Director of Development (Clinical Technologies)

About MRN

MRN is a market-leader in the field of global community focused clinical trial delivery. We continue to successfully create and deliver novel solutions using our specialised expertise and creative approaches that support pharma companies and health organisations to accelerate the drug development process. Our model of delivery ensures patients can gain access to new treatments faster, wherever they are in the world, whilst helping to drive diversity in clinical trials and ensure accessibility for all.

About the role…

We are looking for a talented Director of Development (Clinical Technologies) to join our team. As the Director of Development, you will oversee the efficient and high-quality development of the MRN Technologies software products, ensuring each product has clear and concise supporting documentation for audit, training and deployment purposes.

The Director of Development at MRN Technologies will be responsible for:

• Managing the product roadmap, development timelines and resources to achieve optimal outcomes based on the business strategy and the product owners’ requirements, whilst ensuring scalability and readiness for future growth.
• Owning the product development lifecycle and the architecture for each product, ensuring effective integration of products when required.
• Supporting the commercial development teams throughout the sales journey, proactively striving to accelerate MRN growth and team success.
• Ensuring internal and external development teams collaborate effectively and following defined processes to meet the required standards.
• Overseeing the continued development of the team (internal & offshore) to achieve and further develop the MRN Technologies product roadmap.
• Managing technical escalations appropriately.

Skills, Experience, and Qualifications…

We are keen to hear from individuals who are technically accomplished, with excellent communication capabilities and a commercial mindset. You must be a creative problem solver who thrives in a dynamic and changing environment, in which you will be held accountable and recognised for your contribution in equal measure.

To be considered, you must be able to demonstrate the following:

• Prior experience of successfully managing a team of Developers, within the clinical technology arena.
• Experience contributing to and driving Product Development Roadmaps.
• Experience in successfully developing and implementing strategy.
• Experience working in a modern microservices environment where microservices are using different languages and frameworks.
• Working knowledge of Agile project implementation.
• Experience working with AWS services, Javascript and React
• Experience of Source Control, databases and App development.
• Experience of Containers, Docker and Kubernetes.
• Practical and recent experience in creating, reporting and managing budgets.
• Prior experience of directly managing and developing client relationships.

Why Join us?

At MRN we offer a suite of benefits designed to promote a healthy work-life balance and make your time at MRN enjoyable and rewarding. We encourage all our employees to be ambitious and offer mentoring opportunities and ongoing career development.

Our core benefits include:

• generous annual leave (including an additional day off for your birthday)
• health insurance
• life insurance cover
• competitive pension scheme
• annual performance bonus
• access to an online LMS for self-driven learners (personal and professional development)

We also know how important health and wellbeing are and offer free independent 24/7 help and advice for work and home related challenges: as well as physical wellbeing support and online 24/7 access to healthcare professionals. MRN respect people’s different working preferences and the need for a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working hours and remote working.

So, what next… If this sounds like you and you’d like to learn more, we would love to hear from you! Please click ‘apply now’.

MRN is proud to be an equal opportunity employer

We are an equal opportunity employer who values diversity. Our aim is to work simultaneously to promote a more inclusive and safer environment for everyone, which attracts all candidates and portrays our commitment to celebrate and promote diversity. Our aim is to ensure your application, interview process and transition to MRN is simple and personal. If you require any adjustments for any part of the application process, or to perform the essential functions of a position, please get in touch.

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DBS Disclosure

DBS Disclosure may be requested in the event of being offered the position. Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of the offence(s).