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Senior Engineering Manager - Data Engineering
Volvo GroupSwedenfull_timeVerifiedPosted 9 Dec 2023
About the role
<p><strong>Your leadership will make a difference.</strong></p>
<p>At Volvo Cars, we are always looking for world-class leaders who bring out the best in our people. If you want to be part of leading and inspiring our mission to change the automotive experience and make people’s lives less complicated, then we have the job for you.</p>
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<p>Does the thought of being the leader in an amazing organisation that serves one of the core areas of the Volvo Cars business that will help us achieve the goal of being a fully electric car company by 2030 excite you? Excellent, then we would love for you to be one of our new Senior Engineering Managers that will guide some of our teams on this exciting journey we have ahead of us.</p>
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<p>The Data Cluster is a part of the Commercial Digital area and our mission is to ensure we know our customers well and keep this information safe and secure. We support the rest of the organisation in using this knowledge to serve the customers in the best possible way.</p>
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<p>What you’ll do: </p>
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<p>Lead and grow a team of hardworking Engineering Managers and engineers through hiring, mentoring, inspiring and feedback.</p>
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<p>Ensure through streamlined execution and experimentation that our solutions meet the needs of our customers quickly and accurately.</p>
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<p>Be the voice of engineering in the Cluster Leadership team through a friendly and effective collaboration with the product- and UX counterparts.</p>
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<p>Advocate and advance modern, agile data engineering practices and help develop and foster good engineering and organizational practices in collaboration with the central Data & Analytics team.</p>
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<p>Help ensure the solutions are scalable, sustainable, architecturally sound, and technical debt is both incurred consciously and repaid in a reasonable time.</p>
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<p>Be an active member of the Commercial Digital engineering leadership team and collaborate with other leaders across the organization.</p>
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<p>Together with your team take accountability for our emerging ecosystem of data products making sure they built in line with the enterprise standards and are meeting the needs of your data consumers.</p>
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<p>Who you are: </p>
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<p>A person that loves leading, develop, inspire and grow an engineering organisation, and have previous experience doing so; you have been a manager-of-managers before this and know what it takes to build phenomenal leaders.</p>
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<p>Someone that possess a deep understanding of how to translate product and business goals into sound technical solutions, and can mentor your organisation in this.</p>
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<p>Very knowledgeable and passionate about modern data architecture principles.</p>
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<p>Prior to starting a technical leadership career you have had extensive experience working hands-on as a Data Engineer developing large scale data solutions in an agile environment.</p>
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<p>Someone that fully embrace a growth mindset, and have the ability to encourage others to do the same.</p>
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<p>A compassionate person who understand that every individual and situation has their specific needs, and can adapt your leadership style and interactions accordingly. </p>
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<p>Someone who like to have fun at work, and take great care in making sure everyone always feels welcome and included.</p>
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<p>We offer our employees excellent benefits such as </p>
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<p>Plenty of leave to let you take time off for what's most important in life.</p>
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<p>Collective Agreement and ITP pension.</p>
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<p>An annual allowance to spend on your health and wellbeing.</p>
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<p><strong>Who are we?</strong></p>
<p>Everything we do starts with people. Our purpose is to provide freedom to move, in a personal, sustainable and safe way. We are committed to simplifying our customers’ lives by offering better technology solutions that improve their impact on the world and bringing the most advanced mobility innovations to protect them, their loved ones and the people around them. </p>
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Volvo Cars’ continued success is the result of a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive working environment. The people of Volvo Cars are committed to making a difference in our world. Today, we are one of the most well-known and respected car brands, with over 40,000 employees across the globe. We believe in bringing out the best in each other and harnessing the true power of people. At Volvo Cars your career is designed around your talents and aspirations so you can reach your full potential. Join us on a journey of a lifetime as we create safety, autonomous driving and electrification technologies of tomorrow.</p>
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