Associate Director, Technical Product Management

Responsibilities

• Work with cross-functional IT and business teams to develop and implement strategies related to Planning and workflow that meets the Book of Business, Clinical Operations, Regulatory and Medical Affairs requirements ensuring quality and compliance.
• Analyze business problems and translate requirements into clear and actionable product backlog.
• Incorporate input from Business and other stakeholders to ensure alignment with strategic goals.
• Lead continuous discovery activities (user research, interviews, surveys, usability testing) in partnership with UX/Design, and Business stakeholders to validate assumptions, create Business cases and inform product decisions.
• Define and communicate product vision, product model principles and strategy that maximize value and drive measurable outcomes.
• Work with your product team to maintain and prioritize a backlog that aligns with our strategic goals, ensuring we are always focused on the most impactful work.
• Partner with squad members including technical lead(s) engineers, business owners and architectures to refine, scope, and deliver high-quality product features through Agile methodologies, automated testing and Digital SDLC.
• Provide an escalation point for delivery issues or deconflicting dependencies that affect multiple teams across products.
• Establish, track, and monitor AI adoption, Throughput and Value Realization metrics linked to Value Team Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).
• Measure and manage the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), including vendor negotiations, making informed decisions to optimize TCO, and leading prioritization discussions to meet budget and business goals.
• Manage, lead and develop IT team members, including performance management, career development, goal setting, and regular feedback.

Experience and Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Life Science.
• 8+ years of relevant work experience in IT or Pharma, with at least 3+ years of demonstrated Product Management experience using Agile methodologies along with leadership experience.
• A passion for leveraging AI to enhance productivity and solve problems in your daily work.
• Possess the essence of a Product Mindset - discovery, creating delightful user experiences, and ensuring strong engineering execution.
• Leadership and management skills, with proven abilities to set direction, lead and motivate team members.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with an innate ability to build trust and rapport with cross-functional teams in a global environment.
• Self-motivated, curious, and collaborative; able to foster an inclusive team culture across a global organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a regulated industry, such as pharmaceuticals, Biotech, supporting business domain area like Clinical Operations, Regulatory or Medical Affairs, Planning and Supply chain, Discovery and Research.
• Demonstrable experience in building and supporting large scale IT solutions using modern technologies.
• Experience working in a GXP environment and familiar with 21 CFR Part 11, ICH-GCP guidelines.
• Experience defining success metrics and continuously measuring and reporting progress against these metrics.
• Knowledgeable in one or more areas of cloud data lake/lakehouse, data integrations, automation, Veeva workbench, and master data management.