Lead Director, Platform Product Management – Data Platform & Operations

Vizient, Inc

Lead/Director of Platform Product Management for Strategic Data Platform & Operations at Vizient. Drive product strategy and collaboration across internal data capabilities with cross-functional teams.

Posted 7/10/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois, Minnesota, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $117,600 - $206,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead strategy, prioritization, and roadmap alignment across multiple internal platform capability areas
Own the strategy, roadmap, and evolution of internal data platform capabilities, including data ingestion, cross-cutting data services, the Enterprise Data Layer (EDL), data quality, metadata management, governance capabilities, and source onboarding
Partner with Vizient Intelligence engineering, AI Delivery, architecture, security, and product leadership to define platform investment priorities
Establish decision frameworks that sequence platform capabilities, address technical debt, improve platform reuse, enhance internal developer productivity, and support AI-assisted and agentic development workflows
Align platform roadmaps with measurable outcomes, including reduced delivery friction, increased platform adoption, stronger governance, faster product delivery, and improved AI-first delivery maturity
Drive platform capabilities that improve the reliability, accessibility, and reuse of enterprise data across Vizient Intelligence products
Collaborate closely with data engineering teams to define platform capabilities that support scalable, high-quality, and governed data solutions
Facilitate executive stakeholder alignment on platform direction, funding, dependencies, tradeoffs, adoption expectations, and AI-first operating model changes
Represent platform product priorities in leadership forums by translating technical platform strategies into business-relevant decisions and resolving complex cross-functional priorities
Guide and develop a small team of platform product professionals through coaching, mentorship, and professional development
Establish lightweight platform product management standards, including discovery practices, roadmap narratives, success measures, prompt and context patterns, release planning, adoption planning, and responsible AI tool usage
Build strong partnerships across engineering, AI Delivery, architecture, security, design, and internal product teams to enable consistent platform adoption and delivery outcomes

Requirements

What you’ll need

Relevant degree preferred
7 or more years of relevant experience required
Experience in product management, technical product management, enterprise platform products, data and analytics platforms, AI/ML products, developer platforms, AI-enabled software delivery, or enterprise technology initiatives
Demonstrated experience managing enterprise data platform capabilities, including data ingestion, Enterprise Data Layer (EDL), cross-cutting data services, data quality, metadata management, source onboarding, and data governance
Experience partnering with data engineering, architecture, AI Delivery, and engineering teams to define and deliver scalable platform capabilities
Proven success leading complex cross-functional platform initiatives, developing platform roadmaps, and influencing senior stakeholders to align investment priorities and technical decisions
Strong technical fluency across architecture, data, AI, integration, identity and access management, governance, internal developer workflows, and agentic or AI-assisted development practices
Knowledge of healthcare data ecosystems and enterprise data management principles preferred
Demonstrated ability to coach product teams in modern product management practices while leveraging AI tools effectively without creating unnecessary process overhead
Ability to influence enterprise investment priorities, technical tradeoffs, internal adoption strategies, and AI-first operating model decisions
Strong technical stakeholder management, communication, strategic thinking, and leadership skills with the ability to build scalable product management practices while maintaining a lean operating model
Experience developing high-performing teams and fostering collaboration across engineering, AI Delivery, architecture, security, design, and internal product organizations.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive benefits plan
Incentive eligible

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Hard Skills & Tools

Data IngestionEnterprise Data Layer (EDL)Data QualityMetadata ManagementCross-Cutting Data ServicesAI-Enabled Software DeliveryTechnical Product ManagementScalable Platform CapabilitiesIntegrationIdentity and Access Management

Soft Skills

Strategic ThinkingLeadershipCommunicationCoachingCollaboration