Director of Product Management,Foundation Technologies (1028)

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 Through its strategic focus on delivering clinical and financial results to the high-acuity areas of the hospital (Emergency Department, Perioperative Suite, and Intensive Care Units), Picis has carved out a unique competitive position in the marketplace. As we increasingly unite and leverage technologies across our three major product lines, the Director of Product Management for Foundation Technologies and his/her team will drive our unifying strategies for everything from  front-end (UI and usability) to back-end (database, tools, implementation and deployment, security management, interoperability, performance, etc.) technologies, and others in between.

Reporting to the Sr. VP of Global Marketing/Chief Marketing Officer, you will play the key strategic role of guiding a team charged with increasing the use of common technologies and components in our worldwide offerings. This extends from increasing the profitability of existing products to developing profitable new products for the target market(s) by leveraging cross-product technology to improve time-to-market, supportability and overall cost-effectiveness. You and your team will define and guide the development of solutions from existing ideas, both external and internal, and develop new ideas into common tools and technologies based on your industry experience and ongoing contact with customers, prospects, senior management, systems architects and management, industry analysts, other experts, and the market as a whole.

You will work closely with your counterparts in development, quality assurance, sales,client services, professional services and other product management teams. You must possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy:  a big-picture vision, and the drive to make that vision a reality. You must enjoy spending time in the market to understand its problems, and find innovative solutions for the broader market.

You must be able to communicate fluently with all areas of the company. You will present ideas to executive management for funding and staffing (the  why of the ideas you and your team propose). You will work with engineering and quality assurance counterparts to define product/technology requirements (the  what and the  when that will meet the needs of the market). You will work with product marketing and marketing communications to define the go-to-market strategy, helping them understand the positioning, key benefits, and target customer set(s). You will also serve as the internal and external evangelist for your product/technology offerings, working with Sales and key customers on important sales opportunities.  Where appropriate, based on make/buy/partner decisions, you and your team will work with 3rd party technology partners to incorporate their technologies into our solutions.


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES


Lay out a technology roadmap to drive the incorporation of common foundation technologies across product lines globally.  Prioritize needs and match them to organizational capabilities and economic plans.

Managing the entire product/technology lifecycle from  cradle to grave (e.g., from idea through funding and development to eventual retirement/replacement), owning everything from strategic planning and analysis to tactical activities.

Driving profitability through use of common technology strategies, maintaining reasonable cost profiles, pricing strategies for products and services, and judicious product and service combinations and rationalizations, as required.
Specifying market requirements designed to deliver the maximum business benefit for the expense allocated for current and future products, by conducting competitive and market research, business analysis, technical evaluations, and supported by ongoing visits to customers, prospects and non-customers.

Driving a  whole product solution set and mentality across development teams (primarily Development/Engineering, and Marketing Communications) through market requirements, negotiating and managing the  product contract, and clear and differentiated positioning.

Working with Product Marketing in developing and implementing a global, company-wide go-to-market plan, across all departments and geographies.
Analyzing potential partner relationships and leading the analysis of make/buy/partner decisions for various technologies and components.

Based in our Wakefield, MA headquarters, this position requires travel (to customer and non-customer sites, trade shows, conferences, events, partner meetings, etc.) in North America and Europe (average 20 - 25%).





Required Experience

8 -10 years of software marketing/product management experience in a global, enterprise-scale, business-to-business (B2B) environment.Sharp analytical mind and strong business and technical backgrounds.At least one previous or current position involving management of a team of product managers, product marketers, and/or requirements analysts.Excellent communications skills across all communications media, including public speaking experience and comfort, up to the C-level, both internally and externally.Comfort and knowledge in the underlying technology and development environments for business application software. This includes SQL Server and Oracle databases, various client/server and  thin-client development tools, the .NET architecture, business intelligence and data mining technologies, middleware, and infrastructure tools and technologies.  Knowledge of Web-based technologies and service-oriented architectures required.Previous experience with re-factoring applications and moving them to new platforms, while maintaining product viability on current platforms.Previous experience working with offshore/outsourced resources highly desirable.Experience in healthcare IT, particularly with hospital-related systems, a strong plus.Undergraduate degree in a technical discipline required.  Advanced technical degree and/or MBA a strong plus. Submitting a resume online at a job site could cause valuable screening information to be missed.Please apply directly at: http://hostedjobs.openhire.com/epostings/jobs/submit.cfm?fuseaction=dspjob&jobid=254793&company_id=15804&jobboardid=24Picis is an established provider of innovative healthcare information technology solutions designed to transform the delivery of patient care information in the high-acuity areas of the hospital, including the emergency department, operating and recovery rooms and intensive care units. Picis offers the most advanced suite of integrated products focused on these life-critical areas of the hospital where the patients are the most vulnerable, the care process is the most complex and an increasing majority of hospital costs are incurred. Headquartered in Wakefield, Massachusetts, Picis has licensed systems for use in more than 1,000 hospitals in 22 countries. More information is available at http://www.picis.comWe are an Equal Opportunity Employer