Director of Platform, Omdia

Job title:

Director of Platform, Omdia

Company:

Informa

Job description

Company DescriptionDo you want to develop your career and make an impact in the fast-growth, fast-moving B2B technology space?At Informa TechTarget, you’ll collaborate and grow alongside some of the industry’s most respected experts. You’ll work with leading brands and be exposed to world-shaping innovations. You’ll apply your energy and intellect to helping clients be faster to market and faster to revenue.We’re a vibrant community of world-class practitioners – over 2000 colleagues strong – with offices in 19 locations around the world. We’re traded on Nasdaq and also part of Informa PLC, a global leader in business-to-business events, digital services, and academic research in the FTSE 100.About Informa TechTargetInforma TechTarget (Nasdaq: TTGT) informs, influences and connects the world’s technology buyers and sellers, to accelerate growth from R&D to ROI.With an unparalleled reach of over 220 highly targeted technology-specific websites and more than 50 million permissioned first-party audience members, Informa TechTarget has a unique understanding of and insight into technology markets.Underpinned by those audiences and their data, we offer expert-led, data-driven, and digitally enabled services that deliver significant impact and measurable outcomes to our clients. We provide our customers with:Trusted information that shapes the industry and informs investmentIntelligence and advice that guides and influences strategyAdvertising that grows reputation and establishes thought leadershipCustom content that engages and prompts actionIntent and demand generation that more precisely targets and convertsOur organization is committed to sustainability, diversity, wellbeing, and ethical working practices. Visit informatechtarget.com and follow us on LinkedIn.For more information, visit and follow us onJob DescriptionOmdia is the Intelligence and Advisory business unit within InformaTechTarget, and one of the world’s leading technology-focused research and data companies, with 300+ expert analysts serving strategic buyers in the technology vendor community. Under InformaTechTarget Omdia’s 3 year plan is to deliver accelerated growth and margin.The Director of Platform reports into the VP of Product, Tech and Strategy and is responsible for working closely with colleagues across InformaTechTarget and Informa Group to…

• Own platform strategy, including:

• How we continually evolve how our Omdia platforms create, market, deliver and sell our products to best serve our customers
• How we design and integrate the different platforms, systems and tools across our portfolio of businesses (including recently acquired Canalys and through our combination with TechTarget)
• Monitoring our customer, prospect and colleague needs in order to evolve and adapt our platform, systems and tools
• Monitoring the competitor landscape to inform platform innovation and our platform roadmap
• Manage and direct team responsible for strategy execution and maintenance, including:

• Prioritising product/platform features, managing the backlog and owning the product/platform/Data roadmap (and influencing the product roadmap of third party solutions)
• Maintaining platform resourcing and monitoring, including the platform, systems and tools budget
• Leading ongoing platform optimisation including UX, bug-fixing, upgrades
• Leading product ops to ensure syncing up with commercial product management team
• Providing a portfolio wide review on pricing

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge and experience of strategic thinking around platform and technology and how this drives and enables results for customers and colleagues
• Extensive knowledge and experience of technology platforms and ability to assess, select, and manage vendors and owned resource on an ongoing basis
• Ability to rapidly acquire domain expertise – the market, Omdia platform, product design, associated technology platforms
• Strong and proven leadership skills – ability to form, lead, coach and develop a cross-functional team and work with a range of stakeholders
• Demonstrable commercial expertise and understanding of finance, analytics and marketing
• Existing understanding of market research / market intelligence / research-led subscription businesses a clear advantage

Additional InformationOur benefits include:

• Freedom & flexibility: colleagues rate us highly for the flexibility and trust they receive, and we support a range of working patterns
• Great community: a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events, our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks
• Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer, with charity match funding available too
• Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning, mentoring platforms and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When it’s time for the next step, we encourage and support internal job moves
• Time out: 25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days after two years, plus a birthday leave day and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year
• A flexible range of personal benefits to choose from, plus company funded private medical cover
• A ShareMatch scheme that allows you to become an Informa shareholder with free matching shares
• Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, a healthy living subsidy, access to health apps and more
• Recognition for great work, with global awards and kudos programmes
• As an international company, the chance to collaborate with teams around the world

TechTarget, Inc., doing business as Informa TechTarget, including its subsidiaries is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. We strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment. Informa TechTarget complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act, and all applicable federal, state or local law.

Expected salary

Location

London

Job date

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 06:45:22 GMT

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