Senior Product Manager - R&D in Hook

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals! As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People. We pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment, believing that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success.

As a Senior Product Manager at Elanco, you will play a pivotal role in discovering and delivering digital solutions within a complex product area, ensuring they are valuable, viable and delivering meaningful outcomes aligned with corporate strategy and goals. This role will be a critical member of the Drug Discovery product team, focusing initially on in silico structure prediction. You will lead discovery and execution of solutions that advance the way we use technology (AI, ML, Automation, HPC) across research & development.

Your Responsibilities:

• Guide teams through lean process facilitation and data-driven improvements.
• Mentor product managers, fostering strategic growth and collaborative environments.
• Drive complex projects, maintaining strategic agility and delivering coordinated ideas effectively.
• Lead probing customer engagement, ensuring alignment and strategic adaptation in product designs.
• Utilize product knowledge expansively to nurture product vision and roadmap execution.

Problem Solving:

• Navigate and resolve ambiguity and complex challenges effectively.
• Apply strategic insights to deliver comprehensive solutions and drive continuous improvement.
• Maintain clear team contribution to problem understanding, offering focused and actionable insights.

Communication:

• Expand strategic stakeholder relationships through clear and persuasive communications.
• Foster open dialogue that reinforces collaborative understanding and trust.
• Pioneer engagement approaches that build consensus across and outside organizational levels.

Independence:

• Contribute substantially to the development and execution of strategic business goals and ensure alignment with functional strategies.
• Lead budgets and prioritize business direction, ensuring alignment and strategic coherence.

Leadership:

• Actively explore deeper knowledge in areas of product expertise to guide team success.
• Facilitate crisis management situations, leading teams effectively to resolution.
• Champion initiatives that act as catalysts for positive change across functional areas.
• Act as a thought-leader, influencing strategic product offerings and decisions within Elanco.

What you need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Business).
• 7+ years in a dedicated IT Product Management role, with a strong focus on software products.
• 5+ years working in healthcare/life sciences industry.

What will give you a Competitive Edge (preferred qualifications):

• Experience in research and development environments, with a focus on computational drug discovery.
• Experience or education in protein structure prediction.
• Solid understanding of artificial intelligence and machine learning concepts.
• Experience with technologies such as (or similar to) AlphaFold, Protein LLMs, HPC, Benchling, Schrödinger, Boltz & Databricks.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environment.
• Experience building technology solutions for research & development teams.
• Experience managing products and stakeholders in a global organization.