Associate Principal, Data Application & Insights

Vizient, Inc; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 135,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive eligibility

Benefits plan

Job summary

Vizient, Inc. is seeking an Associate Principal to drive end-to-end development of applications and platforms, ensuring delivery aligns with VizTech standards and product strategy.

You will be the primary escalation point for critical issues, manage multiple projects, and enable rapid, value-driven outcomes across teams. The role partners with PLMs and engineering leadership to refine roadmaps, allocate resources, and ensure predictable delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; 10+ years in product management or platform leadership.
• Experience in enterprise architecture-aligned product strategy, data/AI products, or AI-first delivery.
• Ability to drive end-to-end development with Agile practices and clear roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Oversee 5+ concurrent projects ensuring alignment with objectives, timelines, and budgets.
• Lead end-to-end development of applications and platforms following VizTech standards.
• Escalate and resolve issues; remove roadblocks to maintain momentum.
• Conduct Team Health Assessments to identify improvements and foster collaboration.
• Align delivery with product strategy by partnering with PLMs and architecture teams.
• Monitor metrics, budgets, and cloud costs; report to stakeholders for predictability.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Program management

Agile practices

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

When you’re the best, we’re the best. We instill an environment where employees feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute their unique skills and talents while living and working as their authentic selves. We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building both employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future.

The Associate Principal will serve as a strategic individual contributor that is responsible for ensuring efficient end-to-end development of applications and platforms by upholding and enforcing VizTech standard practices. They act as the primary point of escalation to address critical issues, risks, and roadblocks, ensuring swift resolution to maintain project momentum. The Delivery Leader also conducts regular Team Health Assessments to identify areas for improvement, enhance collaboration, and foster a productive and cohesive team environment. The Delivery Leader collaborates with PLMs to ensure alignment between delivery execution and product strategy, providing technical and operational insights to refine roadmaps, prioritize initiatives, and achieve strategic goals. By partnering with the Engineering Team Lead, the Delivery Leader provides the necessary structure, guidance, and support to maintain alignment and drive seamless delivery throughout all phases of development.

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.

Working at Vizient means shaping the future of healthcare, every day. Alongside our clients, we're building a healthier, more human healthcare system. We connect people, data, and solutions to enable healthcare organizations to improve financial sustainability, enhance system performance, and deliver better care.

Headquartered in Irving, Texas, with 11 offices across the United States, Vizient has more than 5,000 employees who bring deep expertise and a shared commitment to transforming healthcare. Together, we're solving some of the industry's most complex challenges while creating opportunities to learn, grow, and drive lasting change for healthcare organizations and the communities they serve. Through our enterprise of companies, we deliver meaningful impact across the continuum of care: Apexus - The exclusive contractor for 340B Drug Pricing Program, managed by the Health Resources and Services Administration. aptitude - The industry's first online direct contracting market, supporting self-contracting activity between hospitals and suppliers. Kaufman Hall - Leading healthcare advisory services to support our clients in achieving financial, clinical, and operational excellence. Provista - Proven supply chain partner specializing in extended, diagnostic, and preventive care facilities, including surgery centers, home health, and senior living.

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