(Remote) VP of R&D
About The Position
Medstreaming, a division of Harris, is seeking a Vice President, Research & Development who is a key strategic leader shaping the future of the company. This role blends technical expertise, business acumen, and people leadership. As VP of R&D, you will oversee core functions including product management, documentation, software development, quality assurance, DevOps, hosting, and infrastructure. You will serve as a mentor across disciplines, driving innovation and operational excellence throughout the organization. This remote role welcomes candidates anywhere in the US. Travel is required as needed, approximately 15%. Candidates must hold a current, valid passport and be legally eligible to travel internationally including Egypt. This includes either passport based visa exemption or possession of any required travel visas for entry into Egypt.
Requirements
- 5+ years of management experience.
- Experience leading product teams.
- Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline.
Nice To Haves
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to clearly convey strategic plans and decisions to the engineering team and other stakeholders.
- Proven experience in a leadership role within the field of healthcare IT.
- Experience with on-premise to cloud migration projects.
- Demonstrated proficiency in working with OCI, AWS, Azure, or other major cloud platforms.
- AI & Innovation Mindset: Commitment to leveraging emerging technologies, curiosity and willingness to actively adopt and leverage AI tools, comfortable using AI enabled technologies, including copilots, chat based AI assistants, and automation tools, as part of their everyday work while maintaining appropriate judgment, security, and compliance standards.
Responsibilities
- Provide an overall vision for product and technical roadmap.
- Drive best practices for all R&D processes including: product delivery, rollout, feedback and internal/external communication.
- Drive initiatives and solutions for the product and technical teams.
- Be financially savvy.
- Maintain and manage a forecast of expenses for the department.
- Innovate and evolve the business.
- Integrate customers into the overall strategy.
- Build effective teams.
- Work with existing teams/structure.
- Build, listen to, and develop effective teams/team members.
- Bring departments together.
- Support and grow the product development team.
- Take part in product planning and task assignment.
- Own the product roadmap and communicate with all stakeholders.
- Collaborate on strategic marketing plans.
- Drive innovative ideas, solutions and products through leadership and definitive action.
- Directly and indirectly guide and support a team of 50.
Benefits
- 3 weeks’ vacation and 5 personal days
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits starting from your first day of employment
- Employee stock ownership and RRSP/401k matching programs
- Lifestyle rewards
- Remote work
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
