Digital Product Owner - Part Compliance

Position description:

As a Digital Product Owner for the Product Compliance area at Volvo Group, you will develop and maintain solutions managing Part & Chemical Compliance information, covering chemical composition, hazardous material data, and environmental/human safety for AB Volvo’s product compliance needs, including Volvo Construction Equipment's and Trucks.

Your role is to identify and define solutions that maximize stakeholder value. Working with stable teams, you will collaborate iteratively with developers and act as a role model to ensure customer satisfaction. Drive data-focused initiatives in this area to prepare the data platform on Unified Data Platform, liberate the data for building future data products/solutions.

We welcome candidates with broad experience as well as those building their expertise, driven by passion for digital product development and modernization using the latest technologies. You should be capable of breaking down business requirements and working closely with development teams

Responsibilities:

• Create and manage the product roadmap, ensuring alignment with company strategy and goals.
• Conduct market research and gather customer feedback to inform product decisions.
• Align the product roadmap with business needs and work with IT Architect to ensure Digital & IT architectural principles.
• Ensure the backlog is visible, transparent, and well understood by both the team and business stakeholders.
• Collaborate with IT and domain architects to develop a technical modernization roadmap addressing security vulnerabilities and mandatory upgrades.
• Own product security and quality and ensure fulfillment of product SLAs towards business stakeholders.
• Owen the data from IT perspective, maintain a proper data governance along with the business stakeholders.
• Maintain close collaboration and alignment with the Digital Product Manager (DPM) to align group & product vision.
• Define and prioritize product requirements and create user stories with the team.
• Participate in backlog refinement sessions to clarify stakeholder needs.
• Work closely with the Digital Product Area Owner (DPAO) and Scrum Master (SM) to enable team success.

Qualifications:

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in engineering (preferably Metallurgical, Mechanical, Chemical, Computer Science, or related fields).
• Proven experience as a Product Owner, preferably in the Automotive or Chemical sectors or related industries.
• Familiarity with Cloud platforms, PowerBI, AI awareness is preferable.
• Strong understanding of software development methodologies including Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and Scrum.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and collaboration skills.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Knowledge of security best practices.
• Experience with JIRA or similar project management tools is a plus.
• SAFe and Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) certifications are advantageous.

Competencies

Customer Focus: Build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions.

Plans and Aligns: Plan and prioritize work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.

Collaborates: Build partnerships and work collaboratively to achieve shared objectives.

Drives Engagement: Foster an environment where people are motivated to perform at their best.

AI and Innovation Mindset: Embrace and explore AI and emerging technologies to drive innovation and improve product solutions.

Personal Attributes:

• Composed and poised under stressful, difficult or ambiguous situations.
• Affiliative, with a preference for working within larger teams or organizations towards common goals.
• Sociable, with a natural inclination to engage and interact with others.
• Influential, able to motivate and persuade others effectively.

If you are passionate about product development and eager to join a dynamic team that makes a difference across Volvo Group’s various business function, we encourage you to apply.