Senior Director, Respiratory Solution Owner

  • Full-time

Company Description

At Koneksa, we are focused on using new technologies to improve clinical research and drug development. We help leading life sciences companies and research hospitals remotely capture real-world data from patients. Our projects deploy digital health technologies such as FDA approved activity trackers, wearable vital sign monitors, and other emerging monitoring devices that collect data outside the clinical and laboratory setting. We are developing digital biomarkers that help our customers make faster decisions, often using smaller studies, with technologies that enhance the experience of the patients who participate. 

We're on a constant quest to improve the tools and endpoints that are used to get the right new therapies to patients who need them. Our experienced and diverse team challenges traditional development paradigms to work at the intersection of what some would consider competing forces—compliance and innovation. At Koneksa, we believe that science, technology, analytics, and agile learning experiences are primary drivers to develop patient-centric solutions that enable our customers to make faster decisions in clinical trials.

Job Description

The Senior Director, Respiratory Solution Owner role is a highly visible role within Koneksa working with our executive team and cross functional leadership. You will be responsible for maximizing the value of Koneksa’s investments in respiratory to the benefit of overall Koneksa strategy inclusive of financial as well as strategic goals. You will have matrix leadership accountability  for teams and people who functionally report to Koneksa’s Commercial, Clinical, and Engineering leaders.  A successful team member in this role will have a deep knowledge of respiratory focused drug development, an advanced level of custom er engagement in the community, and an ability to translate that knowledge and exposure into cross-functional execution within Koneksa.

The Respiratory Solution Owner is an individual contributor role, Senior Director level, and will report into one of our Co-Founders, EVP Customer & Product Strategy.  This is a remote role with periodic travel required to meet with customers, participate in conferences, and attend meetings at Koneksa offices.

Responsibilities

  • Set vision for respiratory product/offering in conjunction with Koneksa Executive team. 

  • Provide direction to the Commercial Team for product launch including target customers, revenue objectives, product positioning, value messaging, differentiation.

  • Liaise with customer/prospects to position respiratory product offerings and work with the sales team to close opportunities.  

  • Partner with Product Strategy/Product Management to identify and prioritize product roadmap based on customer needs and requirements

  • Maintain a deep understanding of the competitive landscape for competing solutions, understanding details of offering an opportunities for differentiation

  • Collaborate with CMO office to identify evidence generation needs for respiratory solution that require internal investment in studies or publications generated by Koneksa data science or clinical functions

  • Engage with external researchers and KOLs on utilizing respiratory solution in their own studies for advancing utilization of Koneksa technology

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of experience in pharmaceutical, health technology, life sciences technology, and consulting industries, or similar
  • 4+ years drug development experience with intimate knowledge of the clinical trial processes and cycles
  • Experience in respiratory therapeutic areas including disease progression / pathology and commonly used endpoints in clinical research studies required
  • Extensive understanding of the digital biomarker space, including validation and regulatory pathway options
  • Passion to advance the field of Digital Health Technologies (DHTs) and digital biomarkers 
  • Experience with the product planning and product lifecycle management for software products serving healthcare B2B customers
  • Deep understanding of key overall clinical and commercial landscape awareness, clinical milestones for common respiratory conditions (Asthma, IPF, etc.)
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

**Koneksa’s Investment in this role**

Koneksa is investing in this role as respiratory conditions offer significant opportunity for more sensitive measures via a  patient friendly approach for studying disease progression and/or treatment effect. For example, acquiring data in a patient's home environment, while creating opportunity for a more sensitive measure of disease is the focus of many consortia as it better reflects the impact of disease on how patients feel and function in the context of daily living. 

The development of innovative technologies capable of monitoring patient disease progression and/or response to therapy is a significant focus area for Koneksa. Koneksa has made significant progress in the development of its configured Respiratory Solution for the collection of multiple digital measures, including lung function, pulse oximetry, physical activity, and patient reported measures.

 

Additional Information

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Stock option scheme eligibility
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Employer 401(k) matching
  • Choice of computer equipment

Koneksa Health, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Koneksa Health Inc. complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. 

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