NielsenIQ: Digital Shelf Product Leader — Spain, United Kingdom

About NielsenIQ

NielsenIQ, also known as NIQ, works in consumer intelligence and retail measurement. Its employer material describes using market information, consumer insights and analytics to help businesses understand buying behaviour. Its data operations address the accuracy and completeness of information behind client reports, while analytical services interpret that information. The business connects details about products and retail activity with broader views of markets, giving organisations evidence for understanding demand and making commercial decisions.

The position and its setting

NielsenIQ lists Digital Shelf Product Leader in Spain, United Kingdom, under reference R26_0023957|GB. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Employment type: Full-time
• Employer listing date: 19 October 2026
• Brands: NielsenIQ
• Job Family: Product Management

Responsibilities and work described

• As Director of Product you are the single owner of NIQ Digital Shelf: its vision, roadmap, commercial performance and product team
• You lead a global team of Product Owners and UX designers and partner closely with Engineering, Data Science, Operations, Customer Success, Commercial and Product Marketing to deliver value to clients
• E-commerce is being reshaped by AI-driven discovery, marketplace complexity and brands' demand for recommendations rather than dashboards
• Product Vision and Strategy
• Own and evolve the multi-year vision for NIQ Digital Shelf as the connected intelligence layer for e-commerce performance, aligned with NIQ's strategy and revenue ambitions
• Define where the product plays and how it wins, including its response to AI-driven and agentic discovery, informed by a deep understanding of the market and competitive landscape
• Champion the integration of NIQ's broader data assets and an open partner ecosystem to deliver insight and actionability that stand apart in the market
• Roadmap Ownership and Delivery
• Own the global product roadmap end to end: discovery, prioritization, business cases, delivery and post-launch measurement
• Balance investment across client needs, differentiating innovation and platform health, and make explicit, well-communicated trade-offs
• Delivery: a steady cadence of high-quality releases in partnership with Engineering, Data Science and Quality, and shape packaging and pricing recommendations with Commercial and Finance
• Commercial Impact
• Own product outcomes: revenue growth, retention, adoption and client satisfaction
• Define and track the KPIs that demonstrate the product's commercial impact
• Partner with Commercial, Customer Success and Product Marketing on positioning, sales enablement and launch plans, and translate client feedback and win/loss learnings into roadmap priorities
• Engage directly with global CPG clients and prospects, including executive sponsors and strategic RFPs, to understand needs, validate direction and support deals

Essential requirements and candidate background

• Required
• 8+ years of progressive experience in product management, e-commerce or digital commerce, including ownership of strategy and delivery for a data or analytics product
• Deep domain expertise in digital shelf and e-commerce analytics: availability, search and visibility, content, pricing and promotion, ratings and reviews, marketplace dynamics, and retail media
• Significant exposure to CPG or consumer goods manufacturers, with a working understanding of how e-commerce, sales, insights, marketing and category teams operate and make decisions
• Translate market and client needs into a prioritized roadmap and business case, and to ship complex products with cross-functional engineering, data science and design teams
• Commercial acumen: comfortable with revenue targets, pricing and packaging, and executive client conversations
• Fluency: modern AI and data concepts and the judgment to apply them where they create client value
• Communication and influencing skills across a global, matrixed organization; comfortable leading a distributed, international team
• Leadership Experience
• We strongly prefer candidates who have managed and developed a team of product managers
• Hands-on experience shipping AI-powered or LLM-based product features
• Familiarity: market research, panel or syndicated sales data and with retail media platforms

Preferred experience and additional strengths

• Preferred

Location, schedule and contract conditions

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• Other benefits include a flexible working environment, comprehensive health insurance, industry-leading parental leave, life insurance, education support and more
• Work arrangement: Hybrid
• Advertised location: Spain, United Kingdom

Benefits mentioned by the employer

• 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/

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Pay and application dates

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Relevant skills

• AI/ML
• LLMs
• AI
• investment
• sales
• marketing
• stakeholder management
• partnership development
• pricing
• communication