Senior Technical Product Owner

ICON Clinical Research; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement planning

LifeWorks EAP

Job summary

ICON Clinical Research is seeking a Senior Technical Product Owner for AI products. You will own the end-to-end lifecycle, define the strategy and roadmap, translate complex requirements into actionable user stories, and partner with AI, software, and UI teams to deliver scalable, high-quality solutions.

The role requires strong product management experience with AI-driven or data-powered products, excellent stakeholder management, and a data-driven mindset to guide decisions and improvements.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in product management, especially with complex technical or platform-based products.
• Experience working with engineering teams in agile delivery environments.
• Demonstrated delivery of AI-powered or data-driven products with architectural awareness.
• Strong knowledge of the product lifecycle from discovery to launch and continuous improvement.
• Experience managing multiple priorities and stakeholders in fast-paced, multi-team settings.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with influence without authority.
• Data-driven mindset using metrics to inform prioritisation and decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end product lifecycle from vision to delivery for AI products.
• Define strategy, roadmaps, and success metrics aligned to enterprise AI goals.
• Translate business needs into clear specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Prioritise backlogs balancing user needs, constraints, and strategic value.
• Collaborate with AI, software, and UI engineering teams to ensure quality and scalability.
• Lead launches with readiness planning and stakeholder communications.

Skills

Product management

Agile delivery

AI products

Lifecycle management

Stakeholder management

Data-driven decision-making

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Senior Technical Product Owner

ICON is a global healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation united by a mission to bring new medicines and treatments to patients faster.

As a values-driven organisation, integrity, collaboration, agility, and inclusion are at the heart of how we work and interact with each other, customers, patients and suppliers.

Job Advert Posting

Senior Technical Product Owner - AI Products

As a Senior Technical Product Owner - AI Products at ICON, you will be responsible for defining and driving the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of AI-powered products built on the organisation's multi-agent framework and central AI platform. You will combine deep technical expertise with strong product management discipline to ensure solutions deliver measurable value, scalability, and high-quality user outcomes.

What You Will Do:

In this role you will own the end-to-end product lifecycle, working closely with engineering and stakeholders to translate complex requirements into impactful, scalable AI products.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and own product vision, strategy, and roadmap aligned to enterprise AI objectives
• Translate business needs into clear product specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria for engineering teams
• Prioritise and manage product backlogs, balancing user needs, technical constraints, and strategic value
• Partner with AI, software, and UI engineering teams to drive delivery, ensuring quality, scalability, and compliance
• Define product success metrics and use data insights to guide product decisions and continuous improvement
• Lead product launches, including readiness planning, stakeholder communication, and adoption strategies
• Champion user-centred design, ensuring intuitive and effective AI-driven user experiences
• Act as the primary point of contact for stakeholders, communicating product priorities, roadmaps, and progress

Your Profile:

To succeed in this role, you will bring strong technical product management experience, deep understanding of AI-driven solutions, and the ability to operate effectively across complex, cross-functional environments.

Required qualifications and experience:

• Proven experience in product management, including ownership of complex technical or platform-based products
• Experience working closely with engineering teams in agile delivery environments
• Demonstrated experience delivering AI-powered or data-driven products, with an understanding of AI system considerations
• Strong knowledge of product lifecycle management, from discovery through to launch and continuous improvement
• Experience managing multiple priorities and stakeholders within fast-paced, multi-team environments
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence without direct authority
• Data-driven mindset, using metrics and insights to inform prioritisation and decision-making

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What ICON can offer you:

Our success depends on the quality of our people. That's why we've made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

• Various annual leave entitlements
• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family's needs.
• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family's well-being.
• Life assurance
• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

Visit our careers site ( to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We're dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here

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