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Digital Product Portfolio Head
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Thermo Fisher Scientific We have an exciting opening for a
Digital Product Portfolio Head
(known internally as Sr Director, Digital Product) to own the strategy, prioritization, and value realization for an end-to-end digital domain, specifically clinical trial execution, supporting and building new products that spans study start to final regulatory delivery. This role is responsible for leading Product Managers and UX Designers— and partnering in a matrix with Engineering, Data Science, and Quality— and will incubate internal products and solutions, quantify ROI through measurable efficiency gains, and guide readiness for future external monetization. Reporting to the Head of Digital Products, PPD Digital, you are accountable for domain vision, business-case development, roadmap execution, user outcomes, and regulatory compliance (21 CFR Part 11, ICH-GCP, GDPR, HIPAA). This is a home-based role (or hybrid) for candidates in the US (East Coast preferred) or the UK. Travel is estimated up to 25% for site visits, customer meetings, and team onboarding across Europe, India, and North America.
The information below covers the role requirements, expected candidate experience, and accompanying qualifications. Key Responsibilities
Strategic Roadmap & Vision: Craft a 3-year vision that accelerates trial timelines and differentiates PPD; translate vision into rolling 12-month roadmaps aligned to corporate OKRs and business objectives; continuously monitor industry trends, competitor strategies, and technological advancements to keep the portfolio competitive and innovative.
Business-Case & ROI Development: Build investment dossiers (TAM, cost–benefit, payback, NPV); establish value-tracking metrics and partner with Finance to baseline and report realized gains; develop financial models with finance and operations to support strategic decisions and present to senior leadership.
Product Life-Cycle & Delivery Oversight: Lead discovery, prioritization, backlog refinement, and acceptance criteria; co-own sprint cadence and release readiness with Engineering Leaders; ensure robust product lifecycle management from ideation through retirement.
People & Org Leadership: Line-manage Product Managers / Senior PMs and UX Leads; coach for craft mastery, career paths, and a user-centric, data-driven culture across US, UK, Eastern Europe, and India hubs; foster a collaborative and inclusive environment.
Stakeholder & Customer Engagement: Serve as liaison to study teams, investigators, sponsors, and regulatory/quality partners; champion voice-of-customer and usability; develop and maintain strong stakeholder relationships to ensure alignment and support for initiatives.
Governance & Compliance: Own validation strategy (CSV, Part 11), privacy impact assessments, and security posture with Quality, Security, and Engineering.
Qualified candidates will have a demonstrated record of developing business cases and ROI models for digital initiatives (≥$10M) and steering them through funding gates. Experience partnering with engineering organizations to deliver complex, regulated products will be critical, as well as a deep understanding of clinical-trial operations (recruitment, start-up, clinical operations, data management, RBM, safety) and associated regulations.
Product Leadership Competencies
Strategic Product Visioning: Turn ambiguous goals into a crisp 3-year vision and phased roadmap balancing internal efficiency and future market revenue.
Portfolio Prioritization & Resource Allocation: Apply RICE/WSJF at portfolio scale; reallocate team capacity based on live ROI and risk data.
User-Centric Discovery & Validation: Lead problem interviews, journey mapping, rapid MVP/A-B experiments to de-risk before heavy build.
Data-Driven Decision-Making: Define North-Star & leading metrics; build self-serve dashboards so squads can course-correct.
Product Storytelling & Influence: Craft narratives linking clinical-outcome gains to business value; secure funding via clear storytelling.
Cross-Functional Leadership (no authority): Align Engineering, QA, and Compliance on priorities through shared OKRs; resolve conflicts by influence.
Coaching & Talent Development: Mentor PMs, run product leadership meetings, drive craft reviews and growth culture.
Operational Excellence / Product Ops: Implement intake triage, release readiness, KPI hygiene; partner with Engineering on cycle-time tracking.
Regulated-Market Lifecycle: Integrate Design Controls, CSV, privacy-by-design from ideation onward; balance agility with validation.
Financial & Business-Case Mastery: Build TAM, NPV, payback models; translate cost-avoidance into CFO-grade ROI narratives.
Go-to-Market & Change Management: Shape launch and adoption plans; lead internal change-management playbooks for study teams.
Innovation Scouting: Inject emerging tech (AI/ML, decentralised trials) into roadmap through structured discovery.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s in Life Sciences, Computer Science, Engineering, or related; MBA / MS preferred.
Previous experience in product or business management leadership in software/SaaS; comparable to 15 years’ experience.
5+ years’ experience leading staff.
Equivalency considered where appropriate (education, training, and/or directly related experience).
Preferred Qualifications
Leadership experience in a CRO, eClinical tech provider, or digital-health start-up.
Exposure to AI/ML in commercial software.
Pragmatic Institute PMC, Agile/Scrum, SAFe or equivalent certification.
Published thought leadership on digital clinical-trial innovation.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Proven ability to lead and influence engineers, designers, analysts, and stakeholders.
Experience building intuitive user experiences at scale.
Experience in AI/ML and familiarity with agile tools (Jira, Aha!, Azure DevOps).
Demonstrated experience managing detailed product execution within large, matrixed organizations.
Excellent stakeholder management and executive-level storytelling.
Deep understanding of clinical trial processes, clinical data management, and leveraging AI technologies to address data complexities.
Proven ability to leverage user insights and data analytics to drive feature development and continuous improvement.
Strong English communication skills.
Salary Transparency: This is a salaried role that may be eligible for a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance. Compensation will be discussed during screening and confirmed in writing at the time of offer.
