Sr Director of Product Management, Rapid Innovation Group

Model N

16d

About The Position

Model N is building a new kind of team and is looking for a new kind of product leader to run it. The Rapid Innovation Group (RIG) is a small, focused squad operating with the speed and discipline of a startup and the domain depth of a market leader. Reporting directly to the Chief Product Officer, the RIG exists to rapidly prototype, validate, and ship new product capabilities that address our customers' most urgent and highest-value problems. The RIG's mandate is broader than current initiatives (Gross-to-Net automation and IRA Navigator), aiming to address meaningful market opportunities where Model N has a platform advantage. This role is not a traditional product management role. The leader will lead a small team of 4-5 engineers in a tight, high-output loop, defining what to build, running the sprint, shipping the increment, and iterating based on customer signal. The leader will be expected to set the team's process, ceremonies, and operating rhythm from scratch. They should be comfortable with ambiguity and capable of holding both the product vision and the JIRA board with equal fluency. Experience leading or partnering closely with engineering teams is strongly preferred.

Requirements

8+ years of product management experience in enterprise B2B software, with at least 3 years owning a product line or leading a product team
Demonstrated experience defining and shipping new products or capabilities in ambiguous, early-stage environments — not just managing an established roadmap
Strong collaboration with engineering: you understand the development lifecycle, can translate requirements into actionable engineering work, and know how to earn a developer's trust
Exceptional customer instincts — you are comfortable leading customer discovery conversations, identifying real pain from stated requirements, and translating findings into prioritized product decisions
Track record of operating in a fast-paced, resource-constrained environment where output depends on judgment and personal initiative, not headcount
Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to influence without authority across product, engineering, and commercial stakeholders
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Nice To Haves

MBA or equivalent practical experience
Prior experience in a founding product role, as a startup PM, or in a corporate innovation unit with similar mandate and operating model
Domain expertise in Life Sciences or High Tech revenue management: pharmaceutical government pricing, Medicaid data systems, channel management, distribution, or contract and pricing compliance
Experience managing or formally leading an engineering team — having held engineering management responsibility or served as a technical lead is strongly valued
Familiarity with AI-assisted or agentic development workflows; hands-on experience using LLM tools in a product or development context
Experience with compliance-driven SaaS products where regulatory accuracy and auditability are non-negotiable product requirements

Responsibilities

Own the RIG's product roadmap and sprint output — Define what the team builds, in what order, and why. Translate customer pain and market opportunity into clear, testable product increments. Be accountable for what ships.
Operate as a player-coach — Lead by doing. Write requirements, run standups, unblock engineering, and get in front of customers in the same week. This is a lean team where the leader sets the pace.
Drive the two founding initiatives — Lead product execution on Gross-to-Net automation and IRA Navigator (340B ceiling price management, MFP effectuation, and duplicate discount detection). Develop deep domain expertise in government pricing compliance; become Model N's internal authority on these workflows.
Define the RIG's operating model — In close partnership with the CPO and the broader product organization, establish the RIG's charter, ceremonies, and interface with core product squads. Design for speed without sacrificing quality or alignment.
Integrate agentic development methods — Champion the use of AI-assisted and agentic development tools within the team. Model N is actively building its BMAD (agentic development) capability; the RIG is the proving ground. You do not need to write code, but you need to understand what these tools can do and how to structure work to take advantage of them.
Maintain a tight customer feedback loop — Identify and engage design partners for each RIG initiative. Bayer is an active design partner on IRA Navigator. Build the relationships and processes to get real customer signal before, during, and after each release.
Coordinate with the core product organization — Ensure RIG output integrates cleanly with Model N's product platform and roadmap. Communicate what the team is building, what it has learned, and what is coming next — keeping the CPO and cross-functional stakeholders aligned without creating bureaucratic overhead.
Represent RIG initiatives externally — Join customer and prospect conversations to validate product direction, communicate the roadmap, and build market credibility for new capabilities.