IT&D Strategy and Operations for D&A, Senior Manager (Interim)

City: Warszawa

Role Purpose

The Lead, Strategy & Operations is a leadership role within Global Data & Analytics, responsible for shaping and driving the strategy, operations, and governance agenda across the entire D&A organization. This position plays a pivotal role in ensuring that Data & Analytics delivers sustainable business impact through effective portfolio management, operational excellence, and alignment with Reckitt’s enterprise priorities.

As a member of the D&A Leadership Team, the Lead provides direction, oversight, and coaching to a team of Strategy and Operations Managers, ensuring consistency, scalability, and strategic alignment across business and D&A domains (Platforms, Products, Data Governance).

This role requires strong leadership, exceptional stakeholder management, and the ability to set direction across complex, global, and cross-functional environments, while embedding D&A in Reckitt’s DNA.

You’ll:

• Leadership & Strategy

Serve as part of the D&A Leadership Team, co-shaping the vision, strategy, and operating model for Data & Analytics globally.

Translate strategic priorities into an integrated portfolio and operating agenda, ensuring alignment across business functions and IT&D.

Provide leadership, guidance, and coaching to Portfolio Managers and their teams, ensuring high performance, consistency, and career growth.

• Portfolio & Operations Management

Oversee the full D&A portfolio through the four Portfolio Managers, ensuring prioritization, delivery, and adoption of Data & Analytics products and platforms across all business functions.

Establish and maintain governance structures for D&A portfolio planning, budget management, partner/vendor management, capability development, and communications.

Drive continuous improvement and scalability of the D&A operating model, embedding best practices in agile, financial, and delivery management.

• Stakeholder & Business Engagement

Act as a senior point of contact for IT&D and business leaders, ensuring D&A priorities, budgets, and resources are aligned to business value.

Lead D&A leadership forums and councils to ensure decisions are transparent, data-driven, and aligned with Reckitt’s enterprise objectives.

Represent D&A in enterprise-wide strategy, governance, and planning conversations.

• Financial & Vendor Oversight

Own and oversee the consolidated D&A financial budget across people, infrastructure, and licensing, ensuring discipline and transparency.

Oversee partner/vendor performance, ensuring that relationships support delivery quality, cost efficiency, and long-term capability development.

• Team & Culture

Build and sustain a culture of collaboration, innovation, and accountability across the D&A organization.

Actively mentor and support the growth of Portfolio Managers, creating clear career pathways and succession plans.

Champion diversity, inclusion, and well-being within the team.

You’ll succeed because you have…

Proven leadership track record with 12+ years of experience in Data & Analytics, IT, or digital delivery, including 5+ years in senior leadership or strategy/operations roles.

Deep understanding of Data & Analytics products, platforms, governance, and operating models, with the ability to connect technical delivery to business value.

Strong experience in managing large portfolios, budgets, and global stakeholder groups, ideally across multiple business domains.

Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage, influence, and challenge senior business and IT&D leaders.

Strong financial acumen, with experience overseeing large budgets and vendor/partner ecosystems.

Excellent people leadership: proven experience in building, mentoring, and scaling teams across multiple locations and cultures.

Strong communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to represent D&A credibly in enterprise leadership forums.

Resilience and adaptability in a fast-moving, complex environment.