Senior Manager, Product Development

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Senior Manager, Product leads the Product Center of Excellence for NMDP's product development and management portfolio.

• The leader supports the Vice President, Product and other Product leaders of developing, integrating and updating NMDP's Product Portfolio strategy, annual and quarterly roadmaps and business outcomes.
• This role leads the development and updates of the Product organization's ways of working, including partnering with IT on the product agile model, tools and training.
• Additionally, this role will be the Product leader for the day-to-day execution of the Product workstream within the Product Model Transformation.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Leads the team responsible for developing/ contributing to NMDP's portfolio product strategy and integrated strategic product roadmap development.
• Stands-up and leads the Product Center of Excellence (COE) from defining Product methodologies, ways of working, templates, and tools.
• Works closely with IT to the product agile model, tools, training and coaching.
• Partners with HR on Product onboarding, training and learning plan.
• Develops and coordinates product strategy and materials for key audiences and approvals - ET and Board

Core Functional Competencies:

• Product Portfolio Strategy & Strategic Roadmap Planning: Develop and manage the product roadmap, prioritizing features and initiatives based on market analysis, user feedback, and business objectives, and work with teams to deliver.
• Finance and P&L: Financial acumen at enterprise and product levels. Ability to guide financial analysis and forecast/project decisions to go-forward financials.
• Change Management: Advanced skills to partner, influence, educate and inspire both internally and externally, particularly for the rollout of the Product Model.

Critical Skills:

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to develop and articulate a compelling product strategy.
• Product Agile: Knowledge of product agile models, standards and templates.
• Leadership and Management: Proven ability to lead and motivate a team of product managers, overall cross-functional team, and customers.
• Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively communicate with various stakeholders.
• Product Development Expertise: Strong understanding of the product development lifecycle and best practices, including Discovery.
• Analytical Skills: Ability to analyze data, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions.
• Problem-Solving: Ability to identify and resolve complex product-related issues.
• Collaboration and Influence: Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and influence decision-making.
• Adaptability: Ability to adapt to changing market conditions and product requirements.
• Customer Focus: Deep understanding of user needs and the ability to translate them into product requirements.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Knowledge of:

• Proven leader who understands healthcare/biopharma products and services and is experienced at influencing internal teams (Finance, IT, sales, marketing, operations) and developing product strategies, roadmaps and product management.
• Demonstrated leadership in product development.
• Product management methodologies, product agile, business case development, pricing strategies.

Ability to:

• Work with broad cross-functional teams with ability to sell ideas and plans to internal constituencies, executives, customers, and partners.
• Build transformational product strategies/ roadmaps
• Effectively lead and grow a product management and cross-functional product development teams, including large technology initiatives.
• Leverage an entrepreneurial mindset and instill this in others.
• Lead in an innovative and changing environment with the objective of testing, learning and iterating to continually improve products and services.
• Effectively work with all levels of the organization.
• Keep an external-focus and become the go-to for market insights and opportunities.
• Must have excellent interpersonal skills - can rapidly connect with people - plus the ability to establish credibility among various external and internal constituencies.
• Demonstrated record of success in identifying new issues, trends and opportunities driven by data and customer insights.

Education and/or Experience:

• BA or BS in business, management, healthcare or related discipline desired.
• Minimum 5-7 years of directly related work experience, within the healthcare industry
• 2-4 years of experience on a product agile team
• Demonstrated experience working effectively and leading cross-functional teams in a matrix environment.
• Experience leading innovation/ new product initiatives from idea through launch.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: (Additional qualifications that may make a person even more effective in the role, but are not required for consideration)

• Pharma, biotech industry with major points for knowledge of cellular therapy market.
• Salesforce, Supply Chain, Personalization experience.
• P&L ownership.
• Platform development experience.
• MBA
• Experience leading AI roadmaps