Associate Principal, Data Application & Insights

Vizient, Inc.; Cape Girardeau (MO); On-site; USD 135,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Vizient, Inc. is seeking a seasoned product leader to oversee multiple projects and drive end-to-end development of applications and platforms in alignment with VizTech standards.

The role emphasizes governance, team health, agile ceremonies, and data-driven decision making, with focus on advanced product and platform strategy within the enterprise context.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• 10+ years of relevant experience in product management, platform product leadership, enterprise architecture-aligned product strategy, data/AI products, developer platforms, or AI-first software delivery

Responsibilities

• Oversee the successful execution of five or more concurrent projects, ensuring alignment with objectives, timelines and budgets.
• Drive end-to-end development of applications and platforms per VizTech standard practices.
• Serve as the point of escalation and remove roadblocks.
• Oversee regular Team Health Assessments to identify improvement areas and address challenges.
• Ensure Agile best practices are followed and ceremonies are scheduled.
• Collaborate with teams to prioritize and allocate resources, updating internal resourcing tools.
• Work with product management and architecture teams on documentation for the operating model and staffing estimates.
• Monitor and report on key metrics, budgets, and cloud costs to stakeholders.
• Tie deliverables to OKRs to promote ownership and performance tracking.
• Advocate for reuse of platform components and clear ownership of capabilities.

Skills

Project management

Agile practices

Resource allocation

OKRs alignment

Team health assessments

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

10+ years in product management/leadership

Job description

Role Responsibilities:

• *Manage Multiple Projects: Oversee the successful execution of five or more concurrent projects, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives, adherence to timelines and budgets, and delivery of high-quality outcomes.
• *End-to-End Project Leadership: Drive the successful development of applications and platforms by ensuring alignment with VizTech standard practices throughout the process.
• *Issue Resolution and Escalation Management: Serve as point of escalation and remove roadblocks.
• *Team Health Assessments: Oversee regular Team Health Assessments for individual development teams to identify improvement areas, enhance collaboration, and address challenges.
• *Agile Practices: Ensure Agile best practices are followed, team agreements are set, and all necessary ceremonies are scheduled.
• *Resource Allocation: Collaborate with teams to prioritize, allocate, and adjust resources, which includes regularly updating an internal resourcing tool.
• *Product Operating Model Support: Work with product management and architecture teams on critical documentation for the operating model, outlining development milestones, tasks, and staffing estimates.
• *Metrics and Reporting: Monitor and report on key metrics, budgets, and cloud costs to provide regular updates to stakeholders and drive predictability improvements.
• *Accountability and Performance Alignment: Tie deliverables to OKRs, promoting ownership and performance tracking.
• *Service Enablement: Advocate for the reuse of platform components and ensure clear ownership of capabilities.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• 10+ years of relevant experience in product management, platform product leadership, enterprise architecture-aligned product strategy, data/AI products, developer platforms, or AI-first software delivery

Estimated Hiring Range:

At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $135,200.00 to $236,600.00.

This position is also incentive eligible.

Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here:

http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers

Equal Opportunity Employer: Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.