High Salary Senior Product Director, Data Collection, Evinova

Company Overview:

Evinova enables global life sciences to accelerate better health outcomes by creating digital health solutions for clinical research. We are a separate business within the AstraZeneca group.

Our highly configurable SaaS solutions are used by patients, research sites, sponsors, and CROs throughout the clinical study lifecycle. As our business scales, we need to extend the team and adopt our organization to keep focus on a number of key areas. Data Collection using Unified Trial Solution (UTS) is a critical and strategic area for our vision to transform clinical trials, enhance participant experience, and improve patient health outcomes.

Role Overview:

In this role, you will lead a team of Product specialists together with subject matter experts in measurement science. The team will be responsible for the design and development of products to collect and manage clinical data directly from patients in their home or at a health facility in a secure, transparent, and compliant way to satisfy scientific and regulatory criteria. Together with other specialists across design, engineering, and customer delivery, the team will define and develop requirements for future product(s) and deliver them efficiently, aligning with the Head of UTS Core for overall product alignment.

Responsibilities:

1. Lead a team of Product Managers/Owning to define the overall roadmap for the area and drive the strategic product discussions.
2. Craft a strategic product roadmap across your customer/product area by synthesizing customer feedback, competitive insights, business strategies/priorities, and user needs that can then be used to define individual product roadmaps.
3. Coach and develop Product Managers/Owners, technical SMEs, and other roles to drive a product-focused culture/capabilities and enhance our Product Development framework to deliver high-quality products and services aligned with business needs.
4. Responsible for stimulating conceptual thinking and creativity and challenging the status quo for continuous improvement in our ways of working.
5. Develop and propose new business cases in collaboration with SMEs to define and drive innovations in your product area and how these technologies can transform clinical study design and delivery.
6. Provide leadership and support for capabilities lead related to Medical Device SME or novel data collection strategies.
7. Drive discussion across Evinova product portfolio to identify new opportunities to service our customers.
8. Collaborate with other product areas and contribute to the overall product strategy for UTS, AIDA, and other related Evinova products.
9. Ensure quality and compliance to External Regulations and guidelines relevant to your product area.
10. Participate in external focus groups to drive and influence the external regulations or guidance to enable adaptation to digitally enhanced clinical trials.
11. Manage defined internal and external stakeholders to drive improvements and change.
12. Act as a change agent during the global roll-out of new technologies - enable new tools and technologies to be embedded into the business and collect evidence of impact.
13. Interact with Therapy Area leads for Digital strategies on Therapy Area and Disease Area level and understand how these impact the product roadmap.
14. Together with other specialists in Evinova, keep an updated Competitive landscape for your product area and identify key areas of strength and opportunities for Evinova.
15. Support in assessments of value definitions of proposed sub-product areas, epics, etc.
16. Contribute to Evinova Operational Excellence Strategy to define improvements areas for improved study set-up, delivery, and closeout and how we can reduce site and sponsor burden across the study lifecycle.
17. Take on all aspects of Line Management including Resource planning, Recruit, Retain & Develop personnel and manage performance including feedback and rewards.
18. Member of the Digital Patient & Site Product LT and support driving a world-class product organization.

Essential Requirements:

1. Life Sciences degree or equivalent experience.
2. Extensive Product Management skills, +5 years, in similar product areas.
3. Deep knowledge of Digital Patient and Site product components and their utilization in clinical trials.
4. Understanding of the drug development process, and the different sources of information that will support, inform, and assist in Trial Design and execution.
5. Extensive understanding of connected sensor technology and the business impact of novel data collection strategies.
6. Knowledge of GCP, 21 CFR part 11, relevant guidelines ISPOR, ISOQOL, FDA, EMA.
7. Proven track record of teamwork in a cross-functional setting with internal as well as external partners.
8. Ability to challenge the status quo, lead through a vision, take ownership and hold self and others accountable.
9. Well-developed Senior Stakeholder management skill with proven problem-solving, collaboration, and interpersonal leadership skills.
10. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to deal with ambiguity and create clarity.
11. Great leadership skills and experience in developing people.
12. Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional setting with internal as well as external partners.
13. Passion for Customers, representing the needs of multiple customers in decision making.

Desirable:

1. Thrives in a fast-paced work environment, comfortable with complexity and uncertainty at times, lots of humor, dedication to deliver outcomes, and motivated by the opportunity to rethink our approach to healthcare.
2. Comfort and skills operating in heavily matrixed organizations with excellent skills and intuition to manage the needs of various partners.
3. Ability to manage and influence strategically and persuade tactfully, to acquire desired outcomes while maintaining effective, positive, organizational relationships.
4. Comprehensive understanding of dynamics affecting the pharmaceutical industry and needs for transformation.
5. Ability to work globally including international travel.

Note that many successful candidates do not check every box. Studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every requirement. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our team to assess your application.

The annual base pay (or hourly rate of compensation) for this position ranges from $200,578.40 - $300,867.60, either as annual base pay or as the hourly rate (annual base pay divided by 2080 hours). Hourly and salaried non-exempt employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours. Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition, our positions offer a short-term incentive bonus opportunity; eligibility to participate in our equity-based long-term incentive program (salaried roles), to receive a retirement contribution (hourly roles), and commission payment eligibility (sales roles). Benefits offered include a qualified retirement program [401(k) plan]; paid vacation and holidays; paid leaves; and health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans. Additional details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

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