Director, AI Strategy & Transformation at Nielsen IQ

Job description

As the Director of AI Strategy and Transformation, you'll translate enterprise strategy into coordinated action by prioritizing opportunities, mobilizing cross-functional teams, aligning senior stakeholders, and ensuring critical initiatives maintain momentum. The ideal candidate brings a strong portfolio mindset, sound business judgment, and the ability to move between strategy and execution. They will work across Customer Success, Product Leadership, Technology, and other enterprise teams, as well as with external technology and consulting partners, to ensure that the Customer Success AI transformation portfolio gets executed with excellence. Key Responsibilities: Portfolio Strategy and Prioritization • Shape and maintain a portfolio of strategic AI transformation initiatives aligned with enterprise priorities. • Evaluate opportunities, investments, dependencies, risks, and sequencing to support leadership decisions. • Translate strategic priorities into clear roadmaps, decisions, and areas of accountability. Strategic Initiative Leadership • Mobilize cross-functional teams around high-priority or emerging transformation opportunities. • Provide direct leadership to select strategic initiatives that require senior-level coordination and influence. • Identify barriers, resolve ambiguity, and create a practical path from concept to execution. Executive and Enterprise Alignment • Build alignment among senior business, Product, and Technology leaders. • Develop strategic recommendations, leadership narratives, and decision materials. • Maintain visibility into portfolio progress, emerging risks, and decisions requiring executive attention. Operating Model and Strategic Partnerships • Help evolve the governance, engagement models, and ways of working that support AI transformation. • Establish repeatable approaches for prioritizing, mobilizing, and overseeing strategic initiatives. • Lead relationships with selected technology, consulting, and strategic partners, ensuring their work supports enterprise priorities. • Demonstrated success managing a portfolio of complex initiatives and aligning stakeholders around shared priorities. • Experience leading across complex, matrixed organizations and influencing senior stakeholders without relying on direct authority. • Experience translating strategy into roadmaps, investment decisions, and coordinated execution. Core Capabilities • Strong strategic judgment and the ability to evaluate opportunities, tradeoffs, dependencies, and organizational readiness. • Portfolio mindset, including experience with prioritization, roadmap development, and cross-functional delivery. • Executive-level communication, stakeholder management, and facilitation skills. • Adaptability and comfort with ambiguity, with the ability to create structure, change course when needed, and maintain momentum. Preferred Qualifications • Experience leading AI, digital, data, or technology-enabled transformation. • Familiarity with NIQ business, clients, products, and internal operating environment, or comparable experience within the data and insights industry. • Formal Product Management or Product Leadership experience involving a portfolio of development efforts. • Experience managing strategic relationships with technology companies, consulting firms, or other external partners. Why Join Us This role offers the opportunity to shape how AI transformation is prioritized and advanced across the enterprise. You will work with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to turn strategic ambition into a coordinated portfolio of initiatives that deliver meaningful business outcomes. This role has a market-competitive salary with an anticipated base compensation of $132,000 - $160,000. Actual salaries will vary depending on a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills, and location. This role might also be eligible for a sales-based incentive or performance-based bonus. Other benefits include a flexibl