Head of Data - Volvo Energy

With new technologies and business models increasing in importance at high speed, the transportation and infrastructure industries are changing more and at a higher pace than ever before. As the Volvo Group, we are accelerating to drive our industry forward also in these important areas. Do you want to join our journey and shape tomorrow’s society together with us?

Who are we?
Volvo Energy is our newest business area with the overarching purpose of supporting the Volvo Group's transformation ambitions within electrification, sustainability, circularity, complete service offer, profitable growth and resilience.
The Volvo Energy Digital & IT proactively seizes new digitalization opportunities in the Energy ecosystem, enabling Volvo Group’s sustainability ambitions and electrification transformation. We are a new unit, pragmatic and easy to do business with, and a fun place to work. Our purpose is to support the electrified first-life sale and monetize battery second life to support Volvo Group’s sustainability ambitions.

Why do we come to work every day?
The quest to fight climate change is exciting. We, in Volvo Energy, are in for more than professional success! We are enthusiastic to see the direct contributions of our actions to the Science-based targets and build a sustainable society for our future generations. We are believers in speeding up through win-win solutions and see a great opportunity to practice that within the Electromobility area.

How does working here look like?
We can’t change the world alone. So we team up with highly skilled colleagues from the entire Volvo Group, across the whole world. Consequently, we have fantastic opportunities to grow as individuals and professionals while pushing towards a fossil-free world.
We are constantly nurturing an environment where it is ok to take risks and learn from the experiences along the way. We understand our team as a fantastic tool to complement each other. We share a great curiosity for new technologies, tools and ways of working and constantly want to take it to the next level.
We celebrate diversity and inclusiveness. They are crucial to building high performing and agile teams that lead the change with a true passion for customer success.

What will you be doing?
By embracing uncertainty, you will find new ways to increase electromobility’s adoption and change the world. Additionally, you will constantly seek for businesses efficiencies to decrease the CO2 footprint for the entire Volvo Group as well as our partners and customers. The result of your collaboration will drive economically viable circularity and take us to a sustainable future.

So what are we looking for in this specific role?
As Head of Data, you will be a member of the Management Team of the function and report to the Head of Digital and IT. You will establish a data strategy and roadmap to enable Volvo Energy's business priorities. Here you will drive us into a data-driven culture delivering high-quality data products that generate tangible value through discoverability, accessibility, availability, security, and high quality.
You will have the responsibility to drive the end-to-end implementation of advanced analytics (AI/ML) capabilities and algorithms to optimize batteries lifecycle, charging and logistics operation. You will also leverage the Group assets and establish close collaboration with Group Digital & IT and VGCS.

Additional responsibilities are:
Implement continuous data quality improvement across Volvo Energy.
Secure Volvo Energy data are fully documented and classified.
Manage the Volvo Energy data model.
Ensuring ethics in the use of data, as well as compliance to high security, and data protection standards.
Responsible for preparing for the Data Governance Committee.
Build and develop the data talent pool in science, analysis, architecture, and engineering.
Responsible for managing data and master data for Battery; Charging and Infrastructure; Sales & Services; Optimization; Industrialization and Logistics.


As we are a global company, the location for this position is flexible in Greensboro - US, Gothenburg - Sweden, Lyon - France or Bangalore - India.

Mindset and qualifications likely required to be successful
We are looking for passionate people with bold digital visions to change the world and relentlessly pursue ways to make the dream a reality. To succeed, we believe you are kind, hands-on, innovative, pragmatic, creative with a positive spirit, curious and have an entrepreneurial mindset. You think lean, think big, and act fast!

Preferred qualifications:
Master's Degree, PhD or other relevant backgrounds in the ML and Data Science discipline have given you an excellent foundation for development within this area.
2-4 years of hands-on experience developing or deploying advanced analytics or machine learning solutions.
Experience or interest in battery cells and battery systems and how to apply AI/ML methods to this domain is a plus.
Excellent knowledge in leveraging data for business transformation needs and leveraging intrapreneurial skills in large, cross-functional organizations.
Proven track record on leveraging data to create business value in battery & charging ecosystems.
Fluent in English, written and spoken.


So you want to apply?
If our entrepreneurial spirit, adaptability and customer-focused mindset light your inner fire, we might be a great match!
In addition to your CV, add your reflection about one of bullets below in your cover letter, maximum half a page.
What are the main barriers impacting the adoption of electromobility within commercial vehicles, and how you would address them?
What are the challenges to second-life of batteries and how would you address them?