Data Science Product Director

Job Summary

The Technical Product Director is a critical leadership role responsible for the strategic direction and successful execution of all open data science projects, ensuring alignment with business goals and optimal resource utilization. This individual and will be the primary point of contact for communicating project status, progress, and challenges to both business stakeholders and development teams. This role requires a strong blend of technical acumen, business understanding, and exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.


Essential Functions

• Project Administration:
  • Continuous Monitoring & Communication: Implement and manage processes for continuous project monitoring, proactively identifying risks and opportunities for improvement. Serve as the primary communication conduit, ensuring transparency and clear updates to all stakeholders, including business customers and development teams.
  • Requirements Leadership & Business Alignment: Oversee the end-to-end requirements gathering process, leading the team in conducting thorough needs assessments with diverse stakeholders (e.g., clinicians, administrators, data engineering team).
  • Create, implement and ensure documentation standards for translating complex business needs into clear, concise user stories and technical specifications, and mentoring junior team members to ensure these processes are followed.
• Portfolio Development & Management:
  • Strategic Project Oversight: Develop and execute a comprehensive project delivery strategy that ensures projects are completed on time and meet the defined business objectives.
  • Product Roadmap & Prioritization: Drive the product roadmap and backlog, prioritizing tasks based on a deep understanding of business value, technical feasibility, and strategic alignment.
  • Data-Driven Decision Making: Analyze existing data sources to identify areas for improvement, innovation, and optimization, ensuring data integrity and alignment with project goals.
  • Risk & Issue Management: Proactively identify and mitigate potential project risks, escalating issues as needed and driving to effective resolutions.
• Stakeholder & Knowledge Management:
  • Stakeholder Engagement & Influence: Manage and influence stakeholder expectations across all levels of the organization, building strong and collaborative relationships with cross-functional teams. Facilitate workshops and meetings effectively to gather requirements, solicit feedback, and ensure alignment.
  • Documentation & Knowledge Management: Ensure the creation and maintenance of comprehensive project documentation, including department communications, user manuals, technical specifications, and progress reports, and all other relevant documentation aimed at facilitating knowledge transfer and ensuring project continuity.

Qualifications

• Education: Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in product management, project management, or a related field, with increasing levels of responsibility.
• 5+ years of experience leading and managing project teams, demonstrating proven ability to coach, mentor, and motivate direct reports.
• Proven experience leading complex projects with cross-functional teams and diverse stakeholder groups.
• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and agile methodologies.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business needs into clear and concise requirements.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a data-driven approach to decision making.
• Extensive experience project documentation using JIRA and SmartSheets
• Expert level application of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).