Head of Product

At Better Life Partners, We provide what it takes to heal from addiction. Wherever. Whenever.

Better Life Partners has a specific mission—to help any underserved individual achieve a healthier life filled with belonging, love, and purpose. We do this by working alongside community-based organizations and delivering high-quality care directly to our members. We run a highly agile and mobile organization focused on innovating healthcare while staying true to our values.

We are seeking an experienced Head of Product to help shape and execute our vision: empowering our clinical teams with software products that help them provide comprehensive services in ways that truly work best for our patients. In this role, you will be responsible for leading our integrated product team, liaising with the Executive team, and managing the full lifecycle of product development—from inception and prioritization, through design, specification, and development, and finally to launch, follow-up, and iteration.

As an ideal candidate, you will be the most knowledgeable person in the room when it comes to any of our product offerings. You will be the expert on the products we build, with the ability to spot potential pitfalls and opportunities at the earliest design stages. You will care deeply about the quality of the products we ship, monitor their impact on operations and embrace accountability.

This is a hybrid position with working on-site 2 - 3 days/week in our New York City or Boston workspace.

This is a full-time, exempt position. The starting range for this position is $130,000-180,000, annually.

Responsibilities:

• • Visioning and needs assessment
  
  
  • Product planning and assignment of tasks and deliverables
  
  
  • Product lifecycle management from concept to launch
  
  
  • Assessing product development and enhancement opportunities
  
  
  • Monitoring product development and evaluate results
  
  
• Owning the product roadmap and communicating with the Executive team, Board members, and other stakeholders
• Leading, defining and communicating product strategy to all stakeholders
• Leading and mentoring an interdisciplinary team across product, software development, data analytics, UI/UX, and IT
• Facilitating interdepartmental collaboration and transparency to ship best-in-class product
• Driving innovative ideas, solutions and products through leadership and bold thinking
• Helping the organization to decisively prioritize business goals and their product implications

Qualifications:

• 5 years experience as a product leader working with a software development team
• Gifted at interfacing with, and influencing, Executive and Board colleagues
• Familiarity with common technical management practices
• Experience creating and communicating Product Requirements Documents (PRDs)
• User-centric mindset with the capability of translating that into the product development process, including emphasis on the importance user experience and design
• Able to distill product roadmaps into digestible and relevant presentations to key stakeholders
• Strategic & creative thinker
• Strong project management skills and attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and oral communication skills
• Experience in healthcare is not required, but is a huge plus
• Bachelor or equivalent, in a technical field a plus

Hybrid / Work from home requirements

• Must be able to commute to Boston or New York City 2 - 3 days per week.
• Must have internet service with minimum upload/download ability.
• Company will provide equipment (laptop, monitor) plus a remote work stipend.
• Must have a quiet space to speak to members with minimal background noise.
• Must understand the importance of protected health information and ensure any data/information is not visible to others.

Better Life Partners facilitates the treatment of behavioral health conditions including addiction medicine. We offer a full slate of benefits including competitive compensation, medical, dental and vision coverages, four weeks of paid vacation, sick time, wellness days, thirteen paid holidays, a 401(k) plan with company match, parental leave program, learning & development stipend, employee referral bonus, company-issued technology, remote work stipend, paid volunteer time off, stock options for eligible employees, and more!

At Better Life Partners, we believe our work directly correlates to the diverse perspectives of our employees. Better Life Partners celebrates inclusion and is a committed Equal Opportunity Employer to all qualified applicants, ensuring individuals will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, marital or parental status, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification. Persons of color, women, LGBTQ candidates, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Better Life Partners is a recovery-friendly workplace.