Senior Manager, Product Development

Job Description 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 About the Team NMDP offers regular, full-time employees medical, dental, vision, life and disability, accident/critical illness/hospital, well-being, legal, identity theft and pet benefits. Retirement, paid time off/holidays, leave and incentive plans are also offered to eligible employees. Please reference this link for more information: NMDP Benefit Information