Senior Principal, Digital Product Owner
About The Position
The Senior Principal, Digital Product Owner is the primary business owner for one or more digital products, accountable for defining product vision and strategy from a business perspective, articulating the business case, and ensuring delivery of measurable business value and adoption. This role partners closely with technical teams, product and delivery leads, subject matter experts, and change management to prioritize features, govern releases, and track ROI and impact against business objectives. You will be responsible for ensuring digital solutions directly address business pain points and support strategic outcomes for TDS product and process development. You will own, articulate, and socialize the business case for the product, including value drivers, success metrics and value realization plans. You will define and communicate the product vision, strategy and measurable outcomes from the business perspective. You will partner closely with Technical Product Owner, development teams, subject-matter experts (SMEs), quality and change management to prioritize business features, balancing feasibility, compliance and value. You will maintain the business roadmap (release plan, adoption milestones, impact metrics) and update stakeholders on progress and trade-offs. You will define and approve business acceptance criteria for releases; validate delivered features against business outcomes. You will lead product compliance and risk analysis to ensure solutions meet relevant regulatory, quality and data integrity requirements. You will track adoption, change-readiness and business impact; drive stakeholder engagement to meet adoption milestones. You will monitor and report product impact against business objectives, using data to drive prioritization and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Business, or related field is required
- Minimum of 8 years in Pharmaceutical, Healthcare or related industries.
- 5+ years product ownership or product management experience.
- Strong business domain knowledge and credibility within Pharmaceutical R&D / CMC / Manufacturing or adjacent regulated environments.
- Demonstrated experience owning business requirements, product outcomes, or digital initiatives.
- Ability to translate strategy into clear, measurable product outcomes.
- Working knowledge of agile delivery and product‑centric ways of working.
- Background in change management, adoption programs or operational excellence projects.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree (MBA, MS/PhD) or professional certifications (e.g., CSPO, Product Owner, PMP) is preferred
- Direct experience supporting CMC / Process Development digital solutions (e.g., LIMS, ELN, MES, lab automation, R&D informatics)
- Experience with portfolio or program management tools and adoption analytics platforms.
- Experience with GenAI and Agentic Automation.
Responsibilities
- Ensure digital solutions directly address business pain points and support strategic outcomes for TDS product and process development.
- Own, articulate, and socialize the business case for the product, including value drivers, success metrics and value realization plans.
- Define and communicate the product vision, strategy and measurable outcomes from the business perspective.
- Partner closely with Technical Product Owner, development teams, subject-matter experts (SMEs), quality and change management to prioritize business features, balancing feasibility, compliance and value.
- Maintain the business roadmap (release plan, adoption milestones, impact metrics) and update stakeholders on progress and trade-offs.
- Define and approve business acceptance criteria for releases; validate delivered features against business outcomes.
- Lead product compliance and risk analysis to ensure solutions meet relevant regulatory, quality and data integrity requirements.
- Track adoption, change-readiness and business impact; drive stakeholder engagement to meet adoption milestones.
- Monitor and report product impact against business objectives, using data to drive prioritization and continuous improvement.
Benefits
- Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
- Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
- Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
- Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
- Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
- Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
- Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period
- Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
- Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
