Job Description

Company Description
Senior Director, Product Leadership (AI R&D)
Think about the billions of purchases that consumers make every single day around the world. Imagine trying to make sense of the trillions of data points that represent these purchases. From a family doing online shopping for household essentials to a quick run to the supermarket, NIQ connects a variety of data assets to provide a complete picture of consumer activity for retailers and manufacturers.
NielsenIQ Product Leadership develops and drives forward our product strategy for NIQ data. From panel and retail measurement, to our platform services and suites of applications, NIQ Product Leadership defines the market opportunities that shape our products that clients use to make strategic business decisions. NIQ's Platform Product team supports the global Product, Technology, and Operations teams with the ability to deliver faster and efficiently on commercial needs.
We need a Senior Director of Product interested in Platform as a Service and Technology innovation in the Retail & Manufacturing industry. This role is core to creating the future for how our platform evolves to support leveraging Generative AI and Machine Learning technology to evolve our organization's ways of working every day. In this role, you will research, define, & design to innovate and evolve NIQ's product opportunities.

Responsibilities
Drive and influence the strategy for your product(s), following the full product development life cycle while representing the market and technology trends
Provide product domain and industry expertise on the product strategy, technical implementation, and operational process
Evangelize the product(s) and platform with internal stakeholders and clients as subject matter expert on the product
Lead a group on product discovery and drive opportunity assessments
Ensure end to end product definition and delivery of solutions
Able to articulate the product strategy, technical implementation, and operational process
Partner with global teams of R&D, marketing, operations, sales, and finance stakeholders to ensure solutions meet defined business objectives
Qualifications
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent work experience
20+ years of experience in a Product role, with previous experience in a Technology, Operations, or Data Science role
Solid ability to present information in the simplest and most compelling way
Solid communication skills, including the ability to influence key stakeholders and interface with clients
Solid experience in data and database modeling
Solid experience in applying AI and ML technologies
Industry leader in in FMCG and/or Retail industry is a plus
Good understanding of technical concepts, services and implementations
Excited to ideate on new challenges while simultaneously diving into the details
Ability to form a point of view on the client benefits for your products and services and the value to NIQ, connecting them to the design principles and articulating them to others
Thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative, and flexible environment where no two days are the same
Enjoys working in the gray or unknown - defining the undefined, challenging the status quo, and solving uncharted business challenges
Additional Information
Our Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

About NIQ
NIQ is the world's leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights-delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms-NIQ delivers the Full View(TM). NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world's population.
For more information, visit NIQ.com
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