Job description 

Application Infrastructure
Application Infrastructure is part of the Application Services department within IOS. The mission of Application Infrastructure is to Develop and Govern the Infrastructure Services for applications while ensuring their delivery and usage. By that, Application Infrastructure contributes to Volvo Group competitiveness by delivering standardized and fit for purpose infrastructure services, maintaining a balance between time to market, cost, and quality.
The Application Infrastructure organization is divided into three functions/teams:

• Application Hosting – application hosting platforms and services for Mainframe, IBM, VMS, .NET and Java, cloud application hosting services
• Integration & BI - platforms and infrastructure services for integration, EDI (on premise & cloud) and Business Intelligence (on premise)
• Shared Cloud Infrastructure – the common cloud layer in order to be able to offer and expose services from Group D&IT appointed public cloud providers

Application Infrastructure Integration is now looking for a Service Area Leader
We are looking for a Service Area Leader to join our governance and development of the application integration services offered to the Volvo Group. In the team you will have the responsibility for the integration infrastructure services development working closely with architects and service delivery leaders. These integration services will be the backbone to enable the Volvo Group digital offerings. 




Key responsibilities include:

• Define and manage the lifecycle, documentation and services catalogue of the portfolio of services
• Collaborate with Volvo Purchasing to manage IT strategic suppliers relations and licenses
• Based on business requirements, backlog and priority from Foundational Product API & Integration, define the strategic direction, long term plans and roadmap for integration capabilities with specific responsibility for Infrastructure services
• For your service area, manage the contractual relationship with our infrastructure partner
• Steer service development and deployment/transition/onboarding projects of integration infrastructure services in collaboration with our infrastructure partner
• Participate in, be responsible for, and drive governance processes, forums, and ways of working for the service area
• Financial responsibility for new development and enhancement budget and follow up
• Define and follow up service area contractual compliance, SLA, KPI’s, metrics and reports

This is how you can make an impact
You will work together with highly skilled colleagues in an exciting, global environment. You will be a key player in the Volvo IOS organization. You will work in close collaboration with various stakeholders inside as well as outside the Volvo Group, to develop integration infrastructure services that are fit for purpose. You will be making sure we enable the business to create value at scale in a secure and timely manner. 

Who are you?
We believe you are an experienced IT leader with a strong interest in application infrastructure, integration services and technologies. 
To be successful in this position we believe you have:

• Service oriented mindset and business mindset
• Strong personality and communicator skills, being able to manage a large number of different stakeholders
• Strong English written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to effectively communicate with technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to meet the agreed targets, deadlines, and goals without direct, day-to-day supervision
• Ability to work in an international team with colleagues that have diverse cultural backgrounds
• Ability to quickly comprehend the capabilities of new technologies
• Ability to build and maintain trustful working relationships with stakeholders, peers, external partners, and colleagues
• Strong competence in managing enterprise-level infrastructure solutions
• Strong experience in managing relationship and negotiations with IT supplier(s)
• Strong governance mindset striving for long term sustainable and secure solutions
• Good knowledge of integration concepts like API management, Messaging, GraphQL and Event Streaming. Experience from working with IBM technologies, Seeburger BIS and Microsoft Azure integration technologies is a plus.