Sr. Global Product Owner
CenTrak · Pennsylvania, United States · 1 wk ago
Full-time
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end lifecycle of RTLS hardware and firmware products, ensuring performance, scalability, and clinical reliability
- Drive a value-based product roadmap aligned to CenTrak’s strategic priorities and real-world healthcare challenges
- Leverage data, VOC, and field feedback to continuously refine priorities and roadmap direction
- Maintain and prioritize a global product backlog focused on customer impact, business value, and technical feasibility
- Partner closely with engineering teams to ensure clear requirements, efficient execution, and timely delivery
- Lead structured Voice of Customer (VOC) efforts across clinicians, administrators, and operational stakeholders
- Engage directly with customers and field teams to understand workflow challenges and operational opportunities
- Translate insights into actionable product enhancements and innovations
- Cross-Functional Leadership
- Collaborate with engineering, PMO, supply chain, quality/regulatory, sales, services, and marketing to ensure seamless delivery and adoption
- Act as a bridge between technical teams and business stakeholders
- Sustainment & Operational Excellence
- Lead sustainment strategy to minimize customer disruption and ensure ongoing reliability of deployed solutions
- Drive improvements in field performance, issue resolution, and lifecycle efficiency
- Market & Innovation
- Monitor market trends, competitor landscape, and emerging technologies
- Identify opportunities to enhance CenTrak’s RTLS platform capabilities and differentiation
- Performance & Impact
- Define and track key product performance metrics, including adoption, reliability, and customer satisfaction
- Communicate product performance and roadmap progress to leadership
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or a related technical discipline; advanced degrees or hybrid technical/business backgrounds preferred
- 6-8+ years of experience in product ownership or management with a strong emphasis on hardware and firmware development and sustainment, ideally in healthcare environments
- Solid understanding of the healthcare technology landscape; RTLS or MedTech experience is highly desirable
- Proven expertise in Agile methodologies; Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or equivalent certification preferred
- Ability to work within a Phase Gate process for New Product Development
- Demonstrated ability to lead multi-disciplinary hardware initiatives with a proven record of achieving project milestones
- Experience interfacing with clinical professionals and translating clinical workflows into actionable product requirements
- Ability to conduct product demos and convey solution value to leadership and other stakeholders
- Persuasive communication skills, executive presence, thoughtful stakeholder management, and polished presentation skills with a global, cross-cultural perspective
- Ability to make date informed decisions in ambiguous situations and balance short-term needs with long-term strategy
- Willingness and ability to travel (25- 35%) to customer sites across North America to capture direct feedback and ensure alignment with field realities