Your role is to ensure that strategic roadmaps are defined and delivered with transparency for your product area. You will be part of the Corporate Worklife management team and will collaborate closely with the product area and a community of other roadmap leads. 

What you’ll do: 
  • Facilitate and enable digital direction and functional strategies.
  • Ensuring strategic alignment of Product Area’s portfolio and roadmap towards Digital Core and Volvo Cars’ key priorities.
  • Defining and measuring delivered value and performance.
  • Enable decision-making by problem-solving, data analysis, and communication of findings.
  • Facilitating portfolio balancing and prioritization of content and funding on a running basis (monthly, quarterly, yearly).
  • Ensuring that the quality of roadmaps is sufficient and underpinned by realistic ambitions and feasibility to execute.

Who you are:
We’re looking for you who have financial management experience in an Agile environment and experience to handle financials for large initiatives and/or portfolio management.  You possess the ability to define business cases and drive value realization.  You have experience managing roadmaps for complex programs and/or portfolios and experience collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders of different skill sets and seniority levels.  We see you have experience in IT/digital, automotive environments, SAFe, and/or management consulting experience.  It’s natural for you to visualize information to create a common understanding and direction. You have Agile product development knowledge and management in an agile environment.  Last but not least, you have significant experience in applicable office tools; MS Office, Excel, Teams, etc.

As a person, you have a holistic viewpoint and are value-oriented, with an ability to inspire and motivate others in working towards a goal.  It’s natural for you to be communicative, and adaptive to the extent of being an excellent navigator in conflicts of interest and resolver of impediments, aiding the team in having the right focus.  You are a structured, problem-solver, facilitating, true team player, and flexible person.  You love acting as a servant leader that believes in collaboration, always open to new ideas, and looking for ways to improve.  You possess the ability to understand end-user needs & network with stakeholders.

How to learn more and apply?
Does this sound like your next challenge? Welcome with your application by submitting your resume and cover letter no later than December 13th, 2022. Please note that due to GDPR, we can’t accept applications via email. 
For questions about the position, please contact Hiring Manager Anna Nyblom at anna.nyblom@volvocars.com.  
For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Recruiter Abigail Glez at: abigail.gonzalez@volvocars.com.