Executive Director, Product

As a leading global contract research organization (CRO) with a passion for scientific rigor and decades of clinical development experience, Fortrea provides pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device customers a wide range of clinical development, patient access and technology solutions across more than 20 therapeutic areas. With over 19,000 staff conducting operations in more than 90 countries, Fortrea is transforming drug and device development for partners and patients across the globe.

Executive Director, Product

Remote in USA

Fortrea Patient Access is a portfolio company of Arsenal Capital Partners, a private equity firm specializing in market-leading franchises in the healthcare and industrial sectors.    

We are a scaled leader in the HUB services and patient access market, serving the biopharmaceutical industry with comprehensive patient support, product access, affordability, and adherence solutions for more than 30 years.

Further advanced by its recently expanded non-commercial specialty pharmacy, FortreaRx™, to support enhanced distribution of cold-chain and ambient free goods products, we are committed to driving patient outcomes and improving healthcare accessibility through its extensive experience while currently supporting more than 2.5 million patients and over 100 unique brands across more than 25 disease indications.

Come and be part of our exciting growth in winning the market in a Pharmacy Manager, Back-End role. We believe in our employees and their growth. You’ll have the opportunity to achieve success in your professional development in our inclusive and diverse environment – take your career to new heights with your hard work and contributions. 

The Executive Director, Product is responsible for  overall product portfolio (Neovance), including strategy, roadmap/backlog, design, build, training, and support for a new proprietary product powering our tech-enabled services.  The new product will transform the service for better customer and patient outcomes, improved efficiency and margin and market differentiation.

RESPONSIBILITES

• Approach product creation with an entrepreneurial mindset and be passionate about creating best in class software products.
• Develop and deliver a comprehensive and cohesive strategy for this software product that support our tech-enabled services including collaborating with product leadership, technology, business operations and commercial to craft and maintain a product roadmap.
• Lead and mentor a product team that is as passionate as you are about creating best in class software products.
• Liaise with business stakeholders and know them well so that you and your team can constantly innovate to deliver value to customers, patients and internal efficiencies to achieve company goals.
• Consistently visualize solutions, document research and implement change.
• Maintain a detail-oriented mindset while innovating new solutions to existing problems and anticipate potential future opportunities and issues.
• Build strong partnerships with leaders and users across the company to establish, prioritize and execute upon a product backlog for assigned objectives and products.
• Line manage key roles (e.g. UX designers, product managers and product owners) in the product team that is as passionate as you are about creating best in class software products.
• Lead scrum teams to execute sprints and releases to achieve the desired outcomes including solutions design leadership.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for stakeholders and an escalation point for production troubleshooting and support activities.
• Drive product utilization and success by ensuring a great user experience, creating delivery/implementation plans and driving user feedback loops.. 
• Work directly with software and QA engineers in an open, collaborative environment.
• Produce quality work while maintaining a strong sense of urgency and accountability.
• Drive execution of non-standard deal pursuits that require product innovation/customization, as applicable.
• Build strong partnerships with leaders across the company to solve our toughest challenges and create seamless, cohesive experiences

QUALIFICATION AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or technical discipline or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 7+ years of technology and/or product management leadership experience.
• 4+ years leading engineering and other technical teams to excellent product delivery.
• Progressive work experience in software related healthcare or high technology industries.
• Excellent communication skills across all mediums (visual, written, verbal) that bolster your decisions with focus and brevity.

Benefits: All job offers will be based on a candidate’s skills and prior relevant experience, applicable degrees/certifications, as well as internal equity and market data. Regular, full-time, or part-time employees working 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, 401(K), Paid time off (PTO) or Flexible time off (FTO), Company bonus where applicable.  For more detailed information, please click here.   

Fortrea is actively seeking motivated problem-solvers and creative thinkers who share our passion for overcoming barriers in clinical trials. Our unwavering commitment is to revolutionize the development process, ensuring the swift delivery of life-changing ideas and therapies to patients in need. Join our exceptional team and embrace a collaborative workspace where personal growth is nurtured, enabling you to make a meaningful global impact. For more information about Fortrea, visit www.fortrea.com.

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