AVP, Platform Product Management

Vizient; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 156,500 - 290,100; Full time

Job summary

Vizient is seeking a seasoned Enterprise Platform Strategy leader to shape multi-domain platform roadmaps, align engineering priorities, AI delivery, and governance across the organization. You will identify high-impact opportunities to boost reuse, scalability, governance, and developer productivity while guiding an AI-first operating model evolution.

You will mentor platform product managers, partner with senior architects, and craft narratives to help executives prioritize investments in

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in product management, platform product leadership, or enterprise technology leadership.
• Proven success shaping enterprise-scale platform strategy and influencing senior technical and business leaders.
• Deep expertise in data platforms, AI/ML enablement, internal developer platforms, APIs & integration, or cloud/platform architecture.
• Fluency with AI tools and advising teams on responsible, effective AI-first product practices.
• Builds and develops high-performing platform product teams.
• Creates organizational alignment around platform strategy and execution.
• Holds teams accountable for platform adoption, business outcomes and delivery results.
• Develops future platform product leaders and succession pipelines.
• Balances strategic vision with operational execution.

Responsibilities

• Define multi-domain platform product strategy that connects internal capabilities, engineering priorities, AI Delivery, architecture direction, and enterprise needs.
• Identify high-leverage platform opportunities to improve reuse, scalability, governance, developer productivity, and AI-assisted delivery quality.
• Shape long-term roadmaps for internal platform capabilities, including migration strategy and adoption pathways.
• Create strategic narratives and decision frameworks to help leaders prioritize platform investments.
• Advise platform product leaders on strategy, discovery, stakeholder alignment, and executive communication.
• Lead ambiguous, cross-cutting initiatives without large-team ownership.
• Represent platform product strategy in executive and senior technical forums.
• Coach teams with reusable frameworks, prompts, and high-quality product narratives.

Skills

Platform product leadership

Enterprise architecture

AI-first delivery

Data platforms

Internal developer platforms

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Job description

Enterprise Platform Strategy

• Define multi-domain platform product strategy that connects internal capabilities, engineering priorities, AI Delivery, architecture direction, AIDLC practices, and enterprise product needs.
• Identify high-leverage platform opportunities that improve reuse, scalability, governance, developer productivity, AI‑assisted delivery quality, and speed to value.
• Shape long-term roadmaps for internal platform capabilities, including migration strategy, adoption pathways, investment sequencing, and an AI‑first operating model evolution.
• Create strategic narratives and decision frameworks that help leaders prioritize platform investments.

Technical Product Thought Leadership

• Serve as a recognized expert in platform product management, internal developer enablement, AI‑enabled platform capabilities, data platforms, enterprise‑architecture aligned product strategy, or AI‑first software delivery models.
• Partner with senior engineering and architecture leaders to evaluate platform tradeoffs, capability boundaries, service ownership, governance models, and agentic coding enablement.
• Influence standards for reusable capabilities, platform adoption, measurement, internal user experience, responsible AI use, and high‑leverage product artifacts that support AI‑assisted build workflows.
• Anticipate emerging needs related to AI delivery, data/knowledge platforms, automation, security, observability, responsible governance, and changing development practices.

Strategic Influence & Talent Multiplication

• Advise platform product leaders on strategy, discovery, stakeholder alignment, executive communication, and AI‑first product delivery maturity.
• Lead the most ambiguous or cross‑cutting platform initiatives without requiring large‑team ownership.
• Represent platform product strategy in executive and senior technical forums.
• Build product capability through coaching, examples, reusable frameworks, prompt/context patterns, and high‑quality product narratives.

Team Leadership

• Build, lead, and develop a high‑performing team of platform product managers.
• Establish role clarity, operating models, performance expectations, and career development plans for platform product talent.

Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant experience in product management, platform product leadership, technical product management, enterprise architecture‑aligned product strategy, data/AI products, developer platforms, AI‑first software delivery, or enterprise technology leadership.
• Proven success shaping enterprise‑scale platform strategy and influencing senior technical and business leaders.
• Deep expertise in one or more internal platform domains, such as data platforms, AI/ML enablement, internal developer platforms, APIs and integration, identity/access, knowledge graphs, cloud/platform architecture, governance, or agentic coding enablement.
• Recognized fluency using AI tools and advising teams on responsible, effective AI‑first product practices.
• Builds and develops high‑performing platform product teams.
• Creates organizational alignment around platform strategy and execution.
• Holds teams accountable for platform adoption, business outcomes, and delivery results.
• Develops future platform product leaders and succession pipelines.
• Balances strategic vision with operational execution.

Compensation

Estimated Hiring Range: $156,500.00 to $290,100.00. This position is also incentive eligible.