[Hiring] Product Owner @Fortrea

Role Description

We are looking for a dynamic Product Owner to lead the translation of clinical operations needs and opportunities into innovative digital products and capabilities. The Product Owner will partner with clinical operations stakeholders, end users, Product Management, and technology teams to understand business problems, envision future-state solutions, design product functionality and workflows, and translate validated concepts into actionable requirements and delivery priorities. The role will take an active, hands-on approach to product discovery and design, including developing mock-ups, prototypes, and proofs of concept to explore ideas, demonstrate proposed functionality, and obtain rapid user feedback. The Product Owner will own and prioritize the product backlog, provide ongoing direction and context to Agile development teams, and ensure delivered solutions achieve their intended user, business, quality, and compliance outcomes. Reporting to the Executive Director - Clinical Technology Platforms, the Product Owner will play a key role in shaping leading-edge digital solutions that improve study monitoring and enable the clinical trials of the future.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred.
• Strong understanding of product management and product development practices, including product discovery, requirements definition, functional design, prototyping, iterative development, and user validation.
• Strong knowledge of clinical operations, particularly clinical trial monitoring roles, processes, workflows, and technology needs.
• Experience translating complex business problems into product concepts, workflows, functional requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Ability to develop or facilitate mock-ups, prototypes, and proofs of concept and use them effectively to communicate ideas and obtain stakeholder feedback.
• Comfort using modern prototyping, low-code, no-code, and AI-assisted tools to rapidly explore and demonstrate product concepts.
• Expertise in Agile development methodologies such as Scrum and SAFe. SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) certification or similar Agile or product certification is desirable.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams including clinical operations, UX/design, engineering, architecture, data, quality, regulatory, and technology stakeholders.
• Strong communication, facilitation, presentation, and product demonstration skills.
• Ability to work through ambiguity, make informed product decisions, and manage multiple priorities and dependencies.
• Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD, cloud technologies, data platforms, automation, and modern software delivery practices is a plus.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, Business Product Lead, or similar role responsible for developing and delivering digital products, preferably within life sciences or clinical research.
• Demonstrated experience taking product ideas from problem identification and concept development through functional design, prototyping, development, release, and continuous improvement.
• Experience working directly with users and business stakeholders to understand workflows and translate needs into intuitive technology solutions.
• Hands-on experience creating prototypes, mock-ups, proofs of concept, or other demonstrations of proposed product functionality is strongly preferred.
• Experience delivering complex technology solutions in a regulated environment, including GxP and/or 21 CFR Part 11 environments.
• Hands-on experience working with Agile product teams and participating in Program Increment Planning or similar planning practices.
• Experience with clinical trial technologies such as CTMS, eTMF, EDC, monitoring solutions, or related clinical operations platforms.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to move between business problems, user experience, functional design, and technical delivery.