Senior Product Manager • Director of Engineering & IT
Robert D.
Brissett
Product • Platforms • Digital Transformation
I'm a Senior Product Manager and technology leader who aligns people, processes, and technology to deliver outcomes that matter. For 15+ years I've worked at the intersection of product strategy, engineering, and IT — helping healthcare, life sciences, financial services, and mission-driven organizations stabilize operations, modernize platforms, and unlock the value of AI and data.
Whether you need a fractional product leader, a program director for a complex transformation, or a senior hire who can own the roadmap and drive delivery — I bring the depth and breadth to get it done.
I Build | I Lead | I Make Doing Easier.
MakeDoingEasier is my Product Management mindset. It's not just abrand, a customer centric approach to problem solving, or how I deliver incremental value.
Its what I do...
I've held Engineering, Technology, and Product roles across clients, employers, and projects in healthcare, life sciences, financial services, and mission-driven organizations refining MadeDoingEasier. My engineering, technology, Product background enables me to go deep into architecture and run the roadmap. I've learned when to slow down, listen to users, and let the work get clearer before it gets faster. That combination has produced $80M+ in revenue and operational savings, SaaS platforms built from zero, and global teams that shipped things that mattered.
If you're looking for a Senior Product Manager for your team, your project, I invte your to checkout my body of work. Maybe I can MakeDoingEasier for you too!
Impact at Scale
Improved reliability, security, and service deliveryfor clinical and operational programs.
Launched regional healthcare exchanges generating $80M+ ARR and operational savings.
Established product and engineering teams in U.S. and Nepal, and secured $400K+ ARR in SaaS revenue
Led enterprise digital, data, and AI Product deviery teams across healthcare, financial services, and life sciences.
Implemented NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) roadmap to achieve Tier 3 maturity score in 18 months.
$100M annual revenue capture initiative for global pharmm client.
Areas of Expertise
Professional Experience
Consulting Services
Product Strategy & Roadmapping
From vision to execution plan. I define product strategy, prioritize features, and create delivery roadmaps that align engineering effort with business outcomes.
AI-Enabled Product Development
Bring AI capabilities into your product or organization. I help teams identify high-value AI use cases, select the right tools, and ship AI features that drive measurable business outcomes.
Engineering Team Leadership & Org Design
Build, scale, and restructure engineering organizations. I design team topologies, hiring plans, and delivery processes that match your product's stage and scale.
Enterprise Platform Architecture & Cloud Migration
Modernize legacy systems and architect cloud-native platforms. I've led migrations across AWS, Azure, and hybrid environments for organizations from $10M to Fortune 500.
Digital Transformation Leadership
End-to-end technology transformation for organizations that need it most. I stabilize operations, modernize systems, and build the foundation for data-driven decision making.
Engagement Models
W2 Employment
Open to the right full-time Director of Engineering or Senior Product Manager role.
Project-Based
Fixed-scope delivery with clear milestones and outcomes. Architecture reviews, platform builds, team assessments.
Advisory Retainer
Monthly strategic hours for ongoing guidance. Board-level technology advice, architecture reviews, vendor evaluations.
Enterprise Project Portfolio
0-to-1 build of a Community SaaS platform for small and medium-sized groups. Wore many hats — Product Manager, Scrum Master, Architect, UX Designer, and business development lead — achieving ~$400K ARR.
Led Salesforce replatforming (1-to-10 product build) for the nation's leading supplier of critical-care biopharmaceuticals. Implemented SAFe delivery model, coordinated PI planning, and improved internal communications and reporting.
Led 0-to-1 product build of the AKTANA Product Suite — an intelligent customer engagement platform for the global life sciences industry. Created product vision, strategy, and roadmap; led delivery teams to build prototypes and MVP versions of the Strategy Suite, Co-Pilot, and AI Analytics offerings.
Led product delivery for a digital physical therapy subscription service. Orchestrated delivery across EPAM and Hingehealth teams, identified new subscription product opportunities, and managed data-driven product improvements.
Led the Data Retention Archival Center of Excellence (DRACoE) — defining vision, mission, and 24-month roadmap. Also led the NextGen Pricing effort centralizing the global price evaluation process for medicines and vaccines worldwide with a global team of 46 across the U.S., Prague, and Germany.
Led 0-to-1 product build of WGH's chronic disease management service — including web and mobile patient/caregiver experience, patient scheduling solution, case management, and EMR platform selection.
Led business analysts and solution architects through ACA Act and MACRA federal regulation implementations — including a Data Warehouse & Ad Hoc reporting solution, enhanced enrollment/billing processes, EDI Integration of 834/820 files, and B2C/B2B online enrollment applications.
Led Agile SAFe implementation with the Wayfair CRM team to increase delivery velocity and capacity. Coached product owners and scrum masters, transitioned agile ceremonies to Wayfair employees, and created a cross-team prioritization process.
Academic Background
Technical Toolkit
- Jira, Jira Align, Confluence
- Miro, Figma, Product Discovery
- GitHub, Jenkins
- AWS (Lambda, S3, CodePipeline, Redshift, SQS)
- Azure
- Kubernetes, OpenShift, Vercel
- Java, PHP, Node.js, React.js
- SQL, Perl, C, Ruby
- HTML, Bash
- Salesforce (Sales Cloud, Health Cloud)
- Epic,NetSmart (EHR)
- Microsoft Dynamics
- ChatGPT, MS Copilot, Claude
- Qlik, DataDog
- Appian
- Databricks
- Healthcare & Behavioral Health
- Life Sciences & Pharmaceuticals
- Financial Services
- Consumer Electronics & Retail
- Government & Education
Let's Connect
"The best product moment isn't the launch. It's the meeting where the skeptic becomes the believer — and the team realizes they just did something they didn't think was possible."— Robert D. Brissett