Director Data & AI Product Management

Type: Permanent

Location: Brentford (Hybrid - 3 Days On-Site / 2 Remote)

Sector: Global Pharmaceutical / Life Sciences

Overview

We've partnered with a major global pharmaceutical organisation undergoing a large-scale digital and AI transformation across their manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and network strategy functions.

They are now hiring a Director of Data & AI Product Management to lead a critical product domain that sits at the heart of how medicines are manufactured, distributed, and delivered worldwide.

This is a strategic, high-impact leadership role ideal for someone who sits comfortably at the intersection of product, science, engineering, AI, and supply chain.

• Define and drive the vision, strategy, and roadmap for data, analytics, and AI products across supply chain and network strategy.
• Translate business needs from manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, and quality into actionable product requirements.
• Lead products from concept prototype production, ensuring scalability, performance, and regulatory alignment.
• Establish agile, DataOps, and MLOps practices to accelerate deployment of analytics and AI solutions.
• Guide the integration of operational data across ecosystems (MES, LIMS, ERP, QMS, plant-level data, SCADA, IoT, cloud).
• Track and measure business value, adoption, efficiency, and product KPIs across the portfolio.
• Partner with senior leaders to align data product strategy to global transformation initiatives.
• Manage and coach teams across product, engineering, data science, and platform groups.

• Proven track record managing data, AI, or analytics product portfolios end-to-end.
• Deep domain expertise in global pharma, biopharma, or large-scale manufacturing/supply chain.
• Strong technical fluency:
  • Data engineering & pipelines
  • Cloud platforms
  • Data science & AI/ML product delivery
  • MLOps / DataOps principles
• Skilled at influencing product direction across cross-functional, multi-region teams.
• A strategic thinker capable of shaping long-term transformation while executing fast.
• Comfortable in complex, regulated, GMP-heavy environments.
• Experience delivering solutions that optimise:
  • Manufacturing performance
  • Supply chain planning
  • Network strategy
  • Quality workflows
  • Data governance & AI compliance

This leader will shape how data and AI power real-world pharma operations - from recipe consistency and batch performance to global supply chain resilience.

You'll be driving initiatives that directly impact:

• manufacturing reliability
• productivity
• compliance
• global patient supply
• sustainable operations

This is one of the most forward-facing product leadership roles available in the industry.

If you're a seasoned Data & AI Product Leader with deep pharma or manufacturing experience, this is a rare opportunity to influence decisions at global scale.

Apply or request a confidential discussion.

*Rates depend on experience and client requirements