Head of Commercial Backbone Product

Volvo Cars; Göteborgs kommun; Sur place; SEK 2 500 000 - 3 900 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Volvo Cars seeks a Senior leader to head the Commercial Backbone Product, directing a strategic portfolio at the intersection of commercial strategy, customer experience, finance and technology.

You will set product strategy, drive roadmaps and lead product managers across global teams to translate business objectives into measurable outcomes across pricing, offers, merchandising and checkout integrations.

Qualifications

• Experience leading digital product management with a portfolio of software products.

Responsabilités

• Define vision, strategy and roadmaps for product offer, PIM, pricing, financial offers and checkout APIs.
• Prioritise investments and trade-offs across customer value, growth, compliance, operational resilience and cost.
• Oversee discovery, software delivery and rollout readiness with emphasis on quality, security and observability.
• Drive reusable APIs and governed data for consistency across channels and markets.
• Establish outcome measures for adoption, price accuracy and business value.
• Align Commercial, Finance, Engineering, regional teams and external partners around outcomes.
• Coach and develop product managers to strengthen product craft and accountability.

Connaissances

Leadership experience

Product strategy

Cross-functional leadership

APIs & platform thinking

E-commerce

Pricing

Checkout

Commercial judgement

English communication

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Head of Commercial Backbone Product

Let's introduce ourselves

At Volvo Cars, understanding people is the starting point for meaningful innovation. Commercial Backbone is the digital foundation for how we define and enrich our product offer through Product Information Management (PIM), create and distribute prices, assemble commercial and financial offers, merchandise them across channels, and enable checkout through financing and payment integrations.

What you'll do

As Head of Commercial Backbone Product, a director-level position, you will lead a strategically important portfolio at the intersection of commercial strategy, customer experience, finance and technology. You will set product strategy and portfolio roadmaps, lead product managers and cross-functional teams, and turn business objectives and technology opportunities into measurable, sustainable outcomes.

Your key responsibilities:

• Define the vision, strategy and roadmaps for product offer, Product Information Management (PIM), pricing, financial offers, merchandising, checkout APIs, financing integrations and payment
• Prioritise investments and make transparent trade-offs across customer value, growth, compliance, operational resilience, technical health and cost
• Oversee discovery, software delivery and rollout readiness, ensuring quality, security, observability, supportability and market adoption
• Drive shared product models, governed data and reusable APIs that provide consistent offer, price and transaction information across channels and markets
• Establish outcome measures for adoption, offer quality, price accuracy, conversion, time-to-market, reliability and business value
• Align Commercial, Finance, Engineering, regional teams and external partners around outcomes, dependencies and decision rights
• Coach and develop product managers, strengthening product craft, accountability and succession

What you'll bring

You are a strategic, data-informed product leader who creates clarity in complexity, makes courageous trade-offs and stays accountable from strategy through adoption and operation.

• Leadership experience in digital product management, including a portfolio of business-critical software products
• A strong record of setting product strategy, shaping roadmaps and delivering measurable customer and business outcomes
• Experience leading product managers and cross-functional teams in a global, matrixed organisation
• Strong understanding of modern software delivery, APIs, platform thinking, data-informed discovery and lifecycle ownership
• Relevant experience in e-commerce, pricing, product information, merchandising, checkout, payments or embedded finance; automotive experience is beneficial but not required
• Commercial judgement and the ability to evaluate investments, risks, dependencies and trade-offs
• Excellent English communication skills and the ability to make complex topics clear and actionable

About Volvo Cars

Volvo Cars. For Life.

For nearly a century, Volvo Cars has empowered people to move freely in a personal, sustainable and safe way. Today, we are driving bold advancements in electrification, sustainability and automotive safety. To realise our ambitious vision, we are seeking innovative minds who are ready to tackle the challenges of tomorrow - today.

In our company, we believe extraordinary things are achieved by ordinary people with the drive to make a difference.

Additional Information

Applications must be received no later than November 12th, 2026.

As part of the recruitment process, the final candidates might undergo a background check.