Acting Digital Product Owner

 

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure 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. 

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If you are passionate about leveraging automation and digital technologies to simplify complex processes and create exceptional employee experiences, this could be your next opportunity. 

We are looking for an experienced Digital Product Owner to join the People & Culture Digitalization and People Experience team at Volvo Group. In this role, you will shape the future of our HyperAutomation product landscape, driving digital solutions that enable smarter, more efficient ways of working for employees across the globe. This is a one-year acting role projected to start in August 2026, with potential of the full-time position after.

Our mission is to transform how People & Culture operates by leveraging established and emerging technologies to create seamless, end-to-end digital experiences. We combine a product mindset with an entrepreneurial spirit, empowering our teams to challenge the status quo, experiment, and deliver meaningful business value. 

Join us and play a key role in helping Volvo Group become a leader in the adoption and application of automation technologies. 

What will you do?

As the Digital Product Owner for the HyperAutomation Stable Team, you will be responsible for maximizing the value delivered by the team's products and solutions. You will own and prioritize the product backlog, champion the product vision, and enable the team to deliver impactful outcomes by translating strategic objectives into a clear and actionable roadmap. Working closely with Digital Product Managers, business stakeholders, subject matter experts, software engineers, suppliers, and end users, you will drive product discovery, prioritization, and continuous improvement. You will ensure alignment with People & Culture and People & Culture Digital Technologies strategies while balancing business needs, user experience, and technical considerations. As a key member of the Stable Team, you will foster agile ways of working, support data-driven decision-making, and help shape products that improve the daily experience of Volvo Group employees worldwide. 

We believe great ideas can come from anyone. Our culture is built on collaboration, trust, continuous learning, and a shared ambition to create value together. In this role, you will work with global stakeholders and users while being part of a team based in Wrocław, Poland. 

Your key responsibilities are:  

• Own and drive the vision, strategy, and success of digital products within the team's scope.
• Lead product discovery activities, translating business needs and customer insights into valuable product outcomes.
• Manage and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring work is aligned with strategic objectives and delivers maximum business value.
• Define and refine product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria to enable effective delivery by the stable team.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders, business partners, and cross-functional teams to align priorities and achieve shared outcomes.
• Communicate product vision, roadmap, progress, risks, and opportunities to stakeholders and leadership.
• Continuously monitor product performance, customer feedback, and business outcomes to identify improvement opportunities and drive product evolution.
• Ensure appropriate metrics, analytics, and feedback mechanisms are in place to measure product value and team effectiveness.
• Manage dependencies across teams and proactively remove obstacles that may impact delivery.
• Contribute to product roadmap planning and support capacity planning to ensure sustainable delivery.
• Ensure products comply with architecture standards, security requirements, regulatory obligations, and digital product strategy.
• Own the end-to-end lifecycle management of products and solutions, from inception through maintenance and eventual decommissioning.
• Ensure service levels and operational performance meet agreed business expectations.
• Manage product budgets and financial performance to maximize value delivery.
• Foster a collaborative, customer-focused culture and support the ongoing development of team capabilities and ways of working. 

Who are you?

You are an experienced Digital Product Owner who thrives at the intersection of business and technology. You have a proven ability to translate strategic objectives into product outcomes, align stakeholders around a common vision, and drive value through digital products. 

You are comfortable operating in complex, global environments and balancing customer needs, business priorities, and technical considerations. With a strong product mindset, you know how to prioritize effectively, make data-informed decisions, and guide teams towards delivering meaningful outcomes. 

To succeed in this role, you bring: 

• Proven experience as a Digital Product Owner, Product Owner, Product Manager, or a similar role. 
• Strong experience with agile ways of working and product-centric delivery. 
• Expertise backlog management, prioritization, and roadmap execution. 
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills. 
• Experience working with cross-functional teams in an international environment. 
• A collaborative mindset, sound judgement, and the confidence to drive change and make decisions. 

Most importantly, you are passionate about creating value, continuously improving products, and delivering great user experiences. 

What’s in it for you?

We offer a solid package of compensation and benefits, plus you will enjoy:  

• Collaborative environment in Swedish organizational culture  
• Employment contract and flexible working hours in Wroclaw, Poland
• Ability to take advantage of the Polish Creative Tax Deduction linked to Creative Work if applies for that month thanks to internal tool for submission
• Career & Development: partnership with professionals, identified career paths, including global opportunities  
• Health & safety: we offer private healthcare  
• Volvo League: We run team games in various sports

Ready for the next move?

Are you excited to bring your skills and disruptive ideas to the table? We can’t wait to hear from you. Apply today! 

Dear Candidate, we would like to kindly inform you that the Volvo Group companies in Poland have in place the "Internal Reporting Procedure". If you need more information, please contact us at the email address recruitment.poland@volvo.com.

We value your data privacy and therefore do not accept applications via mail. 

 

Who we are and what we believe in 
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.

 

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. ​We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. ​We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment. 

 

At Group People & Culture, a part of Volvo Group, we create the foundation and frameworks for people growth and organizational development, to drive the people agenda that enables the realization of the Volvo Group aspirations through people strategy and commitment. You will be part of a global and diverse team of highly skilled professionals who work with passion, trust each other and embrace change to stay ahead.

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Do we share the same aspirations?

Every day, Volvo Group products and services ensure that people have food on the table, children arrive safely at school and roads and buildings can be constructed. Looking ahead, we are committed to driving the transition to sustainable and safe transport, mobility and infrastructure solutions toward a net-zero society.

Joining Volvo Group, you will work with some of the world’s most iconic brands and be part of a global and leading industrial company that is harnessing automated driving, electromobility and connectivity.

Our people are passionate about what they do, they aim for high performance and thrive on teamwork and learning. Everyday life at Volvo is defined by a climate of support, care and mutual respect.

If you aspire to grow and make an impact, join us on our journey to create a better and more resilient society for the coming generations.

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