Product Management Lead

Job Summary

Product Management Lead is the function responsible for guiding the success of a product and leading the Product Management and other cross-functional teams that is responsible for improving it. It deals with planning, forecasting, availability, and marketing of a product at all stages of the product lifecycle.

This involves the oversight of the relevance, development, and overall success of a product, ensuring it meets market needs and regulatory standards.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversee the portfolio of products, ensuring they are relevant, reliable, and tailored to the specific needs of the target medical community.
• Product Strategy: Defining the product vision and setting long-term goals.
• Product Development: Collaborating with medical practitioners to understand their specific needs and challenges and recommend new products or enhance and update existing ones in terms of clinical relevance and usage.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensuring that the products meet all necessary regulations, certifications, and standards in the healthcare industry.
• Lifecycle Management: Managing the entire product lifecycle from inception to retirement.
• Requirement Analysis: Identifying market needs and translating them into product requirements.
• Stakeholder Communication: Communicating with clinicians, liaising between various departments such as Product Marketing, and Trade Marketing and Sales to ensure product success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, Nursing, Medical Technology, Biology, Biomedical Science, Business, Marketing, or a related field.

• At least 3 years of experience in product management, portfolio management, product development, or marketing, preferably in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, medical device, or life sciences industry.

• Strong knowledge of product lifecycle management, market analysis, product positioning, forecasting, and portfolio planning.

• Familiarity with healthcare regulations, product registration, quality standards, and Philippine FDA requirements.

• Proven ability to collaborate with medical practitioners and translate clinical needs into viable product requirements and improvements.

• Strong analytical and commercial acumen, with the ability to assess market trends, product performance, and business opportunities.

• Excellent leadership, project management, communication, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.

• Highly organized, strategic, and results-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple products and priorities.

• Willingness to travel and attend product demonstrations, and client meetings as required.