Senior Specialist, Technical Product Management

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Product/Business Analyst to join our Trial & Site Management (TnSM) team. In this role, you will play a crucial part in simplifying and innovating our technology and processes to enhance the Clinical Trial experience for our patients and improve the efficiency of study start-ups. Expertise which you will gain in this role within Clinical Trials domain will be essential in implementing our vision and strategy for the next decade.

 

Responsibilities:

• Gather documentation related to the business process in clinical domain, document business/user needs and trace requests and responses to requests

• Continuously broaden your expertise in the Clinical Trials business domain

• Leverage business and user insights to form solutioning ideas and make prioritization decisions to maximize the value of the IT solutions

• Work with the business to identify business value for our initiatives and determine the best way to measure that our solutions achieve the targeted business value

• Contribute to the enablement, adoption, and growth of the Trial & Site Management/Clinical Operations products

• Build knowledge of the existing solutions through IT communities and leverage these for the benefit the business stakeholders

• Partner with squad members including but not limited to scrum masters, technical lead(s) and development team to manage high-quality product delivery leveraging Agile & Waterfall SDLC methodology

• Work closely with stakeholders to ensure a healthy backlog of well-formed epics, that features, and user stories are maintained, which align with the overall roadmap and serve as requirements for the delivery squad

• Follow and apply the Product Model principles to maximize the business value

• Help define and keep up to date roadmaps for Trial & Site Management products

 

Qualifications:

 

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related degree program.

 

Experience and Skills:

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a Product/Business Analyst or similar role

• Experience with working within a global team

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Ability to adapt to rapidly changing technology and apply it to business needs

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to manage competing priorities and coordinate across multiple stakeholders.

• Self-driven and able to work independently.

 

Desired Experience and Skills:

• Prior experience in the pharmaceutical industry

• Expertise in Jira, Confluence, MS Office Suite, MS Project, and other project planning & tracking tools

• Understanding of the Clinical Trials domain from a data collection and management perspective

• Experience with GxP validations, System Development Life Cycle (SDLC), or working with SaaS and COTS vendors

 

Travel (10%) will be required

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Expected US salary range:

$111,400.00 - $175,300.00

Available benefits include bonus eligibility, long term incentive if applicable, health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and sick days. A summary of benefits is listed here.

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Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Hybrid

Shift:

1st - Day

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Required Skills:

Asset Management, Benefits Management, Management System Development, Product Management, Requirements Management, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning, System Designs

Preferred Skills:

Job Posting End Date:

12/23/2024

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