Group Manager Productivity Services at Electromobility

Are you a person who wants to be part of changing the future by creating transport solutions towards a more sustainable environment? We at Volvo Group are constantly moving and changing to be one step ahead in the technologytransformation. Within Volvo Group Electromobility, we are adapting and challenging ourselves to be able to develop breakthrough transport solutions. We strive to add value and the best solutions to our customers while being energy-efficient, sustainable, and safer for society. That’s the reason we are looking for an experienced Group Manager for the Productivity Services team. 

What do we do?  

We belong to Complete Electric Propulsion System in Electromobility. A dynamic department in the forefront of product and services development in the technology area, by setting the right requirements in a system level and being the bridge between the technical areas and the business for electromobility solutions, delivering customer values for Volvo business units such as trucks and buses. 

You will be part of the Productivity Services team. We are a very diverse team with different genders, nationalities, and areas of expertise. We are responsible for developing and delivering service enablers that allow development partners at Volvo Group to build customer digital services that add value to our total offer. One of our main contributions is the most advanced energy prediction algorithm. It is a simulation-based framework using several inputs such as: map data, vehicle configuration, weather, charging, auxiliaries load, etc. to calculate the energy prediction of an electric truck (and other propulsion systems). This algorithm can then be used in all phases of the product cycle: development, pre-sales, pre-trip, onboard, post trip, after-sales. 

What will you do? 

We believe you are a leader with good soft skills and have a genuine care for people's development. You will need to balance your activities between people development and business development by having very good stakeholder management skills.

Bringing some of your knowledge and background in developing business and leading a technical team, you will collaborate with different organizations and people to meet all our targets in our roadmap. A common day in this position consists in having operation meetings with the team, 1:1 meeting with individuals for personal development, budget discussions, stakeholder management meetings, project meetings, management discussions and supporting all team members on making sure they have all the necessary tools to perform the work.  

Requirements:   

• BSc in data science, engineering, or equivalents. 
• Previous experience in the digital service industry or related. 
• Electromobility and Energy Management system knowledge. 
• Service Development end-to-end knowledge 
• Minimum 2 years of experience as a manager. (Leading People) 
• Experience of working in an Agile environment. 
• Proven experience working with stakeholder management. 
• Be adaptive in a changing environment. 
• Positive and a can-do attitude 
• Fluent in English, both spoken and written. 

It’s a merit to have: 

• MSc degree in business or related. 
• Volvo previous experience. 
• Basic knowledge on how digital cloud environments work (Azure, AWS, etc) 

We are looking forward to receiving your application! Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions or want to know more about this role.   Hiring Manager: Jörgen Wulfsberg, jörgen.wulfsberg@volvo.com 
 

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Who we are and what we believe in 
Our focus on Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity allows each of us the opportunity to bring our full authentic self to work and thrive by providing a safe and supportive environment, free of harassment and discrimination.

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, across the globe, our trucks, buses, engines, construction equipment, financial services, and solutions make modern life possible. We are almost 100,000 people empowered to shape the future landscape of efficient, safe and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents with sharp minds and passion across the group’s leading brands and entities. 

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