Description
Antidote is on a mission to disrupt the Medical Research space. We enable faster medical innovation, by transforming how patients and researchers connect. Through harnessing the power of technology and data, we empower those whose lives are dependent on medical advances and breakthroughs by providing easily accessible and comprehensive clinical information.
At our heart we are a digital patient engagement company, operating in the clinical trial recruitment sector. Our platform allows us to engage a wide network of patients and match them with the most relevant clinical trials accelerating the pace of medical research.
We are a small but mighty team of ~45 professional across our UK and US bases currently in growth phase. We have an ambitious five-year growth plan, expanding our core strategy by going beyond our current tech enabled services by expanding our offering to SaaS while leveraging our data to help our clients better plan and design their research and patient engagement.
Currently, the product team is made up of two Senior Product Managers and one Product Designer who report into the Chief Development Officer. We are establishing a new layer within the senior leadership team by recruiting our very first Head of Product to join us and help advance the maturation of the product team.
This role is currently fully remote and can be based in either the UK or the US (preference will be given to candidates on the Eastern time zone)
Requirements
You will be responsible for defining, creating, and championing a growing product-centric function by supporting and inspiring our product team while simultaneously driving collaboration and synergy with the Engineering team.
You will work closely with our CDO who heads up the Product function, in defining and driving the product implementation strategy to support the achievement of the overall business objectives.
Day to day as a Head of Product you will actively participate in program level backlog refinement, resource planning and quarterly delivery commitment through to release planning. In addition, you’ll work closely with the Head of Engineer for overall product/engineering roadmap, trade-offs and process improvement. By partnering with the Head of Engineering you will work to understand architectural epics and coordination between the business needs and technical implementation.
The Head of Product will work closely with much of the company leaders, from product and engineering to commercial operations and marketing.
What we need from you
- First and foremost, you will be an experienced product professional who has experience leading product strategy for business-to-business and business-to-consumer products. You will be able to discuss in the interview your experience working across the product development lifecycle including prioritisation, road mapping etc.
- You have previous experience leading a team of minimum five people. You will be able to discuss in the interview process how you have taken ownership of performance related activities including implementing and creating robust metrics and procedures to empower and develop the team.
- You will have good knowledge of Agile Software Development and demonstrable experience collaborating with engineering teams to ensure wider product strategy is accurately and effectively communicated to the team and driven.
- You will have experience and understand how to help drive change in an organisation. You will be able to discuss in the interview how you have handled resistance to change.
- Lastly, strong communication skills are key. At the interview we will want to hear about times you have managed and supported difficult stakeholders.
What you will get from us
- This is a fantastic opportunity for a product leader who wants to take a step up and be part of a growing organisation where you will have a myriad of opportunities to shape and define, not only the product function, but the business as a whole.
- You will be joining a scaling product function where you will get to influence product strategy and help us expand from a tech enabled business to additional offerings including SAAS and data insights.
- As our first Head of Product, you will be a key driver of our pioneering work in leading patient-centric clinical researc that improves lives.
- At Antidote, we pride ourselves on the great culture focused on collaboration and learning which we have organically fostered across our international UK and US bases
Benefits
- Pension/ 401K
- Medical Insurance
- Monthly wellbeing subsidy
- Remote working stipend and home set up allowance
- Stock options
- Generous annual leave plus bank holidays/statutory holidaya
- Your birthday off
- Discretionary annual performance related bonus
