Lead Project Manager

at  Volvo Group

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport solutions for the future? If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.

WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE BELIEVE IN

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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.
Group Trucks Technology are seeking talents to help design sustainable transportation solutions for the future. As part of our team, you’ll help us by engineering exciting next-gen technologies and contribute to projects that determine new, sustainable solutions. Bring your love of developing systems, working collaboratively, and your advanced skills to a place where you can make an impact. Join our design shift that leaves society in good shape for the next generation

Primary Purpose
The LPM manages the project and the project team within a cross functional environment, providing leadership and structured roadmaps. The LPM reports and communicates in the Steering Committee, Decision Bodies, as well as management and customer forums.
Key Responsibilities
The LPM is fully responsible and accountable for the overall delivery and timing of the assigned project. The LPM must proactively lead, drive and follow-up all aspects of the project according to the DVP project handbook/Agile Framework and decided support processes. Managing the stakeholders, communicate and minimize the risks, delivering the total project on time, with agreed product and project Quality, Cost, and Features (QDCF). According to the agreed and approved project defining documents and making sure customer requirements are reflected in those.
The LPM is responsible for stakeholder dialogue and negotiation and internal as well as external communication related to the project. In crucial issues, the LPM prepares recommendations for approval by the Steering Committee, initiates actions accordingly, e.g. corrective actions and approved changes.

The LPM is responsible for leading the Project Management Team according to Volvo strategies and PM Leadership skills. The LPM is also responsible for:

• Creating, maintaining, and aligning project Main Time Plan with time plan from functional areas and related projects.
• Managing the project cost - establish, forecast, follow-up, analysis of deviations, challenge, define priorities.
• Securing funding releases from Decision Body
• Developing, releasing, and maintaining the Project Description.
• Establishing the contract, taking the commitment, requesting the needed resources for the project, regardless of whether those are inside or outside GTT.
• Contributing to leading the Pre-Study, depending on the specific assignment, together with Product Planning in industrialization projects
• Acting as the primary negotiator for the feasibility study and for balancing Prerequisites vs. Project Description.
• Driving the project according to DVP project handbook and/or Agile Framework.
• Being the primary point of contact with concerned project(s).
• Fulfilling the project scope
• Securing Gate deliverables/tasks according to PAP.
• Identifying, driving, and implementing lessons learned.
• Pro-actively identifying and creating action plans, communicating impact and alternatives to reduce risk throughout the project.

Authority for Decision Making

The LPM has the authority to

• Make decisions and take actions and drive the project within the decided QDCF frames.
• Make decisions on issues where consensus cannot be reached in the Project Management Team within approved budget and timing.
• Request and approve the line organization appointment of Project Management Team Members.