Technology/Product Director, Nordics

at  Star global technology company

THE OPPORTUNITY

We are looking for a Technology/Product Director who will take on a leading role in challenging and inspiring our prospective clients while positioning Star to be their technology innovation partner. This role will be a key contributor to driving sales and strategic growth at Star, especially within the HealthTech industry, and will help our customers envision and deliver groundbreaking product and service experiences.
The Technology/Product Director will partner closely with the local Commercial Lead and Director of Strategy & Insight, as well as with the rest of the local team and with the global Star team, to identify and pursue strategic growth opportunities. You should be dedicated to building partnerships, collaborating with customers to understand their needs, identifying complex business and technical challenges, creating winning proposals, as well as architecting, planning, and managing the development of technology solutions that create a deep and tangible impact.
You will collaborate with technical delivery teams to support your initiatives and define delivery approaches and work packages for new engagements. As customer opportunities turn into projects and programs, you will support the core project team’s efforts as a subject matter expert, and lead select research, discovery, and delivery engagements. Being an integral part of the Star CTO (Chief Technology Officer) team, you will also partner with Solutions Strategists, Solutions Architects, and other Technology and Product Directors globally as well as with Star Project Management, Product Management, Customer Success, and Design teams to share best practices and contribute to the creation and expansion of our technology, product management, and solutions delivery practices.
Our Technology and Product Directors are some of our most prominent thought leaders, and you will have the opportunity to have your thoughts, ideas, and perspectives crafted into public thought leadership, as well as help educate fellow team members globally on key trends.
The ideal candidate has a technology solutions development or product management background, an entrepreneurial mindset, and is someone willing to roll up their sleeves and contribute to the growth and vitality of Star. Charisma, ambition, and confidence are essential, and the successful candidate will also be humble, disarming, and a team player. We value pragmatism, which to us means creating real solutions to real challenges for real people. Last but not least, attention to detail and always striving to do better is critical because ‘good enough’ is never good enough.

QUALIFICATIONS

Must have:

• 7+ years of professional experience in software development, experience either in solution architecture or product management;
• Previous hands-on experience with cloud-based systems for web and mobile, in one of:
• system design and development
• product management
• Wide-ranging or comprehensive knowledge and involvement in various aspects of the HealthTech/Healthcare/Farma industries
• Strong communication skills and ability to present technical ideas in business language;
• Experience leading technical workshops with external customers;
• Deep understanding of software development processes, including agile project and product management, engineering, QA, DevOps practices;
• Experience in supporting pre-sales process, leading client workshops and meetings;
• Excellent spoken and written English & Danish;
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally 10-20% of the time.

Nice to have:

• Experience with data science and AI
• Prior work experience in a consulting role within a software and/or digital services company
• Experience in some of our other key industries: Automotive & Mobility, FinTech, AdTech & MarTech
• Experience with the entrepreneurial dynamics of a start-up

• Analyzing product and technology aspects of prospective client’s businesses and identifying their needs and challenges;
• Managing client-facing communication in business development contexts, from early exploratory discussions to Q’n’A sessions to final pitch presentations, comfortable in front of C-level audiences;
• Collaborating with the team to plan and facilitate workshops with customers to define product requirements, high-level system and software architectures as well as development approach. As part of that, being comfortable with white-boarding and workshop-style problem analysis;
• Crafting compelling proposals and pitches that are built on a strong narrative, and are technically state-of-the-art;
• Contributing to thought leadership and other marketing initiatives via internal R&D initiatives and industry events participation, the publication of white papers and blog posts, organizing webinars, etc;
• Contributing to refining and enhancing software development and business development processes.