Director Product Leadership, Incubation Lab

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#LI - Hybrid

Candidates must be currently located in the greater Toronto area 

As a Director – Product Leadership, Incubation Lab, you will report to the Lead, Data Science & Innovation, focusing on scaling incubated innovation into best-in-class delivery, process, and product. Part consultative delivery role and part product management role, the Director (PL) focuses both on bringing actionable insights to our clients and bringing matured solutions to our innovation-to-product pipeline. You will be joining an innovation & client first culture, where creative thinking and entrepreneurial spirit are championed, fostered, and harnessed into the next-gen features of our evolving marketing analytics platform. You will be responsible for setting delivery standards and graduation requirements for our Incubation Lab solution portfolio, working in collaboration with the Lab Lead and the dedicated Incubation Lab Data Science team. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Closely collaborate with Incubator Data Science to seed & prioritize innovation backlog 

• Define the initial delivery standards & graduation requirements for each incubated solution, working in close partnership with the Lab Lead 

• Work with data stakeholders & Data Science to collect & process data needed to execute client pilot projects​ 

• Provide best-in-class consultative delivery, focused on uncovering actionable insights leveraging the portfolio of developed Incubator solutions, models, & algorithms​ 

• Partner with core Product Development team in Planning Increments and roadmap setting, ensuring continual viable path to graduating innovation into the core marketing analytics platform 

• Collaborate with product & software engineering stakeholders to plan integrations and deployments of solutions into the core marketing analytics platform 

• Work with Lab Lead to establish and grow partnerships in the NIQ Customer Success and Modeling COE organizations, to collaborate on training programs and process hand-over for fully-matured Lab solutions 

• Stay up to date with the latest advancements in marketing science, machine learning, and AI, and work with the Data Science Lead to identify opportunities to apply them to our platform  

• Foster a culture of innovation and experimentation within the team by serving as a mentor & talent multiplier to peers and juniors on the team 

Qualifications: 

• 8+ years of relevant experience in a data or marketing science field 

• Bachelor’s degree or above in marketing, business, analytics, data science, or a related field; Advanced Degree and/or MBA preferred 

• Strong practical, hands-on knowledge of statistical modeling, in both Frequentist and Bayesian frameworks 

• Strong practical, hands-on knowledge of basic ML/AI algorithms 

• Proficiency in business intelligence tools such as PowerBI, Tableau, and Spotfire 

• Expertise in Microsoft business tools such as PowerPoint and Excel 

• Product Management level exposure/experience working within cloud stacks and with cloud toolkits, namely: AWS, GCP, Azure, Databricks, Jupyter, Airflow, Spark 

• Familiarity with product development tools & apps, namely: Jira, Confluence, Git 

Desired Skillsets: 

• Previous experience in the marketing or advertising industry is a plus 

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills 

• Demonstrated leadership and communication skills 

• Strong sense of urgency and accountability to drive client outcomes    

• Able to work collaboratively with internal & external teams    

• Capable of maintaining positive client relationships in complex situations & resolving client issues    

• Strong logic, deductive reasoning, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills    

• Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple priorities    

Our Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

About NIQ

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.

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