Director, Power Conversion, Electromobility

As a Director, you will lead the technology area, Power Conversion, responsible for the development of power electronics & electric motor components and systems for the electric vehicle driveline in cooperation with colleagues within the electromobility team in your own department as well as globally with sister-teams in Sweden. As well as with the customers and stakeholders within the Volvo community.

You will be managing multiple cross-function delivery teams internally and work closely with our key suppliers. You will focus on technology development and building high-performance culture to maximize efforts across teams. You will build knowledge, capacity and capability within teams, promoting a culture of continuous improvement and life-long learning. You are technology driven, comfortable in leading change, customer oriented, supportive and a good coach for the teams as well as leader of teams.

You will be part of the Electromobility Leadership team, reporting to Vice President Electromobility, India; playing an important role and contributing in setting vision, strategy and be part of the growth story.

Candidate profile:-

• We believe that you have previous experience from being a leader in any form, prefers a value-based leadership and that you have product development experience of Electrical & Electronics hardware, software development for electric motors, electric distribution and charging equipment. Experience from a work environment where lean principles and agile development is a merit.
• If you have a strong drive and energy level, this job opportunity would be perfect for you. As a person, we believe that you have customer focus and you enjoy balancing between strategic plans and short-term activities. You are comfortable in taking difficult decisions, dealing with risks and uncertainties and standing up for the values of our company. You welcome new thoughts and ideas to challenge one another and yourself. You have a good global business understanding and think divergently about new ways of doing things.

Qualifications And Experiences:-

• Bachelor or a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• 15+ year experience from product development in the automotive/transport industry
• Knowledge of data analytics is a plus.
• Experience from maintenance and quality work is a merit.
• Strong drive and energy level with ability to create a high performing working culture
• A networking leader with courage, integrity who can lead and drive changes together with the team
• Experience from product development preferably on a modular and reuse-level
• Experience from being a leader of people and technology
• Result oriented and always looking for improvements in our way of working
• Strong drive and energy level with ability to create a high performing working culture
• Communicative and with good influencing skills
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken

Location:-

• Bangalore, India.

Company Overview:-

The Volvo Group drives prosperity through transport solutions, offering trucks, buses, construction equipment, power solutions for marine and industrial applications, financing and services that increase our customers’ uptime and productivity. Founded in 1927, the Volvo Group is committed to shaping the future landscape of sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions. Countless career opportunities are offered across the group’s leading brands – Volvo, Volvo Penta, UD Trucks, Terex Trucks, SDLG, Renault Trucks, Prevost, Nova Bus, Mack, Eicher, Dongfeng Trucks and Arquus.