Data Product Lead - Commercial Analytics

Opella is the self-care challenger with the purest and third-largest portfolio in the Over-The-Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market globally.

Our mission: to bring health in people’s hands by making self-care as simple as it should be for over half a billion consumers worldwide.

At the core of this mission is our 100+ loved brands, our 11,000-strong global team, our 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites and four specialized science and innovation development centers.

Headquartered in France, Opella is the proud maker of many of the world’s most loved brands, including Allegra, Buscopan, Doliprane, Dulcolax, Enterogermina, Essentiale and Mucosolvan.

B Corp certified in multiple markets, we are active players in the journey towards healthier people and planet.

Find out more about our mission to bring health in your hands at www.opella.com.

About The Job
We are seeking a visionary and results-driven Data Product Lead for Commercial Analytics to define and drive the analytics strategy and execution across our commercial business units. This role plays a critical part in transforming commercial insights into actionable value. The ideal candidate will bring a deep understanding of commercial business processes in the FMCH industry, a strategic mindset for data-driven decision-making, and a proven track record of delivering enterprise-scale analytics solutions with demonstrable business value outcomes. The Data Product Lead for Commercial Analytics will join the Global Digital Data & Analytics team.

Main Responsibilities

• Stakeholder Engagement: Act as the primary liaison between business units and technical teams, ensuring a deep understanding of business needs and the translation of those needs into data products.
• Analytics Roadmap Ownership: Define, evolve, and manage the commercial analytics roadmap in close collaboration with business stakeholders covering descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics.
• Value Realization: Identify and prioritize use cases that drive measurable business value, applying a value-centric approach to analytics.
• Set up High Performance Analytics Teams: Design and lead a high-performance analytics team with required skills: Data Architects, Data engineers, Data Scientists, Visualization experts, etc.
• KPI Definition & Alignment: Lead the definition and governance of commercial analytics KPIs to ensure business-relevant and outcome-driven metrics.
• Solution Architecture: Translate business requirements into scalable and sustainable analytics solutions, defining the architecture, governance, delivery models, and technical teams.
• Data Governance: Advocate and enforce best practices in data quality, metadata management, data cataloging, and overall data stewardship.
• Project & Vendor Management: Oversee agile project delivery, vendor relationships, and budget execution.

About You
Functional Requirements & Qualifications

• Experience: 15+ years in commercial analytics, with 5 + years in a lead or product ownership role within data and analytics.
• Strategic Product Leader with a strong background in digital and data product management within complex global environments, combining analytical thinking and a proven ability to deliver measurable business value through commercial analytics initiatives.
• Commercial Domain Expertise: Deep understanding of commercial business processes including sales, marketing, customer engagement, and their supporting analytics frameworks.
• Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to influence, align, and collaborate with senior business leaders, technical teams, and external partners and Excellent communication skils.
• Education: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in business, Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field.

Technical Requirements
Solution Delivery & Data Expertise

• Hands-on experience delivering end-to-end analytics solutions.
• Familiar with key data sources like SAP, Salesforce, IQVIA, and TRAX.

Data & Analytics Tools

• Strong grasp of data science methods for commercial use cases.
• Proficient in Snowflake, Power BI, and ETL tools like IICS and DBT.
• Exposure to AI/ML platforms such as AWS Sagemaker and Azure ML.

Architecture & Governance

• Skilled in data governance, quality, lineage, and metadata management.

Project & Collaboration Tools

• Experienced in agile methodologies and tools like JIRA, Confluence, ServiceNow, Teams, and Slack.

Soft And Behavioral Skills
Proven leader with experience managing diverse, global teams and fostering cross-functional collaboration. Strong communicator with a service-oriented mindset, cultural sensitivity, and a proactive, problem-solving approach. Known for taking initiative, driving alignment, and delivering results in dynamic environments.

Why us?
At Opella, you will enjoy doing challenging, purposeful work, empowered to develop consumer brands with passion and creativity. This is your chance to grow new skills and be part of a bold, collaborative, and inclusive culture where people can thrive and be at their best every day.

We Are Challengers.

We Are Dedicated To Making Self-care As Simple As It Should Be. That Starts With Our Culture. We Are Challengers By Nature, And This Is How We Do Things

All In Together: We keep each other honest and have each other's backs.

Courageous: We break boundaries and take thoughtful risks with creativity.

Outcome-Obsessed: We are personally accountable, driving sustainable impact and results with integrity.

Radically Simple: We strive to make things simple for us and simple for consumers, as it should be.

Join us on our mission. Health. In your hands.