Pros
This company houses some of the brightest and most compassionate colleagues I've ever had the pleasure of working alongside. Whenever you need assistance, there's always someone highly skilled and willing to lend a hand. The company's mission is commendable, particularly when compared to other healthcare data companies. We benefit from the guidance of medical experts, practicing oncologists, and clinical professionals who actively shape our data curation. Compensation seems reasonable given the company's size and nature, though opinions may vary among different job roles and departments. For designers, it's advantageous that we have a CDMO advocating for design at the leadership level, ensuring that designers don't have to report to Sales, Marketing, or Product teams.
Cons
Flatiron is currently in a transformative phase. This transition has led to a few key observations: - The organization lacks a clear product management vision, notably without a CPO, and the product VPs end up reporting to Sales/GM. - Long-tenured Product Managers often struggle with user-facing products and services, as their expertise lies in data pipeline management. We don't have a unifying product management philosophy - Hiring for new Product Managers sometimes prioritizes the wrong qualities. - Many PMs do not understand the value of design, qualitative, or quantitative research in the early phases of product definition. - Decision-making tends to be overly cautious and slow, even when it doesn't directly impact patient care or physicians. Getting approval for proposals, even at the VP level, can be challenging, affecting engineers and designers.