LabConnect

Head of Technology Product

LabConnect$130K — $180K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Johnson City, TN
Information Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12-15+ years of experience in product, technology, or portfolio leadership
  • Significant experience leading enterprise-wide product strategy
  • Strong executive presence and stakeholder influence
  • Experience with operating model design, governance, and prioritization
  • Demonstrated success scaling operations in fast-paced environments

Responsibilities

  • Define product goals tied to operational, customer, financial, and strategic metrics.
  • Establish a modern product management approach for AI-enabled development.
  • Oversee resource allocation to maximize return and business impact.
  • Set measurable success metrics for efficiency, customer value, and strategic advantage.
  • Develop relationships with executives and cross-functional leaders for aligned priorities.
  • Help teams collaborate effectively across workflows and business goals.

Benefits

  • Financial Security (Base Pay, 401k Match, and Possible Annual Bonus Eligibility)
  • Health Benefits beginning on date of hire
  • PTO plan, plus 11 Paid Company Holidays, and 1 Day to Volunteer
  • Short and Long-Term Disability, Life Insurance, and AD&D
  • Opportunities for career growth in a friendly and collaborative environment
Full Job Description
Job Summary

The Senior Director, Technology Product Portfolio is responsible for building and leading a modern product function that connects technology investment to measurable business outcomes. The Senior Director, Technology Product Portfolio leads the enterprise product portfolio by connecting business strategies to technology investment and product execution; ensure the company is building the right products and capabilities, sequencing work effectively, and measuring success through business outcomes, not just feature delivery.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
  • Define product goals in terms of operational, customer, financial, and strategic impact, with clear measures of success.
  • Establish a modern approach to product management suited to AI-enabled development, continuous learning, and rapid iteration.
  • Oversee how resources are allocated across platforms, products, and strategic initiatives to maximize return and business impact.
  • Set measurable success metrics tied to operational efficiency, customer value, revenue growth, risk reduction, or strategic advantage.
  • Operate as both an enterprise leader and a hands-on problem solver, directly shaping select high-priority initiatives while building broader organizational capability.
  • Develop trusted relationships with executives, business operators, and cross-functional leaders; translate ongoing dialogue into aligned priorities and decision clarity.
  • Ensure initiatives across workflow tooling, logistics, reporting, and commercial or financial systems fit within an integrated roadmap and governance framework.
  • Help product owners and cross-functional teams collaborate effectively across shared workflows, data, dependencies, and business goals.
  • Convert ambiguous operational needs into clear problem statements, sequencing decisions, and outcome measures that teams can execute against.
  • Provide concise visibility into priorities, progress, risks, and tradeoffs through simple, durable communication mechanisms.
  • Raise the standard for product thinking, experimentation, organizational influence, and cross-functional collaboration across LabConnect.
  • Provide clear updates to senior leadership on priorities, risks, dependencies, progress, and outcomes.
  • Help modernize product practices, especially in environments where AI-enabled development, automation, and faster release cycles are changing expectations.
  • Build, coach, and retain high-performing leaders; set clear expectations and accountability; develop succession plans and a strong bench for critical roles.


Education and Experience
  • 12-15+ years of experience in product, technology, or portfolio leadership
  • Significant experience leading enterprise-wide product strategy
  • Strong executive presence and stakeholder influence
  • Experience with operating model design, governance, and prioritization
  • Ability to balance strategy and execution
  • Experience in complex, regulated, or operationally intensive industries can be especially important
  • Demonstrated success scaling operations in fast-paced, high-growth and/or private equity-backed environments.


Skills and Ability
  • Demonstrated success leading product in environments where technology, operations, and business process are tightly interconnected.
  • Experience establishing or evolving product operating models that improve prioritization, governance, decision quality, and cross-functional alignment.
  • Strong executive presence and the ability to build credibility with senior leaders as well as frontline operators and functional partners.
  • Excellent communication skills, including the ability to translate complexity into clear, concise messages tailored to technical, operational, and executive audiences.
  • Sound judgment and high initiative in ambiguous environments, with the capacity to create structure, momentum, and alignment quickly.
  • A modern view of product management, including an understanding of how AI-assisted development is changing planning, execution, testing, release management, and feedback loops.
  • A track record of influencing outcomes through collaboration, credibility, and thoughtful organizational leadership rather than process alone.
  • The ability to balance strategic leadership with selective hands-on engagement in high-priority initiatives.


Supervisory Responsibilities: Director

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the occupant is regularly required to:
  • Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
  • Prolonged use of computer and headphones for conference calls.
  • Communicate effectively via phone, video, and email.
  • Use hands and fingers to operate a computer and other office equipment.
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Travel Requirements: Minimal

Join our team and discover how your work can impact patients' lives around the world!

Some of the Perks our LabConnectors Love:
  • Financial Security (Base Pay, 401k Match and Possible Annual Bonus Eligibility)
  • Health Benefits beginning on date of hire
  • PTO plan, plus 11 Paid Company Holidays, and 1 Day to Volunteer in your community
  • Short and Long-Term Disability, Life Insurance, and AD&D
  • We celebrate our differences, which enriches our culture!

In addition to great perks and challenging work assignments, we invest in our people with career growth opportunities, globally. We believe in a friendly and collaborative environment with open lines of communication. While living out our values of People First, Quality Focused, Customer Centered, Technology Driven, and Accountability Always.

About LabConnect

LabConnect is a global central laboratory services provider that specializes in delivering preclinical and clinical laboratory services to support drug development activities for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and contract research organizations. The company offers a range of services, including sample management, kit building, testing, and reporting. LabConnect has a network of laboratories and biorepositories in the United States, Europe, and Asia, and its clients include some of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.
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200 employees
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Founded
2002

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