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AI Transformation Lead, Sr. Manager

NielsenIQ383 open roles

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$114,800 – $126,240 a year
Where
Chicago, IL, United States, Remote
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Remote
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Company Description

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At NIQ, we deliver the most complete and clear understanding of consumer buying behavior that reveals new pathways to growth.

We are seeking a strategic, business-oriented AI Transformation Lead, Sr. Manager to identify and translate high-value business opportunities into scalable AI-enabled workflows, solutions, and operating-model changes. This individual contributor will lead initiatives from discovery and business-case development through solution design, implementation, and value realization.

Remote role based in the US. Candidates must be physically located within the US

Job Description

The role will connect business needs with AI and technology capabilities, ensuring solutions are grounded in how work is performed and can be successfully operationalized. The AI Transformation Lead will partner closely with business leaders, EIT, Product Leadership, CS Standards & Activation, and other enterprise partners.

The ideal candidate combines deep business understanding, structured problem-solving, learning agility, hands-on AI fluency, and cross-functional leadership. They can navigate ambiguity, turn emerging opportunities into practical initiatives, and drive measurable improvements in effectiveness, scalability, customer experience, and business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

AI Strategy and Opportunity Discovery

  • Partner with business leaders to identify high-value opportunities for AI-enabled transformation across functions and workflows.
  • Lead discovery workshops, stakeholder interviews, and process assessments to understand business needs, pain points, and growth opportunities.
  • Assess process maturity, operational readiness, data availability, technology dependencies, and organizational constraints.
  • Build and manage a prioritized portfolio of opportunities based on strategic alignment, expected value, feasibility, complexity, and readiness.

Workflow and Solution Design

  • Translate business challenges into clearly defined AI-enabled workflows, solutions, and future-state operating models.
  • Define business requirements, user needs, success measures, process implications, ownership, and implementation approaches.
  • Develop rapid prototypes or proofs of concept to test assumptions, demonstrate potential value, and inform investment decisions.
  • Partner with Product Leadership, Engineering, and Enterprise IT teams to shape solution roadmaps and delivery plans.

Strategic Workstream Leadership

  • Lead transformation workstreams from opportunity identification through implementation and value realization.
  • Develop business cases, implementation roadmaps, milestone plans, executive recommendations, and decision materials.
  • Align cross-functional stakeholders on roles, decisions, dependencies, and handoffs, while actively managing risks and competing priorities.
  • Communicate progress, recommendations, decisions, and outcomes to senior leadership audiences.

Implementation Readiness and Change Partnership

  • Translate solution designs into clear changes to workflows, roles, decision points, data needs, and team handoffs.
  • Work with business and technical owners to define launch requirements, ongoing ownership, support needs, and the path from pilot to scaled implementation.
  • Stay engaged through implementation to resolve design issues, incorporate feedback, and help ensure the solution works in practice.

Qualifications

Experience

  • 5+ years of experience in business transformation, consulting, product strategy, digital transformation, or a relevant business function. Experience gained within NIQ or a comparable data and insights organization is highly valued.
  • Deep familiarity with client needs, frontline workflows, or functional use cases, with the ability to translate firsthand experience into meaningful transformation opportunities.
  • Demonstrated success leading cross-functional initiatives and delivering measurable business outcomes within a complex, matrixed organization.
  • Experience partnering across business, Product, and Technology teams to move initiatives from concept into implementation.

Core Skills

  • Strong business acumen, strategic thinking, and structured problem-solving, with the judgment to keep solutions grounded in business and client realities.
  • Excellent facilitation, stakeholder management, executive communication, and cross-functional leadership skills.
  • Hands-on fluency with modern AI tools and the ability to translate between business needs, practical workflows, and technical possibilities.
  • Adaptability and comfort with ambiguity, including the willingness to experiment, fail fast, learn from feedback, change course, and find a practical path forward.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience applying AI and automation within enterprise business processes.
  • Experience in Growth Marketing, Communications, Demand Generation, Customer Engagement, Business Intelligence, enterprise reporting, performance management, or a related domain.
  • Knowledge of NIQ data, products, client delivery, and internal workflows, or comparable experience within the data and insights industry.
  • Experience redesigning workflows or operating models and using prototypes or proofs of concept to validate new approaches.

Why Join Us

This role offers a unique opportunity to shape how AI changes work across the enterprise. You will operate at the intersection of business strategy, workflow design, technology, and execution, helping leaders move from promising ideas to practical solutions that deliver measurable impact at scale.

Additional Information

This role has a market-competitive salary with an anticipated base compensation of $114,800 - $126,240. Actual salaries will vary depending on a candidate’s experience, qualifications, skills, and location. This role might also be eligible for a sales-based incentive or performance-based bonus. Other benefits include a flexible working environment, comprehensive health insurance, industry-leading parental leave, life insurance, education support, and more.

US Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare plan (medical, Rx, dental, and vision).
  • Flexible spending accounts and a Health Savings Account (including company contributions).
  • Life and AD&D insurance.
  • 401(k) retirement plan including company matching contributions.
  • Disability insurance.
  • Tuition Reimbursement.
  • Discretionary paid time off program and 11 paid holidays.
  • Flexible working environment
  • Volunteer time off
  • LinkedIn Learning
  • Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

Our Benefits

  • Flexible working environment
  • Volunteer time off
  • LinkedIn Learning
  • Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

NIQ may utilize artificial intelligence (AI) tools at various stages of the recruitment process, including résumé screening, candidate assessments, interview scheduling, job matching, communication support, and certain administrative tasks that help streamline workflows. These tools are intended to improve efficiency and support fair and consistent evaluation based on job-related criteria. All use of AI is governed by NIQ’s principles of fairness, transparency, human oversight, and inclusion. Final hiring decisions are made exclusively by humans. NIQ regularly reviews its AI tools to help mitigate bias and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations. If you have questions, require accommodations, or wish to request human review were permitted by law, please contact your local HR representative. For more information, please visit NIQ’s AI Safety Policies and Guiding Principles: https://nielseniq.com/global/en/info/niqs-ai-safety-policies/

About NIQ

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.

For more information, visit NIQ.com

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Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At NIQ, we are steadfast in our commitment to fostering an inclusive workplace that mirrors the rich diversity of the communities and markets we serve. We believe that embracing a wide range of perspectives drives innovation and excellence. All employment decisions at NIQ are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. We invite individuals who share our dedication to inclusivity and equity to join us in making a meaningful impact. To learn more about our ongoing efforts in diversity and inclusion, please visit the https://nielseniq.com/global/en/news-center/diversity-inclusion

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