Head of Indirect Spend Data, AI & Analytics

Vizient, Inc; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 135,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Vizient, Inc. is seeking a Senior Director to lead data management, analytics, reporting, and automation for the Indirect Spend Management business.

You will own data lifecycle, governance, and analytical output across consulting engagements in healthcare, driving scalable, reliable processes and actionable insights. The role emphasizes building analytics capabilities, standardizing methods, and guiding teams through AI-enabled automation to deliver value for Vizient’s healthcare members.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in data analytics, computer science, information systems, business, statistics, engineering, healthcare administration, or a related field.
• Experience leading data and analytics capabilities across multiple teams, business functions, or service offerings.
• Demonstrated expertise in database management, data structures, data modeling, data integration, data governance, and data quality management.
• Experience designing and implementing automated analytics, reporting, dashboards, or decision-support tools.
• Practical experience applying artificial intelligence, machine learning, generative AI, or intelligent automation to business processes.
• Experience managing, developing, and scaling teams of data, analytics, or technology professionals.
• Strong understanding of SQL, business intelligence platforms, data visualization, and analytical workflow design; Power BI experience preferred.
• Ability to translate business needs into data and analytics requirements and complex technical concepts into clear business recommendations.
• Experience in healthcare, health systems, healthcare technology, supply chain, procurement, finance, benchmarking, or consulting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establishes and executes the data and analytics strategy for the Indirect Spend business.
• Owns the data lifecycle, including data acquisition, integration, structure, storage, transformation, categorization, normalization, validation, analysis, and delivery.
• Provides strategic oversight of databases, data models, data structures, source-system relationships, data definitions, and analytical datasets.
• Establishes and enforces standards for data governance, quality, ownership, documentation, lineage, completeness, accuracy, and issue resolution.
• Oversees spend categorization, supplier normalization, benchmarking methodologies, data hierarchies, and other foundational processes supporting meaningful analysis.
• Develops and standardizes analytical methodologies, recurring reports, dashboards, performance measures, and decision-support tools.
• Determines which processes should be automated, standardized, enhanced with artificial intelligence, or maintained as human-led activities.
• Evaluates and applies AI, machine learning, generative AI, and intelligent automation to improve data management, reporting, opportunity identification, insight generation, and workflow efficiency.
• Establishes a scalable operating model for managing analytical requests, recurring reporting, production support, enhancements, and strategic initiatives.
• Partners with consulting leaders to ensure that data and analytical outputs are accurate, relevant, actionable, and easy to apply in client engagements.
• Develops reusable data assets, analytical frameworks, methodologies, tools, and intellectual capital that improve consulting delivery.
• Partners with technology and product teams, as appropriate, to communicate business needs and support effective data and analytics capabilities.
• Supports business development, proposals, member presentations, and marketing activities by demonstrating the value of Vizient’s data and analytics capabilities.

Skills

Leadership

Data governance

SQL

Power BI

Data modeling

AI/ML experience

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in data analytics, computer science, information systems, business, statistics, engineering, healthcare administration, or a related field

Job description

Vizient, Inc. is seeking a Senior Director to lead data management, analytics, reporting, and automation for the Indirect Spend Management business.

You will own data lifecycle, governance, and analytical output across consulting engagements in healthcare, driving scalable, reliable processes and actionable insights. The role emphasizes building analytics capabilities, standardizing methods, and guiding teams through AI-enabled automation to deliver value for Vizient’s healthcare members.