Director - Group Product Manager, Data & AI Studio Capability

Responsibilities

• Product Ownership - Data & AI Studio Capability
• Own the end-to-end product strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle for the Data & AI Studio capability
• Define how the Studio evolves as a multi-tenant, reusable enablement platform supporting diverse products and use cases
• Ensure alignment between product vision, platform capabilities, and business priorities
• P&L Ownership & Value Realization
• Own P&L accountability for the Studio capability, including:
• Investment prioritization
• Capacity planning
• Value realization across product adoption and usage
• Drive decisions that balance cost, scalability, and business impact
• Ensure measurable outcomes across:
• Product adoption
• Capability utilization
• Business value delivered
• Capability Definition & Evolution
• Define and evolve core Studio capabilities, including:
• Data ingestion frameworks
• Pipeline orchestration and workflow management
• Data processing and transformation layers
• AI/ML development and operationalization
• Ensure capabilities are:
• Modular and extensible
• Reusable across multiple products
• Aligned with enterprise platform and architecture standards
• Execution & Delivery Leadership
• Drive end-to-end execution across Studio capabilities and product teams
• Establish strong execution discipline, including:
• Sprint and release management
• Roadmap tracking and milestone governance
• Ensure alignment between product commitments, engineering delivery, and platform dependencies
• Engineering & Platform Alignment
• Partner closely with engineering leadership to deliver robust and scalable capabilities
• Ensure alignment with:
• Enterprise platform teams
• Underlying cloud and data platform ecosystems
• Drive adoption of shared services, standardized patterns, and reusable platform capabilities
• Consumption & Adoption Model
• Define how the Studio capability is:
• Consumed by multiple product teams
• Adopted across the organization
• Establish clear patterns for:
• Onboarding
• Capability reuse
• Avoidance of redundant development efforts
• Drive scale through consistent and repeatable consumption models
• Team Leadership - Product Managers & Architects
• Lead and develop a team of product managers and architects responsible for Studio sub-capabilities
• Define clear ownership across:
• Capability domains
• Delivery outcomes
• Build a high-performing organization focused on:
• Accountability
• Execution discipline
• Scalable product thinking
• Stakeholder & Portfolio Alignment
• Engage with product leaders and stakeholders to:
• Align on capability needs and priorities
• Ensure Studio roadmap reflects enterprise demand
• Act as the single point of accountability for Studio product direction
• Expected Outcomes
• A scalable, well-defined Data & AI Studio capability powering multiple products
• Strong adoption of Studio capabilities across product teams
• Reduced duplication and improved efficiency in data and AI development
• Consistent and standardized approaches to:
• Data ingestion
• Pipeline orchestration
• AI/ML workflows
• Measurable business impact through effective P&L management and value realization
• Experience & Profile
• Required Qualifications
• 10+ years of experience in product management , including leadership across complex, platform-based products
• Proven experience owning end-to-end product portfolios with P&L accountability
• Strong understanding of:
• Data pipelines and processing
• AI/ML development lifecycle
• Platform-based product architectures
• Demonstrated ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams (product + architecture)
• Technology exposure
• Databricks
• Matillion, DBT or similar
• Collibra or similar
• Dataiku, Sage maker or similar
• Agentic AI awareness

Requirements

• Experience building or managing enterprise data or AI platforms
• Experience driving platform adoption across multiple product teams
• Experience within global delivery models (US and India)
• Leadership Characteristics
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Benefits

Additional Information

Job Description Director - Group Product Manager, Data & AI Studio Capability Role Overview The Director - Group Product Manager, Data & AI Studio Capability will lead the end-to-end product portfolio for the Data & AI Studio , a foundational capability that enables development, deployment, and operation of enterprise data and AI products. The Data & AI Studio serves as a core enablement layer powering multiple products and use cases , providing standardized capabilities across data ingestion, processing, transformation, and AI/ML development and orchestration. This role is accountable for product strategy, execution, adoption, and value realization of the Studio capability, ensuring it operates as a scalable, reusable, and platform-aligned product ecosystem . The role also carries full P&L accountability , including investment decisions, prioritization, and value delivery across the portfolio. The Director will lead a team of product managers and architects , working closely with engineering, enterprise platform teams, and enterprise architecture to deliver consistent, high-impact outcomes.

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