Technical Product Manager

Job Description

Job Description

At our company we are dedicated to using the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world. Our Information Technology team is a vital partner in this mission acting as a force for innovation with AI adoption that enables new capabilities and drives our business forward. We are a global collaborative team delivering solutions that empower our colleagues and accelerate the delivery of life-changing therapies to our patients.

Responsibilities

• Analyze business problems and translate requirements into clear and actionable product backlog and well defined epics and user stories. Incorporate input from Business System Owner (BSO) and other stakeholders to ensure alignment with strategic goals.

Work with your product team to maintain and prioritize a backlog that aligns with our strategic goals ensuring we are always focused on the most impactful work.

• Partner with squad members including technical lead(s) engineers business owners and architectures to refine scope and deliver high-quality product features through Agile methodologies automated testing and Digital SDLC.
• Actively participate in and contribute to all Agile ceremonies (sprint planning reviews retrospectives) to foster a culture of continuous improvement and delivery.
• Take ownership by accepting user stories before they enter a sprint and serve as a key point of contact for the delivery team to resolve issues and manage dependencies.
• Provide an escalation point for delivery issues or deconflicting dependencies that affect multiple teams across products. Capture dependencies for execution and focus on reducing impact.
• Clearly and consistently communicate product progress plans and risks to stakeholders ensuring alignment and transparency across the organization.

Experience and Skills

• A Bachelors Degree in a relevant field (e.g. Computer Science Engineering Information Technology Business)

Approximately 2 years of experience in a technology-focused role with exposure to product management business analysis or software development ideally within IT or a related business area.

• A passion for leveraging AI to enhance productivity and solve problems in your daily work.

Hands-on experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum Kanban) and product management tools like Jira and Confluence.

• Very organized comfortable producing roadmap artefacts and prioritization documentation.

• Possess the essence of a Product Mindset - discovery creating delightful user experiences and ensuring strong engineering execution.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with an innate ability to build trust and rapport with diverse teams in a global environment.

• Self-motivated curious and collaborative; able to foster an inclusive team culture across a global organization.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in product strategy and roadmap development

• Ability to lead continuous discovery activities like user research and usability testing in partnership with UX/Design and BSO.

Experience working in a regulated industry such as pharmaceuticals Clinical Operations or life sciences.

• Experience defining success metrics and continuously measuring and reporting progress against these metrics.

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