Director, Product Master Data

Medline; Northfield Township, Northern (IL, KY); On-site; USD 154,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) contributions

Job summary

Medline is seeking a Director of Product Master Data Management to lead the enterprise data strategy and establish a Center of Excellence for product data. You will partner with senior leaders to prioritize initiatives, enable governance, and drive automation and AI for data assets.

The role requires strategic leadership, cross-functional influence, and a track record of turning data into business value across healthcare operations.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree.
• At least 7 years of data management experience in a technology, business management and/or consulting role.
• At least 2 years of experience managing people, including hiring, developing, motivating and directing people.
• Experience applying advanced knowledge of data manipulation and reporting tools.
• Experience diagnosing, isolating, and resolving complex issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and facilitating teams to identify and implement solutions to complex problems.
• Experience with project management.
• Experience with SAP and Informatica.

Responsibilities

• Lead Medline’s master data strategy and operating model anchored by product master data.
• Establish a centralized Master Data Center of Excellence to govern policies, taxonomy, critical data elements, workflows, controls, and platform design.
• Drive organizational change by shifting capacity from manual execution to governance, stewardship, taxonomy, and automation.
• Define and govern the enterprise product record and taxonomy standards across SAP, Informatica, and downstream platforms.

Skills

Data management

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAP

Informatica

Job description

Job Summary

Join Medline and help shape the future of healthcare through data, innovation, and technology. As Director, Product Master Data Management, you will play a critical role in advancing Medline's enterprise data strategy by helping build a trusted product data foundation that supports growth, enhances customer experiences, strengthens regulatory compliance, and enables the next generation of automation and AI capabilities. This is a unique opportunity to influence enterprise-wide transformation at a market-leading healthcare company known for its entrepreneurial spirit, customer focus, and commitment to improving healthcare. Working closely with senior business and technology leaders, you will drive strategic initiatives that elevate data governance, quality, and business value across the organization. The ideal candidate is a collaborative and forward-thinking leader who thrives in complex environments, excels at influencing cross-functional teams, and is passionate about turning data into a competitive advantage.

Job Description

Job Responsibilities: Lead Medline’s master data strategy and operating model, anchored by product master data. Establish a centralized Master Data Center of Excellence to govern policies, taxonomy, critical data elements, workflows, controls, and platform design, while fostering enterprise-wide data ownership and partnering with business and IS leaders to prioritize initiatives and deliver business value. Lead organizational change by shifting capacity from manual execution to governance, stewardship, taxonomy, and automation, while establishing clear ownership boundaries and a workload-based operating model. Work cross functionally to define and measure KPIs of the program in business terms, not only data metrics, tracking speed to revenue, search and conversion performance, complaint and return reduction, regulatory completeness, duplicate rate, downstream rejection rate and issue resolution time, and report data quality performance to senior leadership on a fixed cadence. Drive the automation and AI agenda for master data, advancing intelligent data acquisition, classification, enrichment, and governance while championing industry-leading practices and cross-functional alignment. Define and govern the enterprise product record and taxonomy standards, ensuring consistent product data, classification, and regulatory compliance across SAP, Informatica, and downstream platforms. Lead enterprise data governance and quality management through defined standards, ownership, controls, monitoring, and continuous remediation across core data platforms. Act as a key thought leader in defining Medline's overall data roadmap and data strategy, and determine how data assets are best leveraged in support of enterprise strategy.

Management responsibilities

Management responsibilities include: Strategic, tactical and operational planning (12 + months) for the function or department Direct budgetary responsibility for one or more departments, functions or major projects/programs Interpret and execute policies for departments/projects and develops Recommend and implement new policies or modifications to existing policies Hiring staff, recommending pay increases, performing performance reviews, training and development of staff, estimating personnel needs, assigning work, meeting completion dates, interpreting and ensuring consistent application of organizational policies.

Minimum Job Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree.
• Work Experience: At least 7 years of data management experience in a technology, business management and/or consulting role.
• At least 2 years of experience managing people, including hiring, developing, motivating and directing people as they work.
• Additional: Experience applying advanced knowledge of data manipulation and reporting tools.
• Experience diagnosing, isolating, and resolving complex issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and facilitating teams to identify and implement solutions to complex problems.
• Experience with project management.
• Experience with SAP and Informatica.

Medline Industries, LP, and its subsidiaries, offer a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization. The anticipated salary range for this position: $154,000.00 - $231,000.00 Annual The actual salary will vary based on applicant’s location, education, experience, skills, and abilities. This role is bonus and/or incentive eligible. Medline will not pay less than the applicable minimum wage or salary threshold. Our benefit package includes health insurance, life and disability, 401(k) contributions, paid time off, etc., for employees working 30 or more hours per week on average. For roles where employees work less than 30 hours per week, benefits include 401(k) contributions, paid time off, as well as access to the Employee Assistance Program, Employee Resource Groups and the Employee Service Corp. For a more comprehensive list of our benefits please click here. We’re dedicated to creating a Medline where everyone feels they belong and can grow their career. We strive to do this by seeking diversity in all forms, acting inclusively, and ensuring that people have tools and resources to perform at their best. Explore our Belonging page here. Medline Industries, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Medline evaluates qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, neurodivergence, protected veteran status, marital or family status, caregiver responsibilities, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Through our culture of belonging, our agile and resilient global team is determined to get our customers exactly what they need, at the right time, every time. If you’re a self-starter, eager to grow your career within a high-performing environment, this is the place for you. Introduce yourself to our recruiters and we'll get in touch if there's a role that seems like a good match. Medline is the largest provider of medical-surgical products and supply chain solutions serving all points of care. Through its broad product portfolio, resilient supply chain and leading clinical solutions, Medline helps healthcare providers improve their clinical, financial and operational outcomes. Headquartered in Northfield, Illinois, the company employs more than 43,000 people worldwide and operates in more than 100 countries and territories. To learn more about how Medline makes healthcare run better, visit www.medline.com.