Senior Director, Product Management - MarketScan

Merative is a company dedicated to transforming healthcare through data and analytics. They are seeking a Senior Director of Product Management for MarketScan to define and lead the long-term strategy for MarketScan, manage product portfolios, and align cross-functional teams to improve healthcare outcomes through actionable insights.

Responsibilities:

• Define and lead the long-term strategy for MarketScan, aligning portfolio priorities to corporate growth objectives and evolving market demand in life sciences, government, and academic research
• Identify and pursue new opportunities for MarketScan expansion, including new data assets, partnerships, and AI-enabled experiences that improve speed-to-insight and research usability
• Manage investment tradeoffs across data product innovation, and operational excellence to deliver against financial growth plans
• Own end-to-end portfolio leadership across MarketScan offerings (datasets, delivery modalities, and applications), including roadmap, lifecycle management, performance tracking, and product packaging strategy
• Drive 'research-grade' data value through clear product definitions, data documentation expectations, and fit-for-purpose usability for diverse researcher personas (programmers, epidemiologists, HEOR leaders, etc.)
• Partner with Data Operations, Data Governance, and Engineering to ensure quality, repeatability, and consistency in data pipelines and releases
• Advance MarketScan’s delivery experiences—supporting both file-based and cloud-enabled access models—and define product requirements to continuously improve customer onboarding, usability, and adoption
• Partner with Engineering to evolve the product delivery model with modern SDLC practices (automation, CI/CD enablement where applicable, quality improvements, operational resiliency)
• Define where and how AI can create meaningful customer value across the MarketScan experience (e.g., discovery, documentation, study setup support, workflow acceleration)—with a focus on responsible, compliant, and practical adoption
• Provide strategic direction to marketing, sales, partnerships, and enablement teams—ensuring clear value narratives, differentiated positioning, and aligned packaging guidance for MarketScan
• Translate product strategy and performance into executive-ready updates, and drive decision-making across senior stakeholders
• Strengthen feedback loops with Sales, Consulting/Services, and Customer Success to inform roadmap priorities and reduce friction across the customer lifecycle
• Serve as a public-facing leader for MarketScan—engaging with strategic customers, partners, and industry forums to build trust, gather market intelligence, and shape the external point of view
• Build deep customer relationships to validate roadmap direction, accelerate adoption, and identify co-creation opportunities
• Build and lead a high-performing product organization; set clear goals, decision rights, and a coaching-oriented culture
• Establish a predictable operating cadence (OKRs/roadmap reviews/quarterly planning) that drives cross-functional alignment and on-time delivery
• Lead and develop a high-performing team of product managers and technologists (as applicable), fostering a culture of clarity, execution, accountability, and continuous learning
• Drive continued execution of AI maturity into core product practice

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in product management, product strategy, data/analytics platforms, or adjacent domains, with at least 5 years in senior leadership roles
• Expert understanding of market needs, client pain points, key use cases of real-world data, and growth opportunities
• Proven success leading complex product portfolios—ideally within real-world data, healthcare claims data, data platforms, analytics, or research solutions
• Strong understanding of healthcare data expectations and constraints (data quality, privacy, governance, de-identification principles, and operational controls)
• Demonstrated ability to partner deeply with Engineering, Data Operations, and Governance teams to deliver scalable, reliable data products and customer experiences
• Track record of influencing cross-functional executive stakeholders and driving alignment across product, commercial, and operational priorities
• Exceptional strategic thinking, communication, and leadership skills
• Bachelor's degree required
• MBA, MPH, PhD, or related advanced degree preferred