Senior Director, Product Management, Data Platforms & Analytics

Platform and Product Portfolio Delivery & Value Enablement

• Partner with engineering, architecture, and delivery leaders to ensure platform and product roadmaps are executable, resilient, and aligned with enterprise standards.
• Enable downstream product teams by delivering stable, well-documented, and consumable platform capabilities that accelerate product delivery and analytics adoption.

People Leadership & Talent Development

• Build, lead, and retain high-performing data platform product management teams.
• Coach and develop senior product leaders, fostering strong skills in platform thinking, financial acumen, and executive communication.
• Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and employee engagement.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data, Life Sciences, or a related field; advanced degree (MBA, MS, PhD) preferred.
• Typically requires 10+ years of relevant experience, including senior leadership experience in product management with a focus on data platforms, analytics platforms, or foundational technology products.
• Extensive experience leading enterprise data platforms, analytics platforms, or foundational technology products at senior leadership level.
• Proven success operating in complex, large-scale, and regulated environments.
• Demonstrated experience owning and governing large capital investment portfolios and influencing enterprise-level decisions.

Critical Skills & Capabilities

Product Management

• Brings significant Product Management leadership experience, with a proven track record of defining vision, owning end-to-end product strategy, and delivering measurable business impact through cross-functional team leadership.

Data & Platform Expertise

• Deep understanding of modern data platform architectures (cloud data platforms, analytics, semantic layers, AI/ML enablement, integration patterns).

Executive Communication & Influence

• Exceptional executive communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain complex data-platform concepts to non-technical leaders.
• Proven ability to drive alignment and decisions across senior stakeholders in highly matrixed organizations.

Financial & Strategic Leadership

• Strong financial acumen, including capital planning, investment governance, and value realization.
• Experience prioritizing competing initiatives across platform modernization, innovation, and cost efficiency.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Credible senior leader with a track record of building trust across product, engineering, architecture, analytics, and business teams.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity, leading through change, and driving clarity at scale.

This role is not eligible for UK visa sponsorship.

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com

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