Engineering Manager - CONX

Software: fuel for mobility

We bring bold digital visions to life. So we’re on the lookout for more curious and creative engineers who want to create change – one line of high-quality code at a time. Our transformation isn't for everyone, but if you're excited about solving the leading-edge technological challenges facing the auto industry, then let’s talk about your next move. 

What you'll do

As an Engineering Manager, you will work closely with your Engineering team and be fully responsible for your team delivery. You will lead the team in aspects of:

• Set up proper way of working and governance mode to ensure sufficient supervision of the team delivery. Responsible for overseeing the working methodology and facilitating the needed events and follow up on the outcome.
• Guide product strategy and work out the product road map together with team, and make sure the road map is delivered as expected with proper governance process. 
• Team management, create right working atmosphere to engage and coverage team members to be fully accountable and passionate to deliver the aligned product road map. 
• Overseeing the technology roadmap for one or more products and align it with Volvo Cars' architectural principles, with consideration of below aspects:
• Crafting a Tech Strategy: You should work closely with your team to develop and continuously update a tech strategy that aligns with the product vision and strategy. Remember, a solid tech strategy is fundamental to the success of your product.
• Managing Technical Debt: Your role is accountable for helping your product counterpart and the team understand when it's appropriate to take on technical debt and when it's necessary to pay it off. Balancing these decisions is critical for long-term success.
• Considering Key Factors: When making technical decisions, you are responsible for ensuring that the team considers factors such as the total cost of operation, security, scalability, maintainability, and testability. Strive to identify key performance indicators (KPIs) that can measure these aspects effectively.
• Promoting a Culture of Efficiency: Encourage a culture that prioritizes thinking about whether to reuse, buy, or build when tackling technical challenges. This approach can lead to more efficient solutions.
• Staying Informed: Stay updated on the initiatives of central and adjacent teams and actively contribute to enhancing relationships and collaboration with them. Building strong relationships across teams is essential for successful execution.
• Adhering to Architectural Principles: Ensure that all decisions made by your team are guided by Volvo Cars' Digital Architecture Principles. These principles should serve as the foundation for your technical choices.
• Create clarity for empowerment. Ensures that the team has clarity and understanding of the vision, guidelines, and other boundaries in which the team can thrive. You participate in technical discussions to stay updated in relevant technology domains to be able to coach the team and ensure the right resources are in place, on time, meeting the roadmap needs.
• Encourage data driven business, you proactively think about how to present progress against product goals or operation goals through e.g. building the right dashboards and reports. 
• Continuous feedback internally and externally. You continuously align with the PM (Product Manager) and other appointed stakeholders to get feedback on the technical solutions and ensure the results match the design expectations. You can critically assess your team's design work and give clear and constructive feedback to help improve its usability. You understand the value of consistent design across the company and are an advocate for effectively using design systems to make products consistent and understandable for customers.
• Business Outcome Ownership. You are responsible for the outcomes driven by your team and are effective at making adjustments to direction or process to maximize those team outcomes. You can identify when your team is hitting diminishing returns and recommend where to shift that investment. You are consistently able to set and achieve meaningful OKR's for yourself and your team.
• Team Leadership. You are leading the whole delivery team including PX related processes for all employees in the team (e.g., salary setting, appraisals, priorities). You are responsible for helping team members identify areas of strength and opportunity, and work with them to find ways to build their skills and improve against the relevant product competencies and Volvo Core competencies. You train/mentor/coach engineers so they can reach their full potential as valued members of the organization. You apply situational leadership that helps the team move swiftly and methodically through the forming/storming/norming/performing stages. If needed, you make the relevant adjustments in the team if it is not performing. As Engineering Manager you find, recruit, and hire top engineering talent for your product. You ensure that the team is healthy as e.g., measured by KPIs such as attrition rate, frequent request for feedback, etc.
• Managing Up. You can effectively influence strategic decisions with senior managers within and outside the product org. You are able to influence prioritization and resourcing decisions to give your initiatives the support they need.

What you'll bring

• Deep know how and rich experience in Smart Cockpit area with 5+ years experience as technical leader or product/development team management, very good understanding of the industry trend and correspondingly good strategic thinking in navigation/media/App Store etc. product planning and familiar with the relevant technical solution. 
• Good at balancing timing, technique and cost to meet business need. 
• Experienced with agile development and a champion of software development best practices. Good at leading your product team including UX, developers and testers to get the product landing in an efficient way with expected user experience and quality level. 
• Excellent communication skill and good at cross-functional collaboration to push and land the wanted product strategy.  
• Experienced in supplier management and build partnership with industry suppliers, good knowledge of the main suppliers in Smart Cockpit area and main stream product/technical solutions. 
• Experienced in team management, build team strategy, empower the team with high efficient delivery towards planned product direction. 
• Fluent in English (written, listening and spoken).

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Volvo Cars - Driving change together​

Volvo Cars’ success is the outcome of a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive working environment. Today, we are one of the most well-known and respected car brands, with around 43,000 employees across the globe. At Volvo Cars, your career is designed around your skills and aspirations, allowing you to reach your fullest potential.​ 

By 2025, we aim to sell 1.2 million cars annually, with 50 per cent being electric cars and sold directly to customers mainly through digital channels. Make sure you’re in the front seat on this exciting journey as we pioneer the driving and electrification technologies of the future.