Director, Product Owner - Apollo, Safety Assessment (DTJ)

Director, Product Owner - Apollo, Safety Assessment (DTJ) Req ID #:  119112 Location: 

Wilmington, MA, US, 01887 Saffron Walden, GB, CB10 1XL Tranent, GB, EH33 2NE US Raleigh, NC, US, 27610 Charleston, SC, US, 29407 Spencerville, OH, US, 45887 Mattawan, MI, US, 49071 Ashland, OH, US, 44805 Horsham, PA, US, 19044 At Charles River, we are passionate about improving the quality of people’s lives. When you join our global family, you will help create healthier lives for millions of patients and their families. 

Charles River employees are innovative thinkers, who are dedicated to continuous learning and improvement. We will empower you with the resources you need to grow and develop in your career. 

As a Charles River employee, you will be part of an industry-leading, customer-focused company at the forefront of drug development. Your skills will play a key role in bringing life-saving therapies to market faster through simpler, quicker, and more digitalized processes. Whether you are in lab operations, finance, IT, sales, or another area, when you work at Charles River, you will be the difference every day for patients across the globe.

IMPORTANT:   In order to be considered for this position, a resume/CV must be uploaded and submitted during the application process.  Please make sure work history and education are added correctly.   

  Job Summary An advocate for Agile mindsets, behaviors and processes, the Director (Product Owner) Role is an essential member of multiple cross-functional teams within the Digital Journey and across Digital Operations. The primary goal of a Product Owner is to represent the internal and external customers to the development team. A key activity is to lead both innovations supporting the Agile team and future product development that impacts the customer experience within and outside of CRL.  The Product Owner oversees these related projects, directs key information and strategic decision making for the subspecialty, and communicates to those in the organization necessary for managing the product backlog, or the prioritized list of requirements for future product development. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:    A leader of the team for all things Apollo, Safety Assessment  Take the lead of scrum teams as the Product Owner  Serve as the voice of the internal and external customer for activities and interactions between first customer outreach and final report and beyond  Provide vision and direction to the Agile development team and stakeholders throughout the project and create requirements   Plan and prioritize product feature backlog and development for the product  Define product vision, road-map and growth opportunities   Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategy  Provide backlog management, iteration planning, and elaboration of the user stories  Work closely with Product Management to create and maintain a product backlog according to business value or ROI  Lead the planning product release plans and set the expectation for delivery of new   functionalities  Provide an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of Release/Sprint Goals  Research and analyze market, the users, and the roadmap for the product  Keep abreast with Agile/Scrum best practices and new trends  Work with internal and external customers to analyze the needs and align product roadmap to strategic goals.  Possess a fundamental understanding of end-to-end internal and external customer experience integration and dependencies.  Represent team in front of stakeholders, clients or users.  Follow our competitors and the industry.  Increase an understanding of Agile practices, Lean Startup, new technologies opportunities and other new trends. 

  Job Qualifications  

Education: Bachelor’s degree in biological science, computer science or related field. 

Experience: 10 years’ experience in CRO in various disciplines.  Understanding and experience in LEAN/Six Sigma, Business Optimization and/or agile methodologies and frameworks.  Proficiency in coaching and mentoring​. Experience with (organizational) change management​. Experience with enterprise technologies​. Demonstrated knowledge and experience building, consuming, and supporting APIs. 

An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above 

Certification/Licensure:  None 

Other: Strong communication skills with ability to align the organization on complex technical and process-driven decisions​ and practices. Active coach and mentor whose goals are to grow and maximize the team’s potential. Visible passion for subject area, participation in domain activities and groups, ability to organize related events​. Openness to new ideas and desire to develop them together​. Self-awareness of cognitive biases and potential impact on decision making. ​Focused on building high performing teams, developing team members and delivering outcomes that matter to organization 

IMPORTANT: A resume is required to be considered for this position. If you have not uploaded your resume in your candidate profile, please return to upload field and attach your resume/CV. 

About Corporate Functions

The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.  

About Charles River

Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 17,000 employees within 90 facilities in 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world. And in 2019, revenue increased to $2.62 billion.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of ~85% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2019.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/Disabled/Vet.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For more information, please visit www.criver.com.

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