Director, Product - Technology Buyer Products

Director, Product Leader

IDC is seeking an experienced and visionary Director, Product Leader to lead the strategy, development, and execution of our product portfolio serving technology buyers—including CIOs, enterprise architects, procurement, and strategic technology planning teams. This is a senior-level role within the Product organization responsible for deeply understanding the evolving needs of enterprise technology decision-makers and translating those needs into high-impact, research and AI-driven products that deliver tangible business value.

This individual will lead cross-functional initiatives to develop solutions that help technology buyers make faster, more informed, and more confident decisions. The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience building successful digital products for this audience, grounded in a deep understanding of their day-to-day responsibilities, workflows, and pain points.

At IDC, we are on a mission to elevate decision confidence for leaders across the technology landscape. As the most trusted source for global IT, telecommunications, and consumer technology market intelligence, advisory services, and events, we help businesses make fact-based decisions on technology strategy.

We combine over 60 years of experience with global, regional, and local expertise across 110+ countries. Our customers include the world's most influential tech vendors, service providers, and enterprise leaders.

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Responsibilities

• Own the product vision and strategy for IDC's solutions targeted at technology buying centers.
• Conduct ongoing customer research and validation.
• Partner closely with research, data, and go-to-market teams.
• Translate customer pain points into intuitive digital workflows.
• Collaborate with engineering, UX, and data science teams.
• Monitor usage, satisfaction, and business impact metrics.
• Serve as an internal thought leader on technology buyer personas.
• Stay ahead of trends in enterprise tech buying behaviors.
• Support specific strategic sales engagements.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in product management, product strategy, or digital product leadership.
• Proven track record of building successful products for CIOs, enterprise architects.
• Deep understanding of the enterprise tech buying lifecycle.
• Strong ability to identify and articulate pain points.
• Demonstrated experience delivering AI-enabled digital products.
• Strategic thinker with excellent execution and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Ability to operate in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment.
• Familiarity with IDC's ecosystem or a similar market intelligence business.

IDC, Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or other legally protected status.

At IDC US, we are committed to fair and equitable pay practices. We pay our employees equitably for their work, commensurate with their individual skills and experience. Salary range and additional compensation, including discretionary bonuses and incentive pay, are determined by a rigorous review process. This process considers the experience, education, certifications, and skills required for the specific role, equity with similarly situated employees, as well as employer-verified US region-specific market data provided by an independent 3rd party partner. The expected total annual compensation, depending on location and experience, is between $250,000 and $280,000 USD and is inclusive of base salary and variable compensation (if applicable).