Team Manager-User Experience and Architecture at SKF

SKF Machine Health, Development Center Gothenburg is looking for you to become our Team Manager – User Experience and Architecture and to be a part of our future. You will be responsible for the user experience/interaction design and architecture of a range of next generation products, sustaining existing products and management of the group according to agile method.SKF Development Center Gothenburg is building a new group to leverage the absolute latest technology with SKF knowledge in order to bring next generation Condition Monitoring systems to the market. As this being a new group, part of the initial work will be to build a high performing and agile team in Gothenburg as part of a global delivery organization.
More than a century of leadership in the design and manufacture of bearings has given SKF a unique understanding of rotating equipment and how machine components and industrial processes are interrelated. This expertise, combined with decades of application experience in every major industry, has given SKF the ability to understand the “language” spoken by a machine’s moving components. The Machine Health unit within SKF is responsible for development of the SKF’s condition monitoring hardware and software. We are now taking the knowledge within SKF and combines it with the latest technology in mobile apps, big data and advanced analytics in order to provide our customer with the right information at the right time so decision-making is made simple. Location will be at SKF in Gothenburg and the position reports to Manager Development Center Gothenburg. Are you interested? Take a look at this: http://www.apple.com/business/skf/
We offerIn this job you will have the opportunity to both build, develop and manage a team of User Experience experts, Architects and Technical Writers, as well participate in innovative project to enable the next generation of Machine Health solutions. Our Vision is “to equip the world with SKF knowledge” and our Mission is “to be the preferred company” for our employees that means: creating a satisfying work environment where efforts are recognized, ideas valued and individual rights respected.
At the heart of our Employee Care, there is Diversity and at the heart of diversity lies equality. We strongly believe that the more diverse our business teams are, the more competitive we are in meeting our customers' needs. This is because SKF's knowledge is built on the knowledge, experiences and competences our employees possess.

Key Responsibilities:
• Line management of UX design and architecture group members• Collaborate over organizational boundaries• Encourage and drive innovation in the group• Developing competence within the team including agile development, project management and product development for team members• Supporting team members in performance of their project-related tasks in an agile way of working• Contribute to user experience/interaction design and architecture for projects• Safeguard the user experience/interaction design and architecture for all products• Deliver projects deliverables as defined by the Project Manager• Creation and maintenance of UX components and architectural patterns• Customer interfacing during the course of the development• Owns and maintains the overall software architecture• Keeps up with current software development trends• Keeps up to date with new capabilities in the domain platform• Works with the engineering groups to validate assumptions

Job Requirements:
• University degree• Minimum five years of working with User Experience and/or Architecture• Experienced in manage people• Experience from working in an international company with project management• Fluency in English is mandatory• Travel may be required to support project activities

Personal requirements:
As a person, you believe in agile leadership and like to work in an innovative environment with focus on high speed in delivery. You are a team player that is driven by the interaction of team members as well as stakeholders. You have high integrity and the ability to build relationships with people on all kind of levels in different organizations.
 
For more information about the process please contact Senior Recruitment Specialist Monica Willeborg at Randstad Professionals. E-mail: [email protected] or +46(0)72 9889419.

About Randstad Professionals
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