Senior Manager, Business Product Owner

Vertex Pharmaceuticals is hiring a Business Product Owner to lead business ownership and continuous improvement of Supply Chain digital capabilities. This hybrid, contract role in Boston acts as a bridge between business goals and technology delivery, turning strategic objectives into capabilities, requirements, and user stories while coordinating adoption and implementation readiness with DTE partners and cross-functional stakeholders.

What you’ll do

• Translate strategic business objectives into business capabilities, operating models, business requirements, and user stories, and ensure those are translated to DTE partners.
• Ensure digital solutions support end-to-end business processes across Supply Chain and adjacent functions.
• Design future-state operating models that improve efficiency, transparency, and decision making.
• Lead cross-functional and global workshops to define future-state business processes, operating models, and business capabilities.
• Build alignment across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, QA, MSAT, Commercial Operations, DTE/IT, and other business functions with differing priorities.
• Facilitate business decision-making and help resolve cross-functional issues related to process, data, and governance.
• Drive endorsement of business processes, operating models, and functional requirements before implementation.
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with DTE partners, business validation, and business sign-off.
• Support deployment planning, implementation readiness, and adoption activities.
• Partner with DTE to confirm delivered capabilities meet agreed business expectations.

What you’ll need

• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific or business discipline (preferred) or equivalent years of relevant experience.
• 6+ years of related work experience in Biotech, Pharmaceutical, or medical device companies.
• Ability to analyze straightforward problems and develop solutions using technical experience and judgment, with escalation for unusual or complex issues.
• Capability to balance customer expectations with internal team expectations.
• Robust knowledge across supply chain disciplines.
• Strong aptitude for managing and motivating others and building team unity.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects with high effectiveness.
• High level understanding of GMP processes and regulatory requirements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to exchange relevant, sometimes complex, information cross-functionally and ensure understanding.

Contract details

• Contract length: 12 months, with a chance to extend.
• Pay range: $80/hr to $90/hr.
• Schedule: Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Location: Boston, MA (hybrid).
• Job type: Contract.

Requisition disclaimer: This posting is for a temporary role with a third-party agency partner on assignment at Vertex Pharmaceuticals (“Vertex”). The selected individual will be employed by the third-party agency partner; compensation, medical benefits, fringe benefits, and other terms will be provided by the agency partner upon offer. The pay rate range shown is an estimate at the time of posting and may vary based on skills, competencies, experience, location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. The role may be eligible for overtime pay under applicable federal and state requirements.