OPEN POSITIONS

Vice President Product Development

Posted - September 2025

We are seeking an experienced leader with project management expertise to lead the creation and implementation of our product and platform pipeline. Our projects include several new initiatives that hope to eliminate inefficient multiplicities and wasted opportunities due to the complexities of scientific collaboration.

This role will initially focus on our flagship initiative - a new web-based Material Transfer and Data Use Agreement (MTDUA) platform, that will, in minutes, generate customized MTDUAs that are state-of-the-art and compliant, reflecting legal, IP, and commercialization developments, that will enhance and automate much of the review and execution workflow for these agreements. This role will engage across academic-clinical-commercial participants and legal experts. It will direct the development and continuing improvement of the platform including through AI/data/UX/UI evolutions.

The candidate will have a creative mind with strong experience in wrangling diverse points of view to create a cohesive and collaborative work team. They will oversee a seamless project startup with ongoing product development and user expansion through outreach and promotion.

Some exposure to managing academic or medical-based research projects and an understanding of the challenges in cross institutional research or clinical goals could be very beneficial in understanding the nuances of these projects.

Importantly, this role will also require skill in creating cooperating networks between institutions, researchers, funders and others. Our goal is to advance treatments and cures to save patient lives.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage the lifecycle of the products and platforms, including initiation, execution, monitoring and product expansion.

  • Create a deep understanding of the product and platform needs and challenges by maintaining a knowledgeable and diverse leadership advisory board.

  • Work closely with CANCollaborate leadership, research investigators, legal teams, compliance officers, and external partners to facilitate the products and platform creation and usage.

  • Identify and resolve administrative and logistical barriers to timely project execution.

  • Maintain detailed documentation of product specifications, project plans, agreement statuses, budgets, timelines, risks, and outcomes.

  • Coordinate timelines and deliverables between CANCollaborate leadership, external collaborators and other contractors.

  • Serve as the point of contact for the product platform starting with MTDUA platform.

  • Support user onboarding, training, and communication and create a wide outreach to add new users to the platform.

  • Manage relationships with external contractors such as web platform developers, information security teams and hosts.

  • Ensure digital project deliverables meet user requirements, regulatory standards, and timelines.

  • Ensure all product and platform terms align with user policies and compliance standards and user requirements.

Required Experience & Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a scientific, technical, or health-related field.

  • Progressive experience in product management

  • A passion for leveraging technology to improve collaborative research and accelerate patient-focused medical research.

  • Proven track record managing technical research product development.

  • Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.

  • Excellent ability to translate complex technical and research concepts into clear product requirements and user stories.

  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment.

  • Understanding of contracting, intellectual property and licensing considerations in collaborative research.

  • Experience working with and incorporating UX/UI technologies, teams or developers.

Preferred Experience & Qualifications

  • Advanced degree in biomedical sciences, law, or business administration.Experience with data platforms, machine learning frameworks, and cloud-based AI services relevant to medical research.

  • Experience working with academic and medical technology transfer or legal offices.

  • Prior work with NIH-funded or federally sponsored research collaborations.

  • PMP or Agile/Scrum certification.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis. This position has the flexibility to work remotely within the United States highlighting that we are based on the East Coast time zone.

Please submit your resume and cover letter to careers@cancollaborate.org

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome everyone to apply.

We believe diverse teams make us stronger, and we are committed to building an inclusive workplace where all people - and the patients we serve - can thrive.