IT Senior Manager - Data, Analytics AI Product Portfolio Management

My client, a leading multinational, is looking for an IT Senior Manager Data, Analytics, AI Products Portfolio Management to lead the strategy, design, delivery and life cycle management of enterprise Data, Analytics and AI products that enable business transformation and deliver measurable value. The role owns the enterprise Data & AI Product Portfolio, ensuring business demand is translated into scalable, reusable and governed data products catalogued, assigned accountable Product Owners, and continuously improved as enduring strategic assets rather than one-off projects.

Providing leadership across demand management, solution design, delivery execution, vendor management and AI innovation, the role drives the development and scaling of Data, Analytics, Data Science, Generative AI and Agentic AI use cases in partnership with business stakeholders. It requires strong leadership, commercial acumen, vendor management expertise and the credibility to engage senior stakeholders across the organisation.

Essential

• Data Product Portfolio Management & Governance
• Proven leadership experience in Data, Analytics, AI or technology delivery, managing teams and delivery partners.
• Strong Data Product Management experience, ideally within an enterprise data product portfolio or product-centric operating model. Manage the end-to-end life cycle of Data, Analytics and AI products from ideation to retirement, overseeing prioritisation, resource planning and delivery governance.
• Define, establish and manage the enterprise Data & AI Product Portfolio aligned to strategic priorities, leading portfolio prioritisation and investment decisions.
• Maintain a roadmap of reusable data products, analytics capabilities and AI solutions within a product-centric operating model with clear ownership, funding and life cycle management.
• Strong solution design and enterprise delivery-management experience across Data, Analytics and AI initiatives, including AI and Generative AI solutions.
• Strong SAP delivery and solution experience.
• Experience applying Data Governance, Data Quality and Data Catalogue standards within delivery, in partnership with a governance function.

Preferred

• Experience establishing Data Product Ownership models and leading Data Product organisations or Centres of Excellence.
• Experience with enterprise Data Catalogue platforms such as Microsoft Purview, Collibra or Alation.
• Experience with enterprise operational and planning systems such as OMP and industrial data platforms.
• Experience with enterprise AI governance, Responsible AI and AI operating models.