Vice President, Technology and Product; Remote

About M3:A Japanese global leader in the provision of ground-breaking and innovative technological and research solutions to the healthcare industry. The M3 Group operates in the US, Asia, and Europe with over 5.8 million physician members globally via its physician websites which include , , , , , and medlive.cn. M3 Inc. is a publicly traded company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (jp:2413, NIKKEI 225) with subsidiaries in major markets including the US, UK, Japan, South Korea, and China, and in 2020 was ranked in Forbes' Global 2000 list.

The M3 Group provides services to healthcare and the life science industry. In addition to market research, these services include medical education, ethical drug promotion, clinical development, job recruitment, and clinic appointment services. M3 has offices in Japan, UK, France, Germany, Brazil, Sweden, China, USA, and South Korea, as well as India.

Due to our continued growth, we are hiring for a
Vice President, Technology and Product
to join MDLinx
, an M3 company.

About the Business Unit:

MDLinx Mission:
Transform Omnichannel from Message Delivery to Belief Engineering

MDLinx is on the path to transform its business and product line-up from endemic to omnichannel engagement model, aiming at fulfilling the promise of true omnichannel approach to pharmaceutical brand promotion - "right message to the right physician at the right time on the right channel". Our goal is to provide pharmaceutical brands with best-in-class personalized HCP engagement programs across the wider media ecosystem, designed to accelerate disease state and brand knowledge penetration, lead generation, and customer conversion.

Our ambition is to leverage an omnichannel approach to establish a new philosophy for physician engagement, shifting from delivery to belief engineering.

Strategic Leadership

• Define and execute the technology roadmap with a focus on AI-driven personalization and content intelligence.
• Champion rapid prototyping and experimentation culture across engineering and product teams
• Partner with Product, Editorial, Sales, and Marketing teams to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Lead AI/ML initiatives for content curation, recommendation engines, and predictive physician engagement.
• Establish an experimentation framework with an A/B testing infrastructure and data-driven decision-making.
• Drive innovation sprints and hackathons to accelerate the development of new features.

Platform & Architecture

• Build robust community platforms enabling peer-to-peer engagement among healthcare professionals.
• Develop a comprehensive Mar Tech stack integrating CDP, marketing automation, and omnichannel orchestration.
• Architect first-party data infrastructure to capture, unify, and activate physician behavioral signals
• Design scalable APIs and integration layers for pharmaceutical partner platforms and data exchanges.
• Implement real-time personalization engines leveraging machine learning and behavioral targeting.
• Create a modular, composable architecture supporting rapid feature deployment and experimentation.
• Ensure platform reliability, security, and compliance with healthcare industry standards (HIPAA, etc.)

Team Development & Management

• Build and scale a high-performing engineering organization embracing experimentation and innovation.
• Foster a culture of rapid prototyping, fail-fast mentality, and continuous learning.
• Establish innovation time (20% projects) and regular hackathons for creative exploration.
• Implement agile development with emphasis on quick iterations and the MVP approaches.
• Create cross-functional pods combining engineering, data science, and growth teams.
• Partner with HR on talent acquisition, focusing on AI/ML and growth engineering expertise.

Data & Analytics

• Build a…