Associate Director, Product Management – COA Accelerator

About the role

The Associate Director, Product Management – COA Accelerator (COAA) defines and executes the strategic vision, roadmap, governance and growth of the COAA platform, IQVIA's enterprise platform for managing Clinical Outcome Assessment (COA) instrument data and metadata. It coordinates Product Owners, Engineering, Operations, Scientific Services, Commercial teams and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, interoperable products. The role balances customer needs, business priorities, operational efficiency and technology investments.

Key responsibilities

• Define and execute the platform strategy, maintain a multi-year roadmap and lead product discovery and investment priorities
• Provide governance across products, align roadmaps and balance strategic initiatives against customer commitments and technical debt
• Act as primary business owner, partnering with executives and building partnerships across Product, Engineering, Scientific Services, Commercial, Operations, Legal and Compliance
• Guide product teams with product management best practices and Agile, partner with Engineering on scalability and reliability, and set governance for requirements, prioritization and releases
• Monitor business outcomes and customer feedback to drive continuous improvement
• Lead data strategy, metadata management and interoperability, promote standardization and support industry standards in healthcare and clinical research
• Mentor Product Owners and foster a culture of innovation, accountability and knowledge sharing

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Computer Science, Information Systems or a related field
• 5+ years of Product Management experience
• Experience in healthcare, life sciences, clinical research, healthcare technology or clinical trial software
• Demonstrated experience managing enterprise platforms or complex multi-product portfolios
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and with Clinical Outcome Assessments (COAs), eCOAs or clinical research technologies