Strategic Data and AI Leader for Sustaining Innovation

4 days ago

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Assent Compliance Full time
Company Overview

Assent Compliance is a leading solution provider for supply chain sustainability, catering to top-tier manufacturers. Our mission is to uncover hidden risks in supply chains and offer comprehensive sustainability insights. With expertise from our team, we empower manufacturers to make informed decisions.

Salary

This high-visibility role comes with a competitive salary and a bonus program that rewards exceptional performance. We also offer retirement savings options and more.

Job Description

The Director, Product Management – Data, AI & Platform is responsible for driving innovation and market leadership through data-driven strategies. This visionary leader will define and execute Assent's data vision, develop foundational platform capabilities, and lead transformative initiatives. By aligning data, AI, and platform efforts, you will fuel innovation, streamline operations, and strengthen Assent's position.

Data & AI Leadership
  • Develop and execute Assent's solution data and AI strategy, identifying high-value opportunities aligned with business objectives.
  • Represent Assent's data and AI strategy to internal and external stakeholders, incorporating feedback to refine initiatives and secure alignment.
  • Partner with delivery teams to create workflows for identifying, ingesting, and managing high-value supply chain data.
  • Prioritize and oversee the delivery of AI-driven features such as automation, predictive insights, analytics, and recommendations that solve customer challenges.
  • Establish clear metrics and frameworks to measure the impact of data and AI initiatives, ensuring accountability and measurable success.
  • Collaborate with Data Science and Engineering teams to ensure AI models and insights are explainable, transparent, and actionable for end users.
  • Establish go-to-market (GTM) strategy for new products, including pricing, positioning, and growth plans.
Platform Leadership
  • Oversee Product Managers responsible for platform components critical to the B2B SaaS platform:
    • Master Data Management: Enable consistent, high-quality 'source-of-truth' data across the platform.
    • Entity Resolution: Develop capabilities to match, deduplicate, and consolidate data entities for enhanced data integrity and usability.
    • Integrations: Design and manage the strategy & implementation of scalable APIs and integration options to seamlessly connect the platform with external systems and customer workflows.
    • Messaging & Communications: Build scalable, automated, and customizable messaging and notification workflows.
    • Asynchronous Workflows: Design reliable and intuitive tools for complex, asynchronous processes.
    • Data Loading Tools: Improve platform capabilities for ingesting, managing, and validating large-scale supply chain data.
    • Reporting, data management & Analytics: Drive the creation of robust, scalable reporting & data management features that deliver actionable insights.
  • Align platform strategy with the data and AI roadmap to ensure seamless integration of capabilities.
  • Champion performance, scalability, and usability for all platform components to meet customer and organizational needs.
Team Leadership
  • Recruit, train, and retain a high-performing team of Product Managers focused on data, AI, and platform components.
  • Set team goals, define success metrics, and coach Product Managers to achieve outcomes aligned with the product strategy.
  • Foster a culture of continuous learning, improvement, and innovation by introducing best practices, facilitating knowledge sharing, supporting professional development, and promoting user-centered product development.
Operational Excellence
  • Develop and implement processes for efficient delivery of data, AI, and platform product initiatives.
  • Identify risks across data sourcing, AI models, and platform components, creating proactive mitigation strategies.
  • Define and track product success metrics, ensuring visibility into business impact and value creation.
  • Contribute to the maturity and evolution of Assent's product management practice, driving the adoption of world-class standards, tools, and methodologies to enhance effectiveness and efficiency.
Customer-Centric Innovation
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams to define AI use cases and platform improvements that drive customer success.
  • Ensure AI-driven insights and platform capabilities deliver measurable business value and exceptional user experiences.
  • Lead the development of features that simplify complex workflows, improve operational efficiency, and enable data-driven decision-making.
Qualifications

We value your talent, energy, and passion. It would be beneficial if you have the following qualifications:

  • 15+ years of experience in product management, particularly in B2B SaaS environments.
  • 10+ years of leadership experience with responsibility for team development and product delivery.
  • Proven experience driving data and AI strategies, including data sourcing, quality management, and AI-driven product capabilities.
  • Strong background managing platform components such as master data management, messaging/notifications, workflows, and analytics.
  • Deep understanding of AI/ML models, including experience operationalizing explainable and transparent AI.
  • Exceptional skills in data management and integrating scalable, reliable platform tools.
  • Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally with Services, Engineering, and Data Science teams to deliver integrated solutions.
  • Demonstrated expertise in setting and measuring product success metrics to ensure business impact.
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, and influencing skills to drive alignment across stakeholders.
  • High emotional intelligence, sound judgment, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, scaling organization.
  • Strong understanding of databases, asynchronous workflows, and software development principles.

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