Compensation And Benefits: The salary range estimated for this position based in North Carolina is $183,900.00–$275,000.00. A comprehensive Total Rewards package is offered, including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, holidays, parental leave, disability coverage, retirement plans, and stock purchase options. For more information on benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards
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Digital Product Portfolio Head
role at
Thermo Fisher Scientific We have an exciting opening for a
Digital Product Portfolio Head
(known internally as Sr Director, Digital Product) to own the strategy, prioritization, and value realization for an end-to-end digital domain, specifically clinical trial execution, supporting and building new products that spans study start to final regulatory delivery. This role is responsible for leading Product Managers and UX Designers— and partnering in a matrix with Engineering, Data Science, and Quality— and will incubate internal products and solutions, quantify ROI through measurable efficiency gains, and guide readiness for future external monetization. Reporting to the Head of Digital Products, PPD Digital, you are accountable for domain vision, business-case development, roadmap execution, user outcomes, and regulatory compliance (21 CFR Part 11, ICH-GCP, GDPR, HIPAA). This is a home-based role (or hybrid) for candidates in the US (East Coast preferred) or the UK. Travel is estimated up to 25% for site visits, customer meetings, and team onboarding across Europe, India, and North America.
The information below covers the role requirements, expected candidate experience, and accompanying qualifications. Key Responsibilities
Strategic Roadmap & Vision: Craft a 3-year vision that accelerates trial timelines and differentiates PPD; translate vision into rolling 12-month roadmaps aligned to corporate OKRs and business objectives; continuously monitor industry trends, competitor strategies, and technological advancements to keep the portfolio competitive and innovative.
Business-Case & ROI Development: Build investment dossiers (TAM, cost–benefit, payback, NPV); establish value-tracking metrics and partner with Finance to baseline and report realized gains; develop financial models with finance and operations to support strategic decisions and present to senior leadership.
Product Life-Cycle & Delivery Oversight: Lead discovery, prioritization, backlog refinement, and acceptance criteria; co-own sprint cadence and release readiness with Engineering Leaders; ensure robust product lifecycle management from ideation through retirement.
People & Org Leadership: Line-manage Product Managers / Senior PMs and UX Leads; coach for craft mastery, career paths, and a user-centric, data-driven culture across US, UK, Eastern Europe, and India hubs; foster a collaborative and inclusive environment.
Stakeholder & Customer Engagement: Serve as liaison to study teams, investigators, sponsors, and regulatory/quality partners; champion voice-of-customer and usability; develop and maintain strong stakeholder relationships to ensure alignment and support for initiatives.
Governance & Compliance: Own validation strategy (CSV, Part 11), privacy impact assessments, and security posture with Quality, Security, and Engineering.
Qualified candidates will have a demonstrated record of developing business cases and ROI models for digital initiatives (≥$10M) and steering them through funding gates. Experience partnering with engineering organizations to deliver complex, regulated products will be critical, as well as a deep understanding of clinical-trial operations (recruitment, start-up, clinical operations, data management, RBM, safety) and associated regulations.
Product Leadership Competencies
Strategic Product Visioning: Turn ambiguous goals into a crisp 3-year vision and phased roadmap balancing internal efficiency and future market revenue.
Portfolio Prioritization & Resource Allocation: Apply RICE/WSJF at portfolio scale; reallocate team capacity based on live ROI and risk data.
User-Centric Discovery & Validation: Lead problem interviews, journey mapping, rapid MVP/A-B experiments to de-risk before heavy build.
Data-Driven Decision-Making: Define North-Star & leading metrics; build self-serve dashboards so squads can course-correct.
Product Storytelling & Influence: Craft narratives linking clinical-outcome gains to business value; secure funding via clear storytelling.
Cross-Functional Leadership (no authority): Align Engineering, QA, and Compliance on priorities through shared OKRs; resolve conflicts by influence.
Coaching & Talent Development: Mentor PMs, run product leadership meetings, drive craft reviews and growth culture.
Operational Excellence / Product Ops: Implement intake triage, release readiness, KPI hygiene; partner with Engineering on cycle-time tracking.
Regulated-Market Lifecycle: Integrate Design Controls, CSV, privacy-by-design from ideation onward; balance agility with validation.
Financial & Business-Case Mastery: Build TAM, NPV, payback models; translate cost-avoidance into CFO-grade ROI narratives.
Go-to-Market & Change Management: Shape launch and adoption plans; lead internal change-management playbooks for study teams.
Innovation Scouting: Inject emerging tech (AI/ML, decentralised trials) into roadmap through structured discovery.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s in Life Sciences, Computer Science, Engineering, or related; MBA / MS preferred.
Previous experience in product or business management leadership in software/SaaS; comparable to 15 years’ experience.
5+ years’ experience leading staff.
Equivalency considered where appropriate (education, training, and/or directly related experience).
Preferred Qualifications
Leadership experience in a CRO, eClinical tech provider, or digital-health start-up.
Exposure to AI/ML in commercial software.
Pragmatic Institute PMC, Agile/Scrum, SAFe or equivalent certification.
Published thought leadership on digital clinical-trial innovation.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Proven ability to lead and influence engineers, designers, analysts, and stakeholders.
Experience building intuitive user experiences at scale.
Experience in AI/ML and familiarity with agile tools (Jira, Aha!, Azure DevOps).
Demonstrated experience managing detailed product execution within large, matrixed organizations.
Excellent stakeholder management and executive-level storytelling.
Deep understanding of clinical trial processes, clinical data management, and leveraging AI technologies to address data complexities.
Proven ability to leverage user insights and data analytics to drive feature development and continuous improvement.
Strong English communication skills.
Salary Transparency: This is a salaried role that may be eligible for a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance. Compensation will be discussed during screening and confirmed in writing at the time of offer.
Compensation And Benefits: The salary range estimated for this position based in North Carolina is $183,900.00–$275,000.00. A comprehensive Total Rewards package is offered, including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, holidays, parental leave, disability coverage, retirement plans, and stock purchase options. For more information on benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards
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