Lead Product Manager - Life Sciences and Healthcare

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Lead Product Manager to support the development of our products and service and translate the strategic vision into execution across our portfolio. As a Lead Product Manager, you will play an important role in shaping the future of our product and service portfolio, enhancing customer experiences, and contributing to Diaceutics growth and success. You will be responsible for working alongside all key product managers, data, commercial, marketing and technology stakeholders to ensure the continued success and growth of these solutions. You will be a key part of our future product solutions and will support the Product Management team with thought leadership as well as interacting with customers and customer-facing teams to gather market intelligence and validate current approaches.

The Lead Product Manager will have solid experience of product management activities and a demonstrated ability to understand market challenges and users’ needs for developing successful solutions.

Reporting to the Head of Product Management, this role requires experience in cocreating and collaborating to develop and deliver product and service plans with the support of a wide range of internal and external stakeholders., Product Strategy and Vision:

Manage existing products and services in the Diaceutics portfolio by integrating the customer need / feedback in the product development cycle

Support the development of and communication of a compelling product and service vision and strategy for data products aligned with the company’s overall goals and market trends

Cocreate the development of a comprehensive product roadmap for Diaceutics products and services with solid industry and product management knowledge that prioritizes features and enhancements to deliver exceptional value to customers

Continuously analyse market trends, competitive landscape, and customer feedback to refine and evolve the product and services strategy

Work cross functionally within the business to ensure product development alignment with SME’s, Sales and Marketing

Product Development and Execution:

Oversee the end-to-end product and service commercial lifecycle, from concept to launch, while ensuring adherence to timelines, quality standards, and budget constraints

Review and prioritize product specifications and work with the data and technology teams to define charters in line with the above

Collaborate closely with SME’s, engineering, design, marketing, and other departments to deliver successful product and service releases that meet customer needs

Make data-driven decisions, leveraging analytics and user insights to optimize product features and drive continuous improvement

Work with the Go-To-Market, Global Sales and Marketing teams on marketing material and marketing campaigns ahead of launch

Stakeholder Communication:

Effectively communicate product and service updates, successes, and challenges to internal teams, external partners, and customers

Educate internal stakeholders (e.g. commercial and marketing teams) on data, technology, platform and new product and service opportunities

Customer-Centric Focus:

Champion a deep understanding of customer needs, behaviours, and pain points to inform product decisions and enhancements

Foster a customer-first mentality within the product team, ensuring that user feedback is consistently integrated into product iterations

Set up and run Product Advisory User Groups

Monitor sales performance and usage after launch, services, customer and prospect feedback

On occasion, represent Diaceutics by presenting at industry conferences, exhibitions, user meetings and undertaking joint visits with the global sales team to demonstrate products to prospects and customers

Innovation and Market Awareness:

Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in product management to drive innovation and maintain a competitive edge

Identify new market opportunities and collaborate with cross-functional teams to explore potential product expansions or new offerings

People Skills: demonstrable experience of working as part of a cross-functional team with excellent inter-personal skills. Customer Service / External Impact: demonstrable experience of understanding customer and market trends, with the ability to translate these into requirements for development. Decision-Making: the individual will lead complex decision making across multiple stakeholders and take responsibility for outcomes Initiative and Independence: the individual should be able to build out product development processes to meet the needs for customers, stakeholders and leadership

Knowledge and Specialist Skills:

Education – bachelor’s degree in a science field; MBA (Masters Business Administrator) or advanced degree preferred.

Experience

Minimum 5 years’ experience in a similar Product Management role ideally with relevant industry experience

Candidates with strong Life Sciences and Healthcare data and SaaS platform experience

Understand the end-to-end drug development lifecycle

Managed and commercialised end-to-end drug development SaaS platforms

Proven experience of launching new products and growing products in terms of users and revenue

Proven ability to work collaboratively and cross-culturally in a remote global matrix environment

Ability to set priorities and be flexible in a changing environment

Confident and proactive, with outstanding oral and written communication skills

A good team player with the ability to work on own initiative

Computer and software Knowledge and Skills – Proficient in JIRA, Confluence, Microsoft Office Suite, skilled user of Excel and PowerPoint.

• Annual leave

• Company pension

• Life insurance

• Referral programme

• Sick pay, We are a multi-cultural, diverse team spanning 13 countries around the world. One thing we all have in common is that we are dedicated people who are passionate about patient outcomes. All of our employees work remotely or in a hybrid model and we collaborate together as a global community.

At Diaceutics, we live by our values, The Diaceutics EFFECT. Diaceutics community is Empowered to explore new ideas and paths, and to develop new solutions for our pharma clients and lab partners. By applying Foresight, innovative and entrepreneurial skills we can lead at the forefront of Precision Medicine. Fun is what makes life working at Diaceutics so special as it is the fuel of what we do, both internally and externally. Special care for Empathy allows us to create an open environment for working together, being listened to and understood, even when working remotely. Communication has a special place at Diaceutics, being key across all our interactions, where we assume positive intent which leads to widespread Trust across our community.

We hire smart, fun people who care about our mission and about each other. Some interesting points about us:

Competitive salary (and attractive bonus scheme dependent on role) Training and development opportunities Remote / Virtual Working Flexible Working incl. Flex Day Programme Share Incentive Plan Increase of Annual Leave with tenure Pension Healthcare (including Vision and Dental) and Additional Benefits e.g. Employee Assistance Programme Life Insurance Group Income Protection Enhanced Maternity and Sick Pay Provisions Robust Performance Management Framework and Individual Development Plan Generous Staff Referral Scheme Dedication to positive working culture with regular health and wellbeing activities and annual company get together