Head of Competence Center Product Management (m/f/d)

We are CARIAD, an automotive software company and part of the Volkswagen Group. Our mission is to make the automotive experience safer, more sustainable, more comfortable, more digital, and more fun. Soon, we’ll be a team of more than 5,000 software developers and engineers, building the leading tech stack for the automotive industry and creating a unified software platform for over 10 million new vehicles per year.

We’re looking for talented, digital minds like you to help us create code that moves the world. Together with you, we’ll build outstanding digital experiences and products for all Volkswagen Group brands that will transform mobility. Join us as we shape the future of the car and everyone around it.

YOUR TEAM

Implement new services for the Volkswagen Group digital ecosystem. Create exciting new mobile apps, develop intelligent mobility services to connect customers with their vehicles, and work on complex data streams to create new journeys through a fast-growing family of mobility services. Be part of the future of mobility and of an international agile team throughout all phases of the software lifecycle!
We are looking for an experienced leader to help us professionalize our product management over all products in our Digital Business & Mobility Services solution and to take our product management staff into the future.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Lead a competence center for product management consisting of ~30 highly skilled professionals working in our teams as product owners, product managers, epic owners and related roles
• Recruit, coach and develop employees on their individual career paths
• Assure competent staffing of our teams over all levels of our SAFe-organization with both internal and external resources
• Continuously improve processes, methods and tools for agile product management and help to bring forward this profession in CARIAD
• Work closely together with peers in other competence centers and in our SAFe-organization to solve any impediments and to assure we have the best working teams possible to develop our current and future solutions
• Work closely together with internal and external partners in the product management area to complement internal staff and to develop and grow partnerships
• Foster agile leadership in our organization and act as a role-model for your team and others

WHO YOU ARE

• University degree in business, computer science, information technology or comparable course
• Experienced senior manager with 5+ years of experience leading larger teams in a software development environment
• Deeply ingrained agile mindset and ability to act as a leader and inspire others
• Familiar with agile approaches like Scrum and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• Hands-on experience working in agile teams as product owner or comparable role
• Passion about the tech industry and good understanding of Digital Business and Mobility Services
• Strong intercultural skills and experience in managing multiple stakeholders worldwide
• Excellent English and German communication skills

NICE TO KNOW

• Remote / mobile work
• Company pension plan
• Annual professional development