Sr. Product Manager, Treatment Planning

Job DescriptionJob DescriptionDescriptionAlign Technology is a global medical device company that pioneered the invisible orthodontics market with the introduction of the Invisalign system in 1999.  Today, we develop innovative, technology-rich products such as Invisalign system of clear aligner treatments, the iTero scanner services to help dental professionals achieve the clinical results they expect and deliver effective, cutting-edge dental options to their patients.  The Sr Product Manager, Treatment Planning will be responsible for leading Align’s global Predictability Tx planning strategy, working closely to support the VP Treatment Planning and Visualization.  They will be responsible for driving and championing  Aligns next of predictability improvements working closely with our clinical, research and operations teams
Role expectations

• Be the primary person responsible to drive vision, roadmap, execution and adoption of Aligns Predictability improvements 
• Define customer profiling and segmentation and coordinate best-practice sharing and implementation through the regional teams
• Working with the VP Global Product Treatment Planning, develop clear, consistent and compelling vision and roadmap for our Predictability vertical 
• Spends time with business owners, external doctors and internal users
• Study and be familiar with competition and competitive product
• Dental/Orthodontic clinically knowledge desired but not required but will need to be learned to a high proficiency in order to developed features and products
• Defines what it is we build based on insights, customer needs, industry trends and competitive landscape
• Helps draft high level technical architecture with the R&D team
• Interfaces with business owners in marketing, operations, IT and other functional groups
• Defines technical products requirements
• Leads technical product roadmap
• Grooms backlog as product owner
• Represents business owners & customers
• Demands an aggressive timeline
• Acts as agile product owner
• Ambitious in reaching for a deep meaningful competitive product
• Helps define User Acceptance Testing scenarios

What we're looking forTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This position will report directly to the VP, Treatment planning and will be based in San Jose California
• Experience & Leadership in software product ideation, definition & management with at least 8 years of experience
• Dental/Orthodontic clinically knowledge desired but not required but will need to be learned to a high proficiency
• Comfort in managing matrix organized teams
• Demonstrated mastery of software engineering and SDLC process
• Experience with some domain related knowledge as appropriate & needed: Orthodontics, Dentistry, 3D CAD/CAM, UI/UX/Usability, Complex User Tools, Web Services, etc.
• Enabler and coach of agile project management practices
• Deep understanding of computer science & data processing
• Exemplary technical and people leadership skills
• Team player with strong ability to explain technical issues to business users
• Ability to work with regional teams to drive product releases, utilization and insights
• Ability to put roll out plans for your products at a global level by working with internal teams and individual regions
• Makes effective decisions in a timely manner, sometimes with incomplete information and under tight deadlines and pressure; uses a mixture of analysis, experience, and process to reach conclusions
• Must demonstrate a strong track record of delivering results.
• Excellent presentation/oral communication skills.
• Excellent leadership, management, communication, collaboration and interpersonal skills.

Education

• Bachelor or Masters or PhD in Sciences or Engineering
• 4+ years of Software Engineering experience
• 2+ years of Software Product Management Experience
• 2+ years of 3D CAD/CAM and/or Animation Systems and/or UI/UX/Usability and/or Web Services/Cloud
• 2+ years of Effective Mature Agile Project Management
• Deep Knowledge and Vision of the Current Evolution of some keys areas of Software Engineering & Technology, including Medical Devices, Treatment Simulation, 3D Data Representation, Global Web Systems, UI/UX Usability, Distributed Storage Systems, Enterprise Security, Advanced Networking, Map-Reduce Data Processing, SQL & NoSQL Databases, Programming Platforms like Java or JavaScript or Ruby or similar, Project Life Cycle tooling, Operating Systems like Linux or Windows or similar, etc.
• Proven experience with defining and managing customer expectations using independent Development lead or hands-on engineering management roles is a plus.

Pay TransparencyIf provided, base salary or wage rate ranges are the range in which Align reasonably expects to set a candidate’s pay for the posted position. Actual placement depends on the individual skills and experience level of a candidate plus the total compensation and equity across team members. For other locations outside of the primary location, the base salary range will be adjusted geographically.  For Field Sales roles, the salary listed is the base pay only and does not include the applicable incentive compensation plan. A cost of living adjustment may be added to base pay for higher cost areas in the U.S.  Our hourly rates are a standard pay determined based on the position and your location, year in school, degree, and experience.