Information Technology Director

Join us on our exciting journey!

IQVIA™ is The Human Data Science Company™, focused on using data and science to help healthcare clients find better solutions for their patients. Formed through the merger of IMS Health and Quintiles, IQVIA offers a broad range of solutions that harness advances in healthcare information, Technology, analytics and human ingenuity to drive healthcare forward.

Job Overview
Manages the strategy, vision and roadmap for critical technology and/or data science product offerings, serving as the primary champion for product offering(s).  Works with business stakeholders to help define a product offering, capturing key operational needs and success measures for the development efforts. Serves as the direct supervisor for multiple Product Managers and/or other staff members working on distinct projects.

Essential Functions
• Collaborate with the ACOE development team, ensuring that the business requirements are appropriately translated and detailed into actionable stories within the product backlog.
• Serves as a subject matter expert for the development team regarding key goals, and act as the primary liaison to the business, ensuring ongoing visibility to development progress.
• Defining the vision and success measures for prioritized product offering(s), in collaboration with business stakeholders
• Gathering and supporting prioritization of product requirements, providing recommendations, as appropriate
• Setting product direction for technology, UX, design, and product strategy
• Developing and managing project roadmaps for product offering(s), integrating the product strategy, inclusive of timelines, risks, and dependencies
• Driving product development by coordinating with global analytics and/or technology team members developing offering
• Proactively identifying and addressing issues for development team, in order to avoid delays
• Support of product offering documentation requirements, including formal communication and presentations for business stakeholders and executive leadership
• Research and synthesize internal and external market requirements, market and technology trends along with a competitive analysis that feeds the product strategy & roadmaps
• Managing staff in accordance with organization's policies and applicable regulations, including addressing employee relations issues and resolving problems
• Appraising performance and guiding professional development
• Providing guidance and review of offerings-related activities, including scope of work, objectives, timelines, and quality of deliverables
• Mentoring and coaching in a quickly growing team that is key to delivering differentiating solutions for IQVIA

Our Ideal Candidate Will Have

• Bachelor's Degree Life sciences or related field Required
• Master's Degree Life sciences or related field Preferred
• 5 -10 year relevant experience
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including good command of the English language
• Strong leadership, organizational and problem-solving skills. Demonstrated ability to deliver results to the appropriate quality and timeline metrics, with good judgment and ability to manage competing priorities
• Experience presenting to varying levels of leadership, with fluency in PowerPoint to support presentation needs
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, managers and business stakeholders
• High-level understanding of technology, data science and/or machine learning concepts, with the ability to convey to non-technical audiences
• Understanding of the fundamentals of software development processes and procedures, including agile approach
• Ability to develop and champion robust business cases supporting the product(s)
• Demonstrated team leadership and mentoring skills

We know that meaningful results require not only the right approach but also the right people. Regardless of your role, we invite you to reimagine healthcare with us. You will have the opportunity to play an important part in helping our clients drive healthcare forward and

Whatever your career goals, we are here to ensure you get there!

We invite you to join IQVIA™.

At IQVIA, we believe in pushing the boundaries of human science and data science to make the biggest impact possible – to help our customers create a healthier world. The advanced analytics, technology solutions and contract research services we provide to the life sciences industry are made possible by our 70,000+ employees around the world who apply their insight, curiosity and intellectual courage every step of the way. Learn more at jobs.iqvia.com.