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The Global Development IT (GD IT) Associate Director, Product Lead is a leader within the GD IT Delivery & Operations organization, accountable for the strategy, delivery, and continuous improvement of a portfolio of technology products spanning standards-led protocol digitization (USDM/ICH M11), Digital Data Flow (DDF), and human sample lifecycle management. This role may provide line management to a team of Product Leads and Product Analysts, set the domain vision and roadmap, and partner with senior business stakeholders, Business Solution Partners (BSPs), Business Process Owners, SMEs, Corporate IT, and vendor partners to translate enterprise priorities into capabilities that enable standard-led protocol digitization, biospecimen and sample management, and AI/agentic orchestration across Global Development. The Associate Director assumes domain-level product ownership, including end-to-end implementation, governance, compliance, and support for all products that fall within the domain.

Where: Based at our Warren, NJ location

When: 4 days onsite per week required

Discover your role:

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Product Leads and Product Analysts across protocol digitization, biospecimen/sample management, and AI/agentic orchestration
• Set objectives, build domain capabilities, and instill a process-improvement culture.

• Own the multi-product domain strategy, vision, and roadmap for standards-led protocol digitization (USDM/ICH M11), Digital Data Flow (DDF), and the human sample lifecycle, prioritizing and making trade-offs across product lines.
• Build and manage senior stakeholder relationships across BSPs, Business Process Owners, SMEs, Corporate IT, and vendors
• Chair domain steering committees and governance forums and drive alignment, consistency, and reuse across Product Leads
• Take end-to-end ownership of the domain product portfolio-implementation, performance, and continuous improvement-overseeing requirements, testing/UAT, risk-based CSV, and ITIL-aligned release, change, and incident processes to meet business expectations, audit readiness, and compliance
• Intake, assess, prioritize, and validate domain requirements in partnership with BSPs, managing scope, dependencies, and trade-offs to align technology roadmaps with product priorities.
• Set direction for human-in-the-loop, multi-agent orchestration and regulated-AI governance (prompt/version control, evaluation, audit trails, risk-based CSV) aligned to 21 CFR Part 11/Annex 11 and GxP.
• Drive build-vs-buy assessments, RFPs, software/services contracting, and vendor performance management; identify resourcing needs and oversee internal, vendor, and managed-service delivery.
• Direct establishment of the digital protocol and structured Schedule of Activities as system of record, ensuring traceable continuity from protocol intent through CRF/EDC to SDTM, ADaM, and analysis outputs.
• Provide direction over biospecimen/sample standards, metadata, and the integration ecosystem (MDR, EDC, IRT, LIMS/LIS, CTMS, analytics), ensuring lineage and reconciliation aligned to central and specialty lab operating models.
• Provide subject matter expertise to manage business expectations, timelines, and domain budget; present innovative solutions and represent the organization in industry and standards forums (e.g., TransCelerate DDF, CDISC 360).
• Collaborate with GD IT, Corporate IT, and other functions on enterprise systems, standards, and governance, serving as senior point of contact and escalation for the domain across Global Development.

This role requires:

• Strong command of ICH M11/USDM, CDISC SDTM/ADaM, controlled terminology, and standards governance, with demonstrated delivery of structured protocol authoring and protocol-to-data automations with traceable lineage into SDTM/ADaM; experience with USDM-aligned tools (e.g., Nurocor) or equivalent MDRs
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence senior leaders and stakeholders, including executive-ready communications
• Practical understanding of human sample workflows in clinical trials (kit management, barcoding, collection/processing, shipping/receipt, chain of custody, reconciliation), central/specialty lab operating models, and biospecimen/lab and SAP/EDC integrations
• Experience managing technology capability identification, selection, implementation, and operations, including LIMS/LIS integrations with EDC, IRT, CTMS, and analytics, and vendor governance across global teams
• Experience applying AI and multi-agent/agentic systems (tool/function calling, RAG, prompt management, evaluation, monitoring) with human-in-the-loop controls, plus technical fluency in integration patterns (REST/GraphQL APIs, events) and data pipelines (ETL/ELT) on modern cloud platforms
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical Global Development business capabilities, processes, and systems and of SDLC and ITSM/ITIL frameworks, with strong project, budget, and stakeholder management skills and demonstrated success interacting with senior leadership
• Preferred: familiarity with SQL/Python or R for prototyping/validation and MLOps in regulated environments (model/package registries, approval workflows); exposure to TransCelerate DDF and CDISC 360 initiatives
• Experience applying risk-based CSV and regulated-AI governance (audit trails, evaluation, prompt/version control) aligned to 21 CFR Part 11/Annex 11, GxP, and data protection (HIPAA/GDPR, RBAC)
• Experience hiring, supervising, motivating, and coaching a team of direct reports-including leading or mentoring Product Leads/Product Managers-instilling a process-improvement culture and championing agile ways of working across cross-functional partners
• Experience leading an end-to-end product launch or shutdown across multiple teams.

• Ability to act tactically and think strategically, switching leadership styles to influence, guide, and coach, and to manage multiple priorities and a portfolio of products amid ambiguity and changing priorities

Does this sound like you? Apply now to take your first step towards living the Regeneron Way! We are committed to building a workplace with an inclusive culture. Regeneron is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief (or lack thereof), sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, civil status, pregnancy or parental status, age, disability, nationality, citizenship status, ethnic or national origin, membership of the Traveler community, familial status, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. Where required, we will provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with known disabilities or chronic illnesses during the recruitment process, unless such accommodation would impose undue hardship.

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