Associate Director, Product Management Contracting (CTFS) (Remote)

The Associate Director Product Management for the Clinical Trial Financial Suite (CTFS) provides senior product leadership for a SaaSbased platform supporting contracting workflows across clinical trials. This role is accountable for the successful launch rollout and adoption of the Contracting module including launch readiness customer enablement and postlaunch optimization. This Associate Director will also partner closely with engineering design services marketing sales and leadership to translate complex business financial and customer needs into scalable product solutions and owns endtoend product execution crossfunctional alignment and delivery of measurable customer and business value.

Essential Functions:
Product Strategy & Roadmap Leadership
Owns and leads delivery of the Contracting module within CTFS including sponsor and site contracting negotiations and contracttofinancial traceability.
Defines and executes the launch strategy for the Contracting module including scope success criteria phased releases pilot customers and general availability readiness.
Identifies and evaluates opportunities to incorporate AIenabled or intelligent capabilities (e.g. automation decision support agents or workflow intelligence) to improve product efficiency usability and customer outcomes.
Leads product planning and roadmap prioritization for Contracting balancing customer needs business objectives technical constraints and delivery capacity.
Addresses organizational technical and capability barriers that impact product delivery adoption and realization of value.

Product Execution & Delivery
Owns launch readiness activities for the Contracting module including documentation alignment release validation operational handoffs and coordination with implementation and support teams.
Owns endtoend product execution including discovery requirements definition backlog prioritization sprint readiness release planning and postlaunch optimization.
Translates complex clinical financial and operational requirements into clear epics features user stories and acceptance criteria.
Leads key product and delivery checkpoints proactively managing dependencies risks scope tradeoffs and escalations.
Reviews development work for quality completeness and alignment with product requirements and enterprise standards.
Facilitates effective defect triage and resolution to maintain product quality and customer confidence.
Ensures delivered solutions meet enterprise SaaS standards for usability scalability security compliance and upgradeability.
Provides guidance on configuration versus customization decisions to support longterm platform sustainability.

CrossFunctional & Stakeholder Leadership
Partners closely with engineering architecture UX services compliance and operations teams to ensure successful product delivery.
Oversees and coordinates cross functional activities to ensure product initiatives are delivered on schedule and aligned with strategic priorities.
Communicates product vision roadmap progress risks and tradeoffs to leadership and key stakeholders.
Resolves complex product issues and coordinates appropriate escalation internally or with customers when required.

Discovery Market & Customer Engagement
Leads and contributes to product discovery including customer interviews workflow analysis and validation of market needs.
Partners with Marketing and Sales on Contracting product positioning launch readiness and messaging.
Leads product launch support activities including customer demos trade shows sales enablement and earlyadopter feedback loops serving as the Contracting subjectmatter expert.
Monitors product performance customer feedback and usage data to inform continuous improvement and roadmap decisions.

Preferred Experience / Domain Knowledge
Strong experience delivering contracting or financial systems/products such as contract lifecycle management (CLM) invoicing billing payments credits/debits reconciliation or financial operations platforms.
Experience owning or supporting product launches for enterprise SaaS products including launch readiness early customer adoption and postlaunch iteration.
Familiarity with clinical trial operations and contracting workflows including sponsor finance site contracts investigator fees or grants management.
Experience with enterprise SaaS platforms in regulated industries including considerations for compliance security scalability and upgradeability.

Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Business Finance or a related field or equivalent experience.
710 years of experience in product management product ownership or business systems roles for SaaS products.
Demonstrated experience leading delivery of complex crossfunctional product initiatives.
Strong ability to translate ambiguous business and financial problems into structured executable product solutions.
Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments with engineering teams.
Excellent communication stakeholder management and decisionmaking skills.
Experience in healthcare life sciences or financial platforms is a plus.

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