Mgr – IT Product Lead (Analytics / GPO)

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Define and own the Analytics product vision and roadmap, aligning it with SGPO strategic objectives and broader Cencora enterprise goals.
• Serve as the primary point of accountability for the Analytics product portfolio, managing scope, prioritization, and stakeholder expectations across business and IT.
• Lead product planning ceremonies, including quarterly roadmap reviews, portfolio prioritization sessions, and executive briefings.
• Drive buy vs. build vs. configure decisions for analytics tooling and platforms in partnership with architecture and sourcing teams.
• Maintain and groom the product backlog, ensuring user stories, epics, features, and acceptance criteria are clearly defined, prioritized, and development-ready within the SAFe Agile framework.
• Participate actively as a hands-on contributor — analyzing data sets, reviewing technical designs, and providing substantive input and feedback on analytics reports and dashboards.
• Partner closely with data engineers and BI developers to review solutions built on Azure, Databricks, and Power BI, ensuring alignment with product intent, business requirements, and data quality standards.
• Translate complex business requirements into clear technical specifications, facilitating shared understanding between business stakeholders and delivery teams.
• Engage in SAFe Agile ceremonies — PI Planning, sprint planning, standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives — ensuring the team remains unblocked, aligned, and focused on delivering value.
• Own release planning and go-live readiness, coordinating UAT, change management, and deployment activities.
• Evaluate and provide technical input on data architecture, data models, and pipeline designs, ensuring solutions are scalable, performant, and maintainable.

Team Leadership & Development

• Lead and mentor a high-performing, cross-functional Analytics team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Provide coaching and career development guidance to team members, including business analysts, data engineers, and BI developers.
• Champion SAFe Agile and product management best practices within SGPO, contributing to the maturation of the team's ways of working.
• Identify staffing needs, support recruitment efforts, and contribute to workforce planning for the Analytics capability.

Stakeholder Engagement & Governance

• Build and maintain strong relationships with business partners, data stewards, and technology teams across Cencora.
• Facilitate cross-functional alignment on analytics priorities, data governance standards, and platform adoption strategies.
• Represent the Analytics product area in SGPO governance forums, portfolio reviews, and steering committees.
• Communicate product status, key decisions, risks, and milestones to stakeholders at all levels — including executive leadership.

Data & Analytics Enablement

• Champion the adoption of self-service analytics, data literacy, and insight-driven decision-making across the SGPO business.
• Partner with data governance and architecture teams to ensure adherence to data quality, security, and compliance standards.
• Leverage hands-on expertise in Power BI to review, critique, and guide the development of dashboards and analytical reports that drive business outcomes.
• Evaluate and recommend enhancements to the analytics tech stack, with a focus on the Azure, Databricks, and Power BI ecosystem.