Head of Business Intelligence

Let's introduce ourselves

Volvo Cars is accelerating enterprise-wide investments in Data, Automation and AI. To ensure these investments translate into measurable business impact, we are establishing a strong Enterprise BI capability. As BI & Core Data Site Lead – India, you will define and lead how Volvo Cars measures progress, value realization, and maturity across Data & AI initiatives globally. This is a high-visibility enterprise leadership role combining strategic BI ownership with India site leadership responsibility. You will operate at global scale, influence executive stakeholders, and play a key role in shaping the future of Core Data, creating clarity in a complex and evolving landscape.

What you'll do

1. Enterprise BI Strategy & Value Realization

• Define and lead the enterprise BI strategy and multi-year roadmap.
• Establish KPIs and measurement frameworks for Data, Automation, and AI value realization.
• Provide executive visibility into enterprise progress, adoption, and maturity.
• Drive standardization and governance for enterprise reporting.

2. BI Architecture, Platforms & Operating Model

• Shape the future BI architecture, tools, and reporting ecosystem.
• Define the operating model for BI across the federated Data & AI landscape.
• Ensure alignment with data platforms, data architecture, and domain data teams.

3. Enterprise Stakeholder Leadership

• Influence senior stakeholders across Commercial, Finance, Product, and Technology functions.
• Translate complex data initiatives into clear insights for leadership decision making.
• Drive alignment and adoption of BI standards across the organization.

4. Capability Building & Team Leadership

• Build and lead a high-performing BI and Core Data organization.
• Define the capability roadmap, hiring strategy, and skill mix for the team.
• Foster a strong engineering, analytics, and data culture.

5. India Site Leadership

• Provide leadership for the Core Data team in India, driving engagement, culture, and capability growth.
• Build and scale the India BI, data, and AI capability by defining hiring plans, team structure, and long-term talent strategy.
• Lead and mentor engineering leaders and data leaders within the India organization.
• Partner closely with HR on hiring strategy, salary benchmarking, career frameworks, and talent development.
• Create a strong engineering culture with emphasis on innovation, ownership, and continuous learning in data and AI technologies.
• Support development of AI and advanced analytics capabilities aligned with enterprise priorities.
• Work closely with global leadership to ensure strong alignment between India teams and global data strategy.
• Establish India as a strategic capability hub supporting enterprise BI, data, and AI initiatives.

What you'll bring

• 10–15+ years of experience in Business Intelligence, Data & Analytics, or Enterprise Data platforms, with strong understanding of modern data ecosystems and BI technologies.
• Proven experience leading enterprise-wide BI or analytics initiatives, including defining measurement frameworks, governance models, and enabling data-driven decision making across the organization.
• Strong leadership experience in building and scaling teams, ideally including experience establishing or growing engineering, BI, or data organizations in global or capability hub environments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor engineering or data leaders, fostering a high-performance culture focused on innovation, ownership, and continuous learning in data and AI technologies.
• Strong executive presence and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders across business and technology functions in a federated organization.
• Ability to translate complex business and technology challenges into structured, scalable solutions, driving clarity and alignment across multiple teams.
• Experience working in global and matrixed environments, collaborating effectively across regions, cultures, and organizational boundaries.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity, with the ability to shape direction, define frameworks, and bring structure to evolving data and analytics landscapes.
• Engineering mindset with a strong understanding of data platforms, BI architecture, and analytics capabilities, enabling informed decisions on tools, platforms, and operating models.
• Passion for building data-driven organizations, with interest in advancing BI, analytics, and AI capabilities to deliver measurable business impact.

Why This Role Matters

• Enterprise-wide impact with executive visibility
• Opportunity to define how Data & AI success is measured at Volvo Cars
• Platform to influence enterprise decision-making at the highest levels
• Unique combination of strategy, governance, technology, change leadership and organizational influence
• Dual leadership mandate: global enterprise BI and India site leadership.