Director,AI/Digital Product Governance Job Mississauga area,Ontario Canada,IT/Tech

Join AstraZeneca, a global leader in biopharmaceuticals, where science and patient care drive our mission to develop life-changing medicines. As part of our Regulatory Technology & Excellence function, we are seeking a visionary Director, AI/Digital Product Governance to join our multifaceted Regulatory Digital team. This role is pivotal in crafting the future of our digital products, ensuring alignment with business goals and delivering outstanding value to users.

If you have a deep understanding of digital product management and a knack for translating business needs into technical requirements, this is your chance to create a significant impact.

Recognizing the importance of individualized flexibility, our ways of working allow employees to balance personal and work commitments while ensuring we continue to create a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork by engaging face-to-face in our offices3 days a week
. Our headofficeispurposely designed with collaboration in mind, providing space where teams can come together to strategize, brainstorm and connect on key projects.

Introduction:

Director level role assumes accountability for executing the annual digital strategy refresh process as well as leading and evolving Regulatory Technology Governance Committee (RTGC) capabilities to ensure successful Digital strategy delivery and benefits achievement. The role also has product ownership accountability to build and drive product-specific roadmaps and deliverables.

Accountabilities

This position requires a unique blend of strategic thinking and tactical execution—balancing portfolio-level governance and oversight with deep product management expertise. The role will have responsibility for ensuring an effective digital strategy refresh annually, an effective governance model/framework is operational to support digital strategy achievement and an effective Regulatory technology portfolio management capability exists. This role will also also parther with the Senior Director, Regulatory Digital Strategy as well as with the Regulatory Technology & Operational Excellence, Executive Director to support additional transformation related activities as needed.

The Director, AI/Digital Product Governance responsibities will include :

Drive delivery of Regulatory’s annual digital strategy refresh by establishing an effective program structure, engaging the right stakeholders, addressing cross-workstream dependencies, mitigating/resolving issues and overseeing on time delivery of a refreshed strategy and 3-yr delivery roadmap supported by annual benefit glidepath targets. This role will also challenge and deliver thought-leadership to shape business visions, strategy and roadmaps.

Define and implement an effective digital governance structure through the maturation of an existing Reg. Tech. Governance Council (RTGC) to include development of effective meeting structures, content and agendas; stakeholder pre-meeting engagement; timly pre-read materials, etc.

Implement a robust Regulatory Technology portfolio oversight capability to be employed by the RTGC and approved program delivery teams. This will include establishing investment guiding principles; a portfolio prioritization framework; a multi-year portfolio benefits profile to support future-year funding requirements; program-level governance/decision authority; RTGC inflight portfolio monitoring approach; and all tools/process required to ensure successful program-level and portfolio-level oversight delivery.

Partnering with the function’s leadership team to support additional transformation activities

Develop and articulate clear product visions and strategies that align with the business' overall objectives and the broader digital portfolio strategy

Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Regulatory, R&D, Operations, Marketing Companies, and IT to drive product development from concept to launch

Create and prioritize product backlogs, ensuring that features deliver the strongest tangible value and align with strategic goals

Define and communicate detailed user stories and acceptance criteria to guide development teams

Oversee the product development lifecycle, including planning (sprints and resources), reviews, and retrospectives, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality products that deliver expected value

Support rollout and implementation of digital products, identifying training approaches tailored to teams and user groups

Manage dependencies in and across releases to complete release phases and milestones

Drive continuous improvement of digital products to maintain business relevance and maximize ongoing business value

Advocate for end-users by conducting user research, usability testing, and gathering feedback to inform product enhancements

Work closely with key business SMEs, process owners, and training experts to ensure effective user training and preparation for impacts to existing business processes

Leverage data analytics and market research to make…

Director, AI​/Digital Product Governance

Director, AI/Digital Product Governance