Associate Director, Technical Product Management

Job Description

The Research and Development Sciences (RaDS) value team in R&D IT brings together product management, engineering, and data science expertise to enable data and technology products and services that accelerate our scientists' ability to discover and develop innovative medicines that change the course of human health. Our IT team operates as a business partner proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver the services and solutions that help everyone to be more productive and enable innovation and advance the drug discovery and development pipeline. We are seeking an energetic, collaborative, and experienced technology product manager to join the RaDS IT Product organization as the Product Manager of the Chemical Modality Design Product. This role is positioned with the Composition of Matter (CoM) product line, whose overall mission is to provide connected and enabling capabilities for scientists to design, develop, scale up, control, and distribute CoM from any modality to support clinical development programs. The Chemical Modality Design Product is comprised of both in house created and commercially available applications that scientists use to efficiently execute the Design, Make, Test, Analyze (DMTA) cycle for drug candidates prepared via chemical processes (small molecules, peptides, and conjugates). The successful candidate will have a track record of delivering value in multidisciplinary environments that intersect science, technology, and product and leading in a highly cross-functional, value-focused, and fast-paced environment. You will be the owner and chief advocate of the Chemical Modality Design product for the RaDS IT Product organization with direct responsibilities including, but not limited to:

• Define product vision, strategy, prioritization, goals, communication strategy, change management plans, and technology roadmap in collaboration with key stakeholders
• Maintain a high level of knowledge of the product, business domain, and user base
• Conduct product discovery with multidisciplinary business and technology teams
• Ongoing product backlog management
• Know your customers and their needs, practice active stakeholder management
• Ensure the product offers valuable and viable solutions for scientists
• Possess financial acumen, and make sound data-driven decisions that create value

Education Minimum:

• B.A./B.S. or M.A./M.S. in a chemistry or biology related scientific discipline or a technical discipline such as computer science.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years managing technical software products (SaaS, enterprise, or cloud-native) with responsibility for product strategy, roadmap, and P&L or business outcomes.
• Proven track record managing the delivery of innovative wet and dry lab software solutions for (bio)chemists
• Proven strategic thinker with an eagerness to learn as needed to effectively solve problems
• Strong communication skills with ability to align a team on complex multidisciplinary decisions
• Proven negotiation and influencing skills, especially in a matrixed team environment
• Self-starter with advanced prioritization skills, with drive towards data-driven decisions

Preferred:

• Experience with Jira, Confluence, Spotfire or Power BI, and Agile methodologies (scrum, Kanban etc.); experience in cheminformatics is a plus

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Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, Monday - Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence.This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as "remote".

The salary range for this role is
$139,600.00 - $219,700.00

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.

The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits.- Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at .

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Employee Status:
Regular

Relocation:
No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:
No

Travel Requirements:
10%

Flexible Work Arrangements:
Hybrid

Shift:
1st - Day

Valid Driving License:
No

Hazardous Material(s):
N/a

Required Skills:
Customer Experience Management, Management System Development, Product Management, Product Strategies, Requirements Management, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning, System Designs

Preferred Skills:
Collaborating, Innovation, Product Organization

Job Posting End Date:
10/9/2025
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Requisition ID: R366943