AVP, Platform Product Management
About the role
Responsibilities
In this role, you will shape enterprise platform strategy across multiple internally-facing capability areas. You will be accountable for platform strategy, team leadership, organizational capability development, investment prioritization, and delivery outcomes across internal platform capabilities supporting product, engineering, AI Delivery, and enterprise architecture initiatives.
Enterprise Platform Strategy
You will define multi-domain platform product strategy that connects internal capabilities, engineering priorities, AI Delivery, architecture direction, and enterprise product needs. You will identify high-leverage platform opportunities that improve reuse, scalability, governance, developer productivity, AI-assisted delivery quality, and speed to value. You will shape long-term roadmaps for internal platform capabilities, including migration strategy, adoption pathways, investment sequencing, and AI-first operating model evolution. You will create strategic narratives and decision frameworks to help leaders prioritize platform investments.
Technical Product Thought Leadership
Serve as a recognized expert in platform product management, internal developer enablement, AI-enabled platform capabilities, data platforms, enterprise architecture-aligned product strategy, or AI-first software delivery models. Partner with senior engineering and architecture leaders to evaluate platform tradeoffs, capability boundaries, service ownership, governance models, and agentic coding enablement. Influence standards for reusable capabilities, platform adoption, measurement, internal user experience, responsible AI use, and high-leverage product artifacts supporting AI-assisted build workflows. Anticipate emerging needs related to AI delivery, data/knowledge platforms, automation, security, observability, responsible governance, and changing development practices.
Strategic Influence & Talent Multiplication
Advise platform product leaders on strategy, discovery, stakeholder alignment, executive communication, and AI-first product delivery maturity. Lead cross-cutting platform initiatives without requiring large-team ownership. Represent platform product strategy in executive and senior technical forums. Build product capability through coaching, examples, reusable frameworks, and high-quality product narratives. Establish role clarity, performance expectations, and career development plans for platform product talent.
Team Leadership
Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team of platform product managers. Hold teams accountable for platform adoption, business outcomes, and delivery results. Develop future platform product leaders and succession pipelines.
Requirements
- 10+ years of relevant experience in product management, platform product leadership, technical product management, enterprise architecture-aligned product strategy, data/AI products, developer platforms, AI-first software delivery, or enterprise technology leadership.
- Proven success shaping enterprise-scale platform strategy and influencing senior technical and business leaders.
- Deep expertise in one or more internal platform domains, such as data platforms, AI/ML enablement, internal developer platforms, APIs and integration, identity/access, knowledge graphs, cloud/platform architecture, governance, or agentic coding enablement.
- Recognized fluency using AI tools and advising teams on responsible, effective AI-first product practices.
- Experience building and developing high-performing platform product teams.
- Ability to create organizational alignment around platform strategy and execution.
- Balances strategic vision with operational execution.
Pay
The estimated hiring range for this role is $156,500 to $290,100. Geographic factors may adjust the range, and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. This position is also incentive-eligible.
Benefits
Vizient offers a comprehensive benefits plan. View benefits here.