Remote Product Owner — Clinical Trials Platform

Iris Software Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Iris Software seeks a Product Owner for its Clinical Trial Platform on a fully remote, long-term contract. You will define the vision, strategy, and roadmap for end-to-end trial execution, collaborating with engineering, clinical SMEs, data teams, and QA to ensure quality and regulatory compliance.

Experience in regulated SaaS and clinical workflows, with strong stakeholder influence and prioritization skills, is essential for driving adoption and measurable platform value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in life sciences, engineering, product management, or related field.
• 3–7 years of product management experience, ideally within clinical trials, healthcare technology, or regulated SaaS platforms.
• Strong understanding of clinical trial workflows (eligibility, screening, randomization, visit scheduling, data capture).
• Experience translating complex workflows into clear product requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high quality features in iterative development cycles.
• Excellent communication skills with ability to influence cross functional teams and senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define and articulate the product vision for a unified clinical trial platform supporting decentralized, hybrid, and site based studies.
• Identify unmet needs across patient identification, trial matching, screening, site intake, randomization, scheduling, and data flows.
• Translate market trends, regulatory requirements, and customer insights into strategic product outcomes (efficiency, compliance, adoption, data quality).
• Conduct competitive analysis and monitor industry guidelines to ensure the platform remains compliant and differentiated.
• Build and maintain a clear, actionable roadmap balancing long term platform evolution with short term operational needs.
• Prioritize features using transparent decision frameworks that weigh user value, regulatory impact, technical feasibility, and business goals.
• Communicate roadmap updates to internal and external stakeholders.
• Own the product backlog, EPICs, and feature definitions with detailed acceptance criteria, user flows, and value statements.
• Develop user personas, user stories, workflows, and prototypes to support engineering and design teams.
• Partner with engineering, clinical SMEs, data teams, and QA to ensure delivery meets quality, compliance (including 21 CFR Part 11), and performance expectations.

Skills

Product Owner

Pharma/Clinical Trials

Roadmap & backlog

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Iris Software seeks a Product Owner for its Clinical Trial Platform on a fully remote, long-term contract. You will define the vision, strategy, and roadmap for end-to-end trial execution, collaborating with engineering, clinical SMEs, data teams, and QA to ensure quality and regulatory compliance.

Experience in regulated SaaS and clinical workflows, with strong stakeholder influence and prioritization skills, is essential for driving adoption and measurable platform value.