Product Owner (with pharma background)

Viseven; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Compensation

Experienced Team

Career Growth

Paid Time Off

Sick Leave

Family Leave

Medical Insurance

English Courses

Professional Development

Corporate Events

Work From Home

Job summary

Viseven Group in the United States is seeking an experienced Product Owner/PM to drive product strategy for Pharma and Life Sciences IT. You will translate roadmaps into actionable backlogs, prioritize work, and collaborate with Product Management and stakeholders to deliver high‑value releases.

This hybrid role offers competitive compensation, professional development, PTO, medical insurance, and the opportunity to work with a global team across multiple countries, with remote work flexibility

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience as Product Owner, Product Manager, Delivery Manager, or similar.
• 1+ years in Pharma, Life Sciences, or Pharma Marketing IT domain.
• Proven success in defining and launching products that meet business objectives.
• Experience with AI/ML-driven products, including model lifecycle and evaluation metrics.
• Strong proficiency in Jira, Confluence and Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Experience writing user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical specifications.
• Familiarity with estimation techniques (story points, T-shirt sizing).
• English proficiency - upper-intermediate or higher.

Responsibilities

• Translate product-line strategy into actionable team backlogs and validate sprint outcomes.
• Own and prioritize team backlog to ensure development aligns with product goals.
• Define sprint goals and participate in sprint planning with the team.
• Manage scope changes and communicate with stakeholders during sprints.
• Refine backlog with product strategy and priorities based on market insights.
• Collaborate with Product Management to refine features based on customer insights.
• Coordinate discovery with BAs, SAs, and other roles to ensure feasibility.
• Provide requirements when goals are understood and ready.
• Plan releases with Engineering Manager and PO defines scope.
• Lead sprint retrospectives with EM to drive improvements.
• Identify and escalate risks for delivery.
• Serve as SME for internal stakeholders and ensure high-quality releases.
• Coordinate cross-team epics and align on shared functionality.
• Assist with estimation approvals through the Estimator tool.

Skills

Product Owner Experience

Pharma/Life Sciences

AI/ML Products

Jira & Confluence

Agile/Scrum

User Stories & Acceptance Criteria

Estimation Techniques

English Proficiency

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Viseven Group is a leading global B2B MarTech service provider, empowering Pharma and LifeScience companies since 2009. Our mission is to drive digital transformation and excellence, offering comprehensive end-to-end software and digital marketing services tailored to the pharmaceutical industry. The company's solutions, products, and services are actively used by the top 100 Pharma and Life Science companies.

At Viseven, our rapidly growing team boasts over 700 highly skilled professionals, including experts in development, design, business analysis, project management, delivery, sales, marketing, and customer success.

With a global footprint in more than 30 countries across the US, LATAM, Europe, and APAC, and physical offices in Ukraine, Poland, Estonia, India, and the US, we are well-positioned to serve our diverse clientele.

Join us and become part of a pioneering team dedicated to shaping the future of digital transformation in Pharma and Life Sciences across more than 50 countries around the globe.

Responsibilities:

• Translate product-line strategy into actionable team backlogs and validate sprint outcomes to ensure steady execution.
• Own and continuously prioritize the team backlog to ensure development efforts focus on highest-value work that fulfills product goals.
• Define sprint goals, participate in sprint planning, and coordinate with the team to ensure realistic commitments.
• Manage scope changes and incoming requests during sprints, communicate changes with stakeholders, and adjust sprint plans accordingly.
• Ensure team-driven backlog refinement aligns with product strategy and priorities, validating outcomes.
• Collaborate with Product Management and stakeholders to refine product features based on validated market and customer insights.
• Coordinate the work of BAs, SAs, and other roles during the discovery phase, ensuring requirements are clear and technically feasible.
• Support with providing the requirements to the team if goal and scope is understood.
• Plan releases (team-level) in collaboration with the Engineering Manager (PO defines scope → EM coordinates execution).
• Participate in feature acceptance testing and demos to validate quality and completeness.
• Participate in and co-lead sprint retrospectives with the EM, driving improvements in team practices.
• Manage risk identification and escalation paths (PO identifies product risks → EM manages delivery risks).
• Act as the primary subject matter expert for internal stakeholders, providing necessary context for high-quality releases.
• Validate project plans and documentation for stakeholders as needed (in collaboration with DM).
• Establish and maintain collaboration with the web department and other teams when cross-product work is required.
• Coordinate cross-team epics and ensure alignment on shared functionality.
• Work with the Estimator tool, obtain approvals, and support the estimation process (EM estimates → PO/DM approves).
• Collaborate with QA to categorize issues (Incident vs. Improvement) and prioritize bugs within the Product Backlog based on business impact.

Requirements:

• 2+ years experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, Delivery Manager or Similar Roles
• 1+ years of experience in Pharma, Life Sciences, or Pharma Marketing domain (IT/tech environment) - content supply chain process and systems (content creation, MLR, CRMs, Veeva, AEM, SFDC)
• Demonstrated success in defining and launching products that meet business objectives
• Experience with AI/ML-driven products, including understanding of model lifecycle, evaluation metrics, and limitations such as bias and hallucinations
• Strong proficiency in Jira, Confluence, and Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Experience writing user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical specifications
• Familiarity with estimation techniques (story points, T-shirt sizing)
• English proficiency - upper-intermediate level or higher

What we provide:

• Competitive Compensation: Regular performance-based salary and career development reviews.
• Experienced Team: Join a passionate, experienced team in a friendly atmosphere.
• Career Growth: Opportunities for professional and career advancement.
• Paid Time Off: 18 business days per year (20 business days after 2 years of service).
• Sick Leave:
• Non-documented: 4 business days per year.
• Documented: 20 business days per year.
• Family Leave: 3 paid business days for marriage, childbirth, or bereavement.
• Medical Insurance: Comprehensive coverage.
• English Courses: Learning opportunities to improve your language skills.
• Professional Development: Participation in forums and conferences.
• Corporate Events: Regular team-building activities and events.
• Work Environment: Enjoy a comfortable, fully equipped office and the possibility to work from home.