Manager, Product Management
Manager, Product Management
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Job Description
Who is USP
The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is an independent scientific organization that collaborates with the worlds top authorities in health and science to develop quality standards for medicines dietary supplements and food ingredients. USPs fundamental belief that Equity Excellence manifests in our core value of Passion for Quality through our more than 1300 hardworking professionals across twenty global locations to deliver the mission to strengthen the supply of safe quality medicines and supplements worldwide.
At USP we value inclusivity for all. We recognize the importance of building an organizational culture with meaningful opportunities for mentorship and professional growth. From the standards we create the partnerships we build and the conversations we foster we affirm the value of Diversity Equity Inclusion and Belonging in building a world where everyone can be confident of quality in health and healthcare.
USP is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer (EEOE) and affirmative action employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment in all aspects of our workan environment where every employee feels fully empowered and valued irrespective of but not limited to race ethnicity physical and mental abilities education religion gender identity and expression life experience sexual orientation country of origin regional differences work experience and family status. We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities.
Brief Job Overview
We are seeking a dynamic Manager Product Management to support and lead the Materials program at United States Pharmacopeia India (USPIndia). In this role you will manage USPs materials portfolio and supervise a small Product Management team. Key responsibilities include overseeing product curation lifecycle management pricing forecasting and product marketing initiatives. You will work closely with crossfunctional teams to drive the success and growth of the materials portfolio ensuring alignment with USPs mission and strategic objectives.
How will YOU create impact here at USP
In this role at USP you contribute to USPs public health mission of increasing equitable access to highquality safe medicine and improving global health through public standards and related programs. In addition as part of our commitment to our employees Global People and Culture in partnership with the Equity Office regularly invests in the professional development of all people managers. This includes training in inclusive management styles and other competencies necessary to ensure engaged and productive work environments.
The Manager Product Management has the following responsibilities:
- Product Management Team Lead
- Lead a product management team to support the Material program.
- Assign product management activities to the team in product strategy development identify and cultivate new product pipeline manage product lifecycles and product marketing.
- Product Strategy
- Support product planning and product strategy development & implementation initiatives.
- Analyze market and product data and help make customerdriven decisions.
- Communicate product plans internally and externally.
- Product Development:
- Identify new products for development along with internal/external teams and act as a point of contact to move products from ideation to launch phases.
- Collect compile and disseminate product data with internal and external stakeholders.
- Finalize product attributes (CAS Molecular Formula Molecular Weight IUPAC names) for potential new products through working with Chemical Information team.
- Product Life Cycle Management
- Analyze existing products from a market attractiveness/sustainability standpoint and recommend changes to products such as pack size and supplier change etc.
- Review historic sales performance of individual items and make inventory replenishment recommendations.
- Support Pricing team with strategic as well as tactical pricing activities.
- Monitors and reports on overall Materials Program status against goals and milestones.
- Product Marketing
- Serve as a Product Management liaison for website/ecommerce/USP NF improvement initiatives.
- Support downstream marketing/promotional initiatives by providing product value propositions and supporting data.
Who is USP Looking For
The successful candidate will have a demonstrated understanding of our mission commitment to excellence through inclusive and equitable behaviors and practices ability to quickly build credibility with stakeholders along with the following competencies and experience:
- Bachelors/ masters degree in science or business fields/ a MBA Degree.:
- Minimum six (6) years of professional experience in Product Management with biosciences or life science products. Or similar work experience in the analytical chemistry field.
- Additionally a minimum of 2year product management team lead experience.
- Knowledge of standards used for pharmaceutical product testing such as analytical reference material certified reference material and reference standards.
- Advanced knowledge with excel spreadsheets or similar data management tools is preferred.
- Experience in managing large product catalog of chemicals life science products is preferred.
- A thorough understanding of the production and testing of pharmaceutical materials including APIs excipients and finished dosage forms.
- 12 years of experience with cross functional team coordination or project management.
- Good written & verbal communication skills.
- Able to work flexible hours when needed in collaboration with global teams (work hours would be standard however there could be a few calls beyond standard hours to collaborate with global sites).
Additional Desired Preferences
- Prior knowledge in pharmaceutical product testing such as a product marketer or as a bench technician/scientist is preferred.
- Experienced at managing and analyzing business and product sales data/similar database tools.
Supervisory Responsibilities
Yes. This role will supervise and support 1 product manager product management specialist 2 program management professionals
Benefits
USP provides the benefits to protect yourself and your family today and tomorrow. From companypaid time off and comprehensive healthcare options to retirement savings you can have peace of mind that your personal and financial wellbeing is protected.
Note: USP does not accept unsolicited resumes from 3rd party recruitment agencies and is not responsible for fees from recruiters or other agencies except under specificwritten agreement with USP.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
