Chapter Lead Data Engineers Poland

Lead the top talents in data analytics!

Are you interested in being involved in the biggest, data driven transformation of transport solutions in history? We are in the middle of our digitalization journey, and you are welcome to join and help us drive analytics and artificial intelligence initiatives which enable new business models.
We are looking for Chapter Lead Data Engineers to lead the team of data professionals who develop data pipelines and perform data analytics. You will work with the latest technology and ways of working and focus on development of your technical skills as well as grow members of your team.

This will be us - your new colleagues within Data Engineers chapter

Data is a new function within Volvo Group Digital & IT with the goal to unlock the power of data for the full Volvo Group to become a fully data-driven company! With data, the core component of our transformation journey, we will, together with our data talents, make the Volvo Group 2030 vision happen. We will take care of all the aspects of Data, how it is quality assured, documented, made available, prepared, and consumed through BI, Analytics and Machine Learning. We have an ambitious transformation in front of us, with an implementation of the Data Layer in Azure as well as the reinforcement of Data Governance and Data Management in the full Group. . We foster an environment where ideas, thoughts and opinions can be shared. We are team players with clear common ambitions, and we win together.
In our data chapters we are focusing on building our skills and developing our people in the data related skills needed to excel in transforming data into value for our business. We are supporting our employees in becoming highly skilled experts in data that can support all of Volvo Group to become a data driven company.

This is how you could make an impact

As a chapter lead you will be the line manager for our data engineers in Poland and will directly coach and develop them. You will be involved in hands-on work focusing on data analytics initiatives, from data onboarding to operationalization of advanced analytics and AI to realization, with best practice tools and methods. You will be a part of the Data Engineers Chapter management team and report to the Head of Chapter Data Engineers

These will be your responsibilities:

• Build & develop skills including attract and develop talents
• Build Data Engineering community and enable knowledge sharing across domains
• Work as a practitioner in your area of expertise
• Develop the working methods for Data engineering
• Secure "external" input and best practice sharing in the community
• Manage capacity planning and new requests for Data Engineers

Who are you?

We believe you want to take your career to the next level, working with amazing people around the world. To be successful in this position we believe you have a university degree or equivalent, and several years of experience as a data engineering practitioner, as well as experience of leadership in line organizations or projects.
To succeed in this role, it is beneficial if you are experienced and understand technologies for the field like databases, data lakes and data pipelines. You have knowledge in leading technologies and frameworks in for example Spark/Databricks, CD/CI, DataOps, MLOps as well as more traditional ETL approaches and tools. You are experienced in the data engineering domain development as a practitioner that keeps up to date with the latest development. It is beneficial if you have practiced and applied Machine Learning and AI Engineering from development to production ready solutions.

The right candidate will be able to think and act strategically but also to operate and implement change tactically when required, dealing effectively with ambiguity, and managing changing priorities. You should be passionate about driving strategic & technological transformation in a business focused, fact-based, and collaborative way to achieve real impact. This role requires solid communication skills and a passion for leading, inspiring, and developing people.

In addition to this, you are a passionate believer in continuous learning. You should feel energized by working both independently and interdependently, have proven skills in cross-functional collaboration and thrive in managing, foster, and enable both the perform and the transform angles of the job.

Are we a good match?

In the Volvo Group, we have defined leadership as a set of observable behaviors that leaders exercise to achieve alignment towards our vision 2030, to better execute our strategy and for the Group to continuously renew itself in order to “Perform and Transform”. To reach our vision and deliver on our strong commitments, we need to pair “the will” with “the skill”. That is why our leadership principles are behavioral based. The principles Lead with Passion, Perform with Purpose and Transform with Vision are our values in action, and they will strengthen our culture.

In your role as Line Manager, we expect you to develop your area of responsibility by having the ability to define the right priorities based on a customer centric mindset. We encourage the ability to drive business forward and act upon opportunities and ideas and transform them into value (financial, cultural, or social) for others. We create an environment where of continuously improvements and learning maximize the outcome of our work.

To achieve our goals, we collaborate within and across teams. We create a sense of unity and trust by nurturing open dialogues and collective work. We build a work environment where diversity in