Senior Director, Product Innovation

ICON have a rare opportunity to join our globally recognised Innovation department - apply to find out more. *LI-MB1

The (Senior) Director of Product Innovation works with business and IT partners to evaluate and progress informatics initiatives toward full benefit realisation. The role requires solid client management relationship skills, creative and conceptual thinking, a strong analytics and scientific focus and a good grasp of the clinical trial industry.

Job Responsibilities: 

• Develop relationships with clients and partners to pursue opportunities to collaborate and co-create new systems and processes.
• Actively pursue participation in industry organizations to stay on top of current thinking and to influence new developments from a regulatory and scientific point of view.
• Represent ICON Innovation at industry events and publish in relevant industry publications and conferences.
• Take ownership of product development initiatives to ensure benefits realization, usability and architectural alignment.
• Use a hypothesis-driven approach to product development that is based on market data, user research, analytics and experimentation.
• Identify and analyze gaps in data access, relationships, lineage or tools in response to business requests to perform  novel information analyses that advance business portfolios or opportunities.
• Promote open collaboration and communication across the company and spearhead collaborative initiatives with partner groups to improve solution design, development and benefit realization.
• Develop business cases, pilots and proofs of concept  for new product ideas.
• Work with IT and business partners to evolve and prioritize an enterprise data and informatics strategy.
• Support agile and iterative development processes, collaborating with business stakeholders, enterprise architects and developers to deliver new product initiatives in an accurate manner, to timescales and in accordance with governance requirements..
• Provide leadership and advice on all aspects of Innovation initiatives to clinical and nonclinical partners.
• Support business development in the promotion of informatics products to sponsors.
• Recognize, exemplify and adhere to ICON's values, which center around our commitment to people, clients and performance.*
• As a manager, the employee is expected to recognize the importance of and create a culture of process improvement, with a focus on streamlining our processes adding value to our business and meeting client needs.*
• Travel (approximately 25%) domestic and/or international.

Supervision

• Lead and develop Innovation and development teams as needed to deliver best-practice product  development across the IT project portfolio.
• Act as solution analysis manager for multiple concurrent projects.
• Mentor colleagues and team members on Product Management and Business skills.
• Complete performance appraisals and recommend compensation and promotion as required.

Skills & Experience Required:

• Professional and personable approach combined with flexibility, creativity and energy in taking initiatives and assuming responsibility
• Deep knowledge in eCOA principles and 5 years experience in a scientific role at a pharma company or an eCOA vendor
• Working knowledge of SAS or SPSS or R to support small projects with statistical services
• Excellent commercial, negotiation and client relationship management skills, with a proven track record in building working relationships with both business and IT partners.
• Exceptional problem-solving and decision-making abilities combined with a high degree of conceptual thinking and strong analytical and quantitative abilities.
• Strong organizational skills and an ability to set priorities appropriately when managing several projects at the same time,
• Verbal and written communication expertise and excellent presentation skills.
• Self-starter willing and able to wear many hats and work at all levels of detail to gets things done.
• Highly collaborative, pragmatic and diplomatic.
• Solid understanding of health informatics methodologies and clinical research lifecycle.
• Proven experience as a manager, coach and mentor leading and working in teams that exceed targets and embrace a high performance culture and commitment to continuous improvement.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• EU/APAC: Expert analyst with comprehensive experience as a manager or equivalent leadership experience.

Education Requirements:

• A degree-level qualification in a relevant discipline

Benefits of Working in ICON

ICON enjoys a strong reputation for quality and is focused on staff development.  We make it our mission to attract the most diverse and creative minds into the business and we continually strive to provide opportunities for our people to excel, grow and build a great career.  We understand that our greatest asset is the skills and talents of our people and they are truly what set us apart. 

Other than working with a great team of smart and energetic people, we also offer a very competitive benefits package.  This varies from country to country so a dedicated recruiter will discuss this with you at interview stage.

We care about our people as they are the key to our success. We provide an open and friendly work environment where we empower people and provide them with opportunities to develop their long term career.  

ICON is an equal opportunity employer -  M/F/D/V and committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment