Director, Product Leadership

Company Description

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At NielsenIQ, measurement is at our core; we collect billions of data points to help our clients identify unmet needs, and this role will be at the forefront of our growing data sets. NielsenIQ operates two industry-leading consumer panels that allow manufacturers and retailers to measure and understand longitudinal consumer & shopper behavior that drives changes in sales and market share online and offline. To accomplish this, innovation is key.

Job Description

We are looking for an innovative, growth-minded Director to join our North America Consumer Panel Product Leadership team. This team develops and drives the go-forward product strategy for NielsenIQ and defines the market opportunities that shape our products that manufacturers and retailers use to make strategic business decisions. 

In this role, you will collaborate closely with the Data Science, Technology, Operations, Product Marketing, Communications, and Commercial organization, playing a crucial role in building, enhancing, rationalizing, and supporting the commercialization of these products in the US and building best practices that can be shared globally. You will also drive the product strategy to grow client penetration and loyalty to a measurement solution that strongly influences how clients select their primary measurement partner.

Responsibilities

• Set US panel objectives & key results by quarter, in alignment with the longer-term US measurement strategies and voice of customer needs.
• Develop detailed product specifications and work with the cross-functional teams in Tech, Platform, Ops, Data Science and Commercial to ensure alignment of requirements feeding the product development process.
• Guide the cross-functional team by clearly setting backlog priorities, championing an agile product development process to deliver meaningful product increments. 
• Collaborate with Platform Product leadership teams to ensure that panel product needs are sufficiently supported by the end-to-end platform and tools.
• Work with cross-functional teams on product go-to-market needs, including documentation of product policy, guidance, and working with Product Marketing to create internal / external product communication materials, and train the trainer.  
• Manage expectations with our clients and commercial teams on product features and functionality, especially on how to effectively operate with multiple panel solutions in the US.
• Look and assess longer term product opportunities from a data asset standpoint that will continue to evolve and enhance US panel solutions.
• Collaborate to build business cases to evolve the product long term based on commercial objectives and profitability goals. 

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of product management experience with domain expertise in panel measurement.
• Experience and ability to manage the Product Development Life Cycle and serve as an expert of complex end-to-end product details (from data sourcing, cleansing, harmonizing, projection, platform processing, and UI delivery).
• Strong leadership skills and ability to lead cross-functional teams from strategy to execution while creating strong relationships with leaders across Commercial, Operations, Technology, Data Science, PL, etc. 
• Demonstrated senior level-influence, stakeholder engagement, and ability to cut through organizational complexity.
• Someone who is a strategic thinker and executor; see the vision, defines the big picture into action, and leads a team to follow and execute with passion.
• Ability to form a point of view on the client benefits for your products and services, connecting them to the design principles and articulating them to others.
• Enjoys working in the gray or unknown - defining the undefined, challenging the status quo, and solving uncharted business challenges.
• Thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative, and flexible environment where no two days are the same.
• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree.

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Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Our Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Health insurance
• Parental leave
• Life assurance

About NielsenIQ

NielsenIQ is a global measurement and data analytics company providing the most complete and trusted view of consumers and markets in 90 countries covering 90% of the world’s population. Focusing on consumer-packaged goods manufacturers and FMCG and retailers, we enable customers to defy what’s possible. How? We combine unparalleled datasets, pioneering technology, and the industry’s top talent to create insights that unlock innovation. Join us and chan