Senior Global RTLS Product Owner - Hardware & Firmware

CenTrak; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 130,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

CenTrak seeks a seasoned Senior Global Product Owner to lead RTLS hardware and firmware, translating customer needs and field insights into scalable product outcomes. You will connect customer workflows to strategy, drive lifecycle management, and collaborate across engineering, PMO, supply chain, quality, sales, services, and marketing in a fast-paced healthcare setting.

The role requires hands-on lifecycle ownership, VOC programs, and sustaining initiatives, with 25–35% travel across North

Qualifications

• 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 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; 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 and executive presence with a global, cross-cultural perspective.
• Ability to make data-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.

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 VOC efforts across clinicians, administrators, and operational stakeholders.
• Engage directly with customers and field teams to understand workflow challenges and opportunities.
• Translate insights into actionable product enhancements and innovations.
• 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.
• Lead sustainment strategy to minimize customer disruption and ensure ongoing reliability of deployed solutions.
• Drive improvements in field performance, issue resolution, and lifecycle efficiency.
• Monitor market trends, competitor landscape, and emerging technologies.
• Identify opportunities to enhance CenTrak’s RTLS platform capabilities and differentiation.
• Define and track key product performance metrics, including adoption, reliability, and customer satisfaction.
• Communicate product performance and roadmap progress to leadership.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Voice of the Customer

Cross-functional leadership

Data-driven decisions

Stakeholder communication

Product lifecycle management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

CSPO certification

Agile tooling (Jira)

Job description

CenTrak seeks a seasoned Senior Global Product Owner to lead RTLS hardware and firmware, translating customer needs and field insights into scalable product outcomes. You will connect customer workflows to strategy, drive lifecycle management, and collaborate across engineering, PMO, supply chain, quality, sales, services, and marketing in a fast-paced healthcare setting.

The role requires hands-on lifecycle ownership, VOC programs, and sustaining initiatives, with 25–35% travel across North