Senior Project Manager – Project Planning and Assurance group

Good plans don’t just happen – they happen to be our business!

At the Project and Product Strategy Office we are proud to navigate and lead the Volvo Group’s transition into the future of sustainable transports. As Senior project manager for Project Planning and Assurance area you will be part of a high performing team of experts within project and program management. You will secure and influence the program planning and quality assurance activities in one of our major product development programs. By making sure that the programs successfully meet the program targets you are part of securing a predictable product launch to our customers. To succeed with your tasks, you will use your expertise in project management together with some well proven methods and tools. You will work independently but you will not be alone. In our team of driven and passionate colleagues the culture is friendly and supportive.

Your main focus is to secure predictable launch for the largest truck development programs, to delivering a great new product to our customers. You will do that by having these core responsibilities:

• Cross functionally secure and anchor the largest programs gates, and end deliverables /milestones
• Follow up on program progress cross many different development Epics
• Defining, tracking, and leading cross functional activities concerning non conformances in the program work
• Organizing program internal audits and presenting the program target status for decisions
• Creating the Program Time Management Plan and creating alternative scenarios
• Secure and drive deliveries to program vehicle builds
• Coordinating plans with related programs and streams
• Leading the program risk management work and secure lessons learned

Required competences and experiences:

• University/Master’s degree in engineering or equivalent
• Significant project management experience and/or line management, 10yr +
• Knowledgeable in current project management methodologies, e.g., agile, waterfall, lean
• Excellent communication skills, verbally and in writing
• Analytical and well organized, with a “Make it happen” mindset for challenging tasks

We offer you an opportunity to work with the best of the best within program- and project management at Volvo, a possibility to gain knowledge within all different functions such as engineering, sales, production and purchasing. You do so in an open environment that appreciates your improvement proposals. Interested? Looking forward for your application.