Strategist - Infotainment & Connectivity

Strategist - Infotainment & Connectivity

At Research & Development you will be a key contributor to the next generation outstanding luxury cars from Volvo. Together with other engineers around the world, you and your team will create innovative human-centric car technology that makes life less complicated and more enjoyable for people. Are you interested in design and connected car technology? Do you share our passion for people, the environment and our urge to create a superior driving experience? Research and Development is the place for you to prosper.

Electrical, Electronic, E-Propulsion (EEEP) is a unit within Volvo Cars Research & Development Division, delivering solutions for Infotainment & Connectivity, Electrical Propulsion & Electrical Architecture Solutions. The Strategy & Concepts is a department within EEEP responsible for creating strategic technology roadmaps defining how the electrical system shall evolve over time and incorporating these plans into future vehicle programs.

As an Infotainment & Connectivity Strategist within Strategy & Concepts you will play an important role in defining the product strategy for in-car infotainment and connectivity in a broader scope. You will work in a cross-functional way, working closely with engineers responsible for technical development of different infotainment and connectivity systems, and with business strategy teams, product strategy, service and parts, etc. incorporating their business needs into the technology roadmap. You will actively engage with Volvo Cars tech centers in Copenhagen and California incorporating their customer and market insights and out-of-the-box approach to future concepts into the technology roadmap. The job involves exploring market trends in the consumer electronic and technology space and how they will shape the infotainment and connectivity offer in the car for the next 10 years. You will also drive the annual update process for the technology roadmap and working on forecasting annual budget and prioritizing distribution of funds to different advanced engineering projects supporting critical milestones in the technology roadmap.

Main responsibilities

* Monitor high level market trends
* Actively pull information from consumer insights, supplier trends, competitor benchmarking and future trend insights from high tech firms and academia
* Build a strong working collaboration internally with IT, VMCC USA and Copenhagen Team. Use this network to align on a common technology roadmap for infotainment and connectivity
* Collaborate with Marketing & Sales organisation on business concepts and offer structures needed to support Technology Cycle Plan
* Develop a prioritisation criterion for on-going and future research and advanced engineering activities in Infotainment & Connectivity space.
* Work closely with Infotainment & Connectivity System Development team to initiate strategic external partnerships and to start up proof-of-concept projects, critical for building know-how & expertise for the next product development step

Required qualifications

* M.Sc. Electrical Engineering or Information Technology
* At least 7 years of relevant working experience
* Interest and knowledge of infotainment and connectivity trends in the automotive industry
* Proven skills in strategy development and / or business planning
* A strong background in technologies related to Consumer Electronics, Telecommunication or Automotive Infotainment & Connectivity Systems
* Fluent in English, spoken and written
* Experience from working with technology & consumer research companies is highly desired
* Knowledge of data mining & cloud networking companies is meritorious
* Knowledge of vehicle networks is preferred

Personal qualities

* High level of energy
* Open minded and innovative
* Excellent communication skills
* Driven and initiative ability
* Excellent in building new relations and networking

About Volvo Car Group
The future belongs to those who are empowered by a great idea and have the ability to carry it out. At Volvo Car Group, our vision is clear: "To be the world's most progressive and desired luxury car brand" by simplifying people's lives. We have bold targets when it comes to innovation, sales and customer satisfaction and to make this happen, we need talented people onboard. People with passion, energy, business sense and the drive to innovate. People that want to create the next generation Volvo cars in a global, dynamic and respectful environment. We will support you to reach your full potential. Join us on this exciting journey into the future.

Contact
In this recruitment process we are collaborating with Randstad Professionals. If you have any questions regarding the position you are welcome to contact the responsible recruitment consultant Elin Jurjaks at +46 72 988 94 08 by e-mail [email protected]

Interviews will be held continuously. To apply, please register your profile and attach your application documents via the link below as soon as possible but no later then September 24, 2014.