ValGenesis - Product Manager

ValGenesis is looking for a passionate and experienced Product Management professional to join our rapidly growing team.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Product Management, you will lead the Product Management team within the ValGenesis R&D portfolio.

The right candidate has an exceptional track record of solving pervasive customer problems through the application of emerging technologies.

You understand how to apply design thinking to customer problems and what it takes for your team to scale a concept to a viable product that delivers repeatable value.

Your Responsibilities include:

- Help set the product vision and strategy for the ValGenesis R&D product portfolio

- Guide a team of Product Managers and Product Owners, removing roadblocks while setting expectations and goals

- Generate business plans for strategic new product innovation and investments in emerging technologies for Pharma 4.0

- Lead problem discovery to understand customer needs, current challenges and work closely with design and engineering partners to come up with solutions

- Ensure that Product Owners prioritize work items that drive portfolio performance against short- and long-term measurements

- Develop team capability, with a focus on day-to-day coaching and support on a wide variety of ongoing initiatives.

- Ensure team members are challenged and have opportunities for personal growth.

- Transform initiatives and strategic requirements into actionable items on our product roadmap, balancing value narratives across functions

- Create product goals and related metrics, tracking progress and managing through obstacles to achieve your objectives

- Partner with Product Marketing to create launch plans that maximize impact

- Work closely with other product leaders to understand their product vision and trajectory so that you can help amplify it with the right R&D strategy.

- Establish a close relationship with the business stakeholders to ensure their requirements are translated into the right products.

- Engage with key customers and community members to drive roadmaps and outcomes.

- Collaborate with Marketing & Sales to provide input into launch plans, release goals, and go-to-market plans including product marketing and pricing

Requirements:

- 5+ years of hands-on Product Management or related experience within an Enterprise software company

- Strong experience with value innovation, ideally working within and innovation lab environment

- Experience acting as a product manager in agile development and rapid prototyping environment

Preferred:

Relevant enterprise software experience within the Life Sciences industry and solid understanding of GxP requirements

Scrum Certifications (Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Product Owner)

Pragmatic Marketing certifications and experience

10% ability to travel, when required