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What you will do

At Chassis Front Systems and Performance section you will contribute to the transformation of our company, the transport industry and society at large. You will work as a Cross Functional Technical Leader (XFTL) in our Vehicle Development Team (VDT) where your responsibility will be to lead a cross functional team securing Product Modification and Product Change deliveries of verified & validated components, systems & functions. Central is the governance of the product backlog in the Vehicle Development Team.

Your responsibilities will be to:

• Ensure the complete product delivery continuously over time, including quality, cost, and performance.
• Support and communicate across organizational boundaries, to safeguard the complete VDT delivery.
• Break down high-level business needs and descriptions into Epics/Capabilities/Features together with other business owners, stakeholders, product managers and product owners to a level where it can be further prioritized and distributed to agile teams and ARTs.
• Plan the right sequence of milestones and align these milestones with concerned parties in GTX.

To meet product performance targets over time, you will also need to support the engineers in anchoring technical solutions with other teams, to secure adherence to cross-functional technology strategies and platform objectives. You will also perform risk management for the upcoming deliveries and continuously developing the VDT Way of Working.

As VDT XFTL you are reporting directly to the section manager and is a part of the management team. The section's product portfolio varies over time and the VDT XFTLs give and take among the challenges to balance and get all things done.

Your future team

The Chassis Front Systems and Performance section is part of the Chassis Engineering department within Vehicle Engineering at Volvo Group Trucks Technology. The section's product portfolio includes exterior noise feature, noise shields, air intake system, coolant routing, oil fill and check, MUC base structure (module under cab on BEV), MUC complete, GTO interface to MUC assembly process and installation of coolant cooled BEV components inside the MUC among other. We work across the world with product owners based in Gothenburg and Bangalore.

In the section, there are three Vehicle Development Team (VDT) Cross Functional Technical Leaders (XFTLs) that work together to handle the section's portfolio for all types of initiatives (Both ICE and BEV platforms), VDT management and part planning.

Who are you?

You are a curious person with a strong technical interest that loves to develop new transport solutions. Easily adapting to a fast-changing environment, act fact-based and work with good structure to achieve your team objectives. You can handle the balancing of contradictory engineering and cross-functional stakeholder requirements. We are looking for an inspiring leader with a positive mind-set and interest in developing yourself as well as an effective team. You hunt for challenges, and act directly, and connect all needed stakeholders to drive progress. To be successful you need to have great communication skills and find it easy to develop new networks and personal relationships.

Other qualification

• University degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent education.
• Several years of experience in R&D.
• Proven project management experience.
• Experience in agile product development and JIRA tool.
• Fluent in English.

We highly value knowledge in either ICE or/and BEV platform. We also consider it as a merit if you have knowledge in Volvo systems and tools like KOLA, Creo and internal Volvo project milestones.

What’s in it for you?

We offer a solid package of compensation and benefits, plus you will be part of the most challenging and exciting projects ever at Volvo Group. You will take part of the transformation the transport industry with the target to be NO1. In the Truck industry. We have the resources and knowledge to do the job, and we offer you a chance to join us in the journey.

Working with us means working together with many other people with different technical skills and culture, meaning that you will develop your network, your skills and work globally. On top of challenging tasks and great colleagues, we offer you the chance to work in a vibrant international organization with great opportunities for personal development.

Ready for the next move?

If you're excited about shaping the future and transforming the transport industries, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today! The last day to apply is the 20th of April. For further questions feel free to contact: Charlotte Eldh, charlotte.eldh@volvo.com - Section manager CFS&P

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