Senior Director Indirect Spend Data and AI Strategy

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

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive eligible

Comprehensive benefits plan

Job summary

Vizient, Inc. is seeking a Senior Director to lead data management, analytics, reporting, and automation across the Indirect Spend Management business. You will own data strategy, governance, and operating models to deliver actionable insights for healthcare members.

You will guide data teams, establish governance standards, and advance AI-enabled analytics while ensuring scalable, reliable processes that support consulting engagements and client delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Experience leading data and analytics across multiple teams.
• Strong SQL, BI platforms, data visualization, and analytics workflow design.
• Experience applying AI, ML, or intelligent automation to business processes.
• Experience managing and scaling data/analytics teams.

Responsibilities

• Leads data and analytics strategy for Indirect Spend.
• Owns data lifecycle: acquisition, integration, storage, transformation, validation, analysis.
• Provides strategic oversight of databases, data models, and analytical datasets.
• Establishes data governance, quality standards, and documentation.
• Oversees spend categorization, benchmarking methodologies, and data hierarchies.
• Develops standardized analytics methods, reports, dashboards, and decision-support tools.
• Identifies processes for automation and AI enhancement.
• Partners with consulting leaders to ensure actionable outputs.

Skills

SQL

Power BI

Data governance

Data quality management

AI / ML

Intelligent automation

Leadership

Data modeling

Stakeholder management

Education

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

Tools

Power BI

SQL Databases

Job description

Vizient, Inc. is seeking a Senior Director to lead data management, analytics, reporting, and automation across the Indirect Spend Management business. You will own data strategy, governance, and operating models to deliver actionable insights for healthcare members.

You will guide data teams, establish governance standards, and advance AI-enabled analytics while ensuring scalable, reliable processes that support consulting engagements and client delivery.