Director Architecture & Engineering

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. We are now seeking a Director Architecture & Engineering who can seamlessly connect business objectives with technical solutions and implementation.

This role is based in Greensboro, North Carolina, and requires you to work on‑site at Volvo Financial Services’ North American Headquarters.

• Providing technical leadership and mentorship, setting architecture, engineering, and operational best practices while actively contributing hands‑on.
• Translating business needs into technical architecture, roadmaps, and key design decisions, including trade‑off analysis.
• Designing and implementing scalable end‑to‑end enterprise architecture on platforms like Salesforce and Azure aligned with enterprise standards.
• Leveraging established Design Authority to enforce standards, governance, and best practices across teams.
• Leading integration of operational systems, analytics platforms, and AI/ML use cases.
• Ensuring team designs application architecture that guides product development, emphasizing reuse of business components and adherence to modern architectural principles aligned with the North Star principles and vision.
• Overseeing Life Cycle Management (LCM) of application/systems vulnerabilities and ensuring alignment with Volvo Group Security directives.
• Proactively identifying architectural issues and concerns and defining pragmatic and appropriate solutions.
• Making fact‑based architecture decisions, assuring maximal business value with minimal effort, while keeping the total cost of ownership as low as possible.
• Maintaining a continuous improvement mindset; willing to challenge status quo and dissent when needed.

You are a forward‑leaning people leader and change maker who enjoys working through others and developing both individuals and teams.

You bring structure and clarity to complexity and are comfortable translating strategy into direction and action. You lead with curiosity, trust, and a strong belief in empowered teams.

• A relevant engineering degree (preferably Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science) with experience in managing large, complex enterprise environments.
• Designing REST APIs, event‑driven APIs, and microservice architecture in a cloud‑based environment. Experience with modernizing legacy applications to use newer technologies and architecture.
• Minimum of five years of experience leading technical teams and a minimum of 15 years of industry experience, preferably in captive or financial services, with a track record of delivering high‑impact, high‑visibility work.
• Leadership experience managing teams and taking ideas from concept to production, with real autonomy and responsibility.
• Hands‑on experience with Azure Cloud, J2EE/.NET Technology Stack, Data and AI platforms, architectural frameworks and Agile practices including Azure Dev Ops.
• Strong communication skills demonstrated interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees, leaders, customers, and other stakeholders.

• Competitive medical, dental and vision insurance.
• Generous paid time off.
• Competitive matching retirement savings plans.
• Working environment where your safety, health and wellbeing come first.
• Focus on professional and personal development through Volvo Group University.
• Programs that make today’s challenging reality of combining work and personal life easier.

Base pay for this position ranges from $ to $ annually, with bonus eligibility where applicable.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.