Assistant Vice President - Data & Analytics

Overview

Company Size: $1 0 Billion+ Revenue Business Segment : Strategic Business Services (SBS)
Reports To: Senior Vice President of S trategic Business Services Location: Scottsdale, Arizona

At Discount Tire, Our People are at the heart of our business . As a privately held company, o ur employees are valued and supported in a culture built on belonging, integrit y , and a dream . Working at D iscount T ire offers a unique blend of fast-paced innovation with a balanced, and a stable career with a growing company.

Our culture is refreshingly different ; we are grounded in respect and team collaboration with a commitment to care for you as a person and cultivating your career development. You'll work on cutting edge systems and projects alongside colleagues and leaders from diverse backgrounds, industries, and expertise . You'll help us leverage the latest tools to drive business operations , customer experience and fuel innovation across our organization .

This is where a can - do attitude meets endless opportunities ; creating a career filled with exciting, unexpected experience s . We change more than tires - At Discount Tire , we celebrate your contributions, f uel your potential, and empower you to make your mark on the future. We are a company built on trusted expert ise and encourage you to believe in yourself, follow ambitions and create the future you deserve .

Ready to drive your career forward?

Discount Tire is seeking a transformative, people-first leader to serve as the Assistant Vice President of Data Science, BI & Strategic Insights . In this high-impact role within our Enterprise Data Office ( E DO) , you will drive the "offensive" data strategy for a $1 0 B enterprise. Your mission is to relentlessly optimize our core business through advanced data science, pioneer new revenue streams via data monetization, and completely modernize our Business Intelligence function.

You must be a forward-thinking visionary who anticipates market shifts, incorporating smart technology and AI-driven solutions to keep the organization at the cutting edge . Most importantly, you are a leader who builds deeply collaborative, high-performing teams that empower the entire enterprise to make smarter, faster decisions.

• Data Science Productization & Smart Innovation
• Expand advanced ML/AI products and solutions to optimize $1 0 B in core business operations (e.g., pricing, supply chain, customer churn).
• Identify , validate , and launch data monetization opportunities to create new revenue streams beyond the core business.
• Research and incorporate forward-thinking "smart technologies" (GenAI, Predictive Analytics, automation) to solve complex business problems proactively.
• Oversee the end-to-end model lifecycle to ensure data science solutions are robust, scalable, and integrated into daily workflows.
• Modern Business Intelligence & Democratization
• Transform the BI function from a reactive "report factory" into a proactive "insights engine" focused on real-time, diagnostic, and predictive reporting.
• Architect a self-service BI framework and semantic layer, empowering business users across the enterprise to safely build their own data narratives.
• Incorporate augmented analytics and AI-integrated features into dashboards to enable automated anomaly detection and natural language querying.
• Champion a culture of "storytelling over stats," ensuring all BI products are consumer-grade and lead with clear, actionable business recommendations.
• Proactive Insights & Competitive Analysis
• Level up the insights organization to proactively drive intelligence rather than reacting to historical requests.
• Build and lead a robust competitive analysis unit to provide executive…