Senior Product Lead

Endava; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Share plan

Career development programs

Hybrid work

Wellbeing programme

Diversity programmes

Job summary

Endava is seeking a Senior Product Manager, Innovation to shape the organization's stance on new technologies and drive a build, buy, and partner digital strategy. You will lead rapid pilots and MVP validations to prove ROI and create value.

The role requires 6+ years of product management experience, strategic thinking, and a strong ability to navigate ambiguity. Travel up to 25% is expected for this position in Denver, CO.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• 6+ years of product management, with a track record in software/products.
• Strong understanding of emerging tech trends and their business impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Point of View on external & emerging technology and market trends.
• Define and execute the innovation strategy from discovery to pilot launch.
• Identify and prioritize high-impact use cases aligned with strategic objectives.
• Drive testing, validation, and pilots with quick-to-market experiments and ROI assessment.
• Translate business needs into clear product specs and user stories for new tech capabilities.
• Collaborate with engineering, compliance, regulatory, operations, and vendors.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Emerging tech fluency

Stakeholder influence

Product lifecycle

Healthcare domain knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA or advanced degree preferred

Job description

*Must be willing to travel up to 25% in Denver, CO We’re looking for a Senior Product Manager, Innovation to lead the strategy for exploring and advancing new and emerging technologies. In this role, you will play a critical part in shaping the organization's point of view on innovative technology and driving our build, buy, and partner digital strategy. You will be responsible for identifying high potential emerging technology and driving the testing and validation of solutions through rapid pilots and proofs-of-concepts to prove their value and ROI. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker who is deeply curious about emerging market trends, highly adaptable, and has a proven track record in 0-to-1 product development - taking early-stage, complex technology products from ambiguous concepts through rapid prototyping, MVP validation, and a "test and learn" lifecycle with a high level of autonomy.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Point of View on External & Emerging Technology: Act as the internal subject matter expert for emerging technology. Maintain a deep understanding of the competitive landscape, market trends, and how to strategically position the organization to excel in healthcare technology innovation.
• Define and Execute Innovation Strategy : Lead the end-to-end product lifecycle for new digital innovation initiatives, from market research, discovery, and requirements gathering to pilot launch and validation. Effectively translate the innovation strategy into a roadmap that drives business outcomes.
• Identify and Prioritize High-Impact Use Cases: Using market insights and data, identify and prioritize external technology opportunities that align with our strategic objectives.
• Drive Testing, Validation, and Pilots: Champion an agile "test and learn" methodology. Manage the proof-of-concept process, running quick-to-market experiments and pilots to validate technical feasibility, user adoption, and financial ROI before scaling.
• Translate Business Needs and Opportunities into Solutions: Translate customer needs and technical insights into clear and concise product specifications and requirements that articulate user stories, functionality, and constraints for new technology capabilities.
• Manage Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with engineering, compliance, regulatory, operations, and external vendors as needed to build, test, and deploy solutions. Ensure solutions are compliant, safe, reliable, and integrate seamlessly into our platforms.
• Monitor and Measure Success (ROI): Define and analyze Objectives & Key Results (OKRs) to measure the impact, performance, and financial value of innovation pilots, using data to inform decisions on whether to pivot, kill, or scale initiatives.

Education

• Bachelor's degree; MBA or advanced degree preferred.

Product Management Experience

• 6+ years of experience as a product manager, with a strong track record of launching successful software products. Preferred experience working within an innovation lab, incubator, technology consulting, or managing emerging technology products.

Emerging Technology Fluency

• Strong understanding of technology trends in the market (e.g., advanced AI/ML, automation, digital health tools) and how they can be applied to solve complex business problems.

Strategic & Analytical Thinking

• The ability to think big picture, navigate high degree of ambiguity, and translate complex concepts into actionable pilots with measurable outcomes. Track record of building and advocating for new business cases.

Communication and Influence

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence executives, inspire teams, and defend strategic ideas.

Healthcare Industry Knowledge

• Experience with the healthcare industry and the technology used within. Knowledge of value-based care or chronic disease management is a plus.

Travel

• Must be able to travel up to 25%

Benefits

• Finance: Competitive salary package, share plan, company performance bonuses, value-based recognition awards, referral bonus;
• Career Development: Career coaching, global career opportunities, non-linear career paths, internal development programmes for management and technical leadership;
• Learning Opportunities: Complex projects, rotations, internal tech communities, training, certifications, coaching, online learning platforms subscriptions, pass-it-on sessions, workshops, conferences;
• Work-Life Balance: Hybrid work and flexible working hours, employee assistance programme;
• Health: Global internal wellbeing programme, access to wellbeing apps;
• Community: Global internal tech communities, hobby clubs and interest groups, inclusion and diversity programmes, events and celebrations.

Additional Employee Requirements

• Participation in both internal meetings and external meetings via video calls, as necessary.
• Ability to go into corporate or client offices to work onsite, as nece