Head of Digital and Data Strategy

About Discovery 

About Discovery Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.

About Discovery Health Digital

This position is within the Discovery Health Digital Product team, working to optimize the use and integration of digital health and telehealth solutions within the healthcare landscape. The primary objective of the role is to ensure the seamless implementation, operation, and enhancement of digital and analytics solutions in the company’s digital health platform to support the delivery of delivering efficient, high-quality patient care.

Job Purpose 

To assist in both data products for the health digital platform as well as the overall digital product strategy, including product conceptualization and implementation. A strategist and visionary who sets/influences the direction and DNA of the product, the successful candidate will lead a portfolio of initiatives with a focus on the definition of the data strategy for the digital health platform, as well as the subsequent innovation, growth and commercialization of it. The role will be responsible for the development and management of the digital data portfolio roadmap based on adopted strategies and is inherently cross functional, demanding successful collaboration between engineering, product design, marketing, servicing, and other business functions to achieve alignment and successful execution of the strategy. The successful result of this synthesis of various tech and capabilities is the manifestation of intelligent digital products that our customers will strongly engage with.

Areas of responsibility may include but are not limited to;

• Develop and articulate a clear vision, strategy and roadmap for the data and analytics workstream of the digital health platform.
• Oversee the lifecycle from concept to launch, including development and deployment.
• Agreeing value to be delivered by the roadmap and measuring delivered value, to ensure cost-effectiveness of the solutions implemented. 
• Over and above the data-based solutions contribute to the development of the overall digital health platform strategy, focusing on engagement, innovation, growth and commercialization of the platform.
• Spearhead the research and analysis on both internal data products and as well as external data solutions in the market, identifying and sharing opportunities that lead to growth and innovation of the digital health platform.
• Guide a team of data-related resources to create, enhance, measure, and continuously improve the data products critical to success of the digital health platform.
• Ensure that the team is engaged, has clarity in terms of the deliverables and is consistently energized to deliver on these timely. 
• Collaborate with various functions to align and execute data strategies in the digital health platform and ensure that the right level of creativity, experience, guidance, and support is provided in delivering these products to market.
• Work closely with users of the product to incorporate feedback into continuous development.
• Ensuring experimentation is at the heart of all development. 
• Regularly engage with senior executive / C-level stakeholders to ensure that strategic objectives are achieved, relevant success metrics defined/refined and that the business case prevails.
• Adequately update and report into the relevant Excos, Steercom and internal committees.

Job Requirements

Experience

• 5-7 years of Data and Digital Product Management experience in complex/matrix environments managing complex digital product development and implementations across cross-functional team/s of Product Managers, Product Owners, UX designers, Architects, Business Analysts, Developers
• Experience in data science, with a track record of successful delivery of data science projects
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication and leadership skills

Education

• BSc. Computer Science, Data science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics or a related field
• Outstanding academic qualifications

Preferred

• Post-graduate degree in any of the above fields or MBA (advantageous)

Technical Skills or Knowledge

Required

• Product Management experience in complex/matrix environments managing complex digital product development and implementations across cross-functional team/s of Product Managers, Product Owners, UX designers, Architects, Business Analysts, Developers.
• Understanding of SDLC and extensive experience in delivery of integrated solutions of meaningful scale.
• Experience with cloud platforms, such as AWS, GCP and Azure
• Experience with AI models such as GPT, Llama, Gemini, etc
• Familiarity with MLOps practices and tools

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY   
                             
The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.