Lead Project Manager Vehicle

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"Founded in 1927, the Volvo Group is committed to driving prosperity and shaping the future landscape through sustainable transport, mobility, and infrastructure solutions. By offering trucks, buses, construction equipment, power solutions for marine and industrial applications, financing and services that increase our customers’ uptime and productivity. Our headquarters are in Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo Group shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm."

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure 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. 

Are you interested in leading the development of the future Volvo FH/FM/FMX vehicles? If you are a project manager with passion for product development, then keep on reading!

This is Vehicle Integration!

Through strong technical leadership, we lead the development of complete vehicles for Volvo Trucks and are accountable for the complete vehicle integration in FH/FM/FMX and multi-brand product development. We are a high performing, professional team of project managers, product structure specialists and vehicle architects who have product development as our home turf.

As Project Manager Vehicle you are responsible from the program initiation to product launch. 

•    Lead the Vehicle Program, ensuring the successful integration of epics/sub projects related to FH/FM/FMX truck development.•    Define milestones and high-level time plans in collaboration with Epic owners and cross-functional teams.•    Synchronize and ensure vehicle-level activities across all departments and functions to ensure a cohesive product development process.•    Report progress and feature status to various internal committees and stakeholders.•    Act as Epic Owner for key epics, ensuring their progress and on-time delivery.•    As a team member, lead and contribute to harmonization and development of processes, methods, tools and standards.

As Lead Project Manager Vehicle , you are expected to have a strong business mind-set as well as a solid background in hardware development and project management within an agile environment or experience in a Waterfall methodology setting. A strong technical foundation in hardware, specifically within cab, chassis, electrical systems, and driveline installations, is crucial. Additionally, you have previous experience as a project manager within automotive product development. You need to be an inspiring leader and have a positive mind-set. You have a strong drive and energy level and are able to communicate and provide a clear direction for the team. You see challenges as inspiring and have a high level of integrity and easily build trust. Qualifications:

•    Engineering degree (BSc or MSc)•    PMP and/or SAFE certification or equivalent project management certification is highly valued.•    Many years of experience leading large complex product development projects or Epics as Project Manager, CPM, Epic owner or similar•    Extensive technical knowledge and hands-on experience in hardware design, cab, chassis, electrical systems, and eMobility installation and/or Powertrain installation is a very strong merit.  •    Knowledge about Truck applications and customer usage.•    Background from automotive product development is a strong merit. •    Strong leadership skills with the ability to provide clear guidance and build trust within your team.•    Fluent in English. The position is located in Gothenburg and includes occasional traveling.

For further information please contact Mattias Royson, Manager Product Management, at [email protected]. Application screening will start immediately. The last day to apply is 1th of September. We look forward to receiving your application as soon as possible.

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Who we are and what we believe in We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. ​We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. ​We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment. 

Trucks Technology & Industrial Division hire team players who are ready to create real customer impact. Our decentralized teams work close to our customers, with speed and autonomy, to build what they truly need. Join us to collaborate on innovative, sustainable technologies that redefine how we design, build, and deliver value. Bring your curiosity, your expertise, and your collaborative energy, and together, we’ll turn bold ideas into tangible solutions for our customers and contribute to a more sustainable tomorrow.