Global Product Manager

TekRecruiter has been asked to recruit a Product Manager to join the team of an awesome medical technology company. This position sits in San Diego, CA and is ideally for someone with 3 to 6 years of experience. 

• Supports annual portfolio planning process to define portfolio roadmap and strategic priorities
  


• Influences product development core team and other multifunctional resources to implement portfolio strategy
  


• Develops robust business cases for growth opportunities with deep understanding of the market, competition, and customer needs
  


• Identify key portfolio gaps with in-depth analysis of the portfolio and align internal teams on new product strategy and tactics
  


• Generates novel ideas for defining and bringing to market innovative products and technologies
  


• Gathers customer inputs and requirements by completing VOC studies and customer interviews
  


• Ensures that customer perspectives are appropriately incorporated into every aspect of product development
  

• Develops and carries out marketing plans and launch plans in collaboration with the Core Team, global marketing, and regional teams to create robust new product pipeline
  


• Leads all aspects of the global product positioning, go-to-market strategies, and pricing
  


• Collaborates with regional teams to establish and execute regional tactics to accelerate new product adoption and ensure achievement of financial expectations
  


• Effectively communicates value proposition of the products to sales team and develops sales tools and digital assets that prompt buying decisions
  


• Trains regional sales and marketing teams on products and workflows/applications
  


• Translates technical capabilities and features into meaningful customer benefits and messages
  


• Develops expertise on customer buying criteria, target customer segmentation, competition to build strategies to win in the market
  


• Establishes and maintains a strong driven position through strategic and tactical execution of growth opportunities
  


• Supervise and communicate new product performance success metrics
  


• Actively seeks new ways to improve BD’s Research Solutions portfolio of products and services to build solution-based offerings and/or optimize current solution offerings.
  

• Conducts in-depth analyses on market growth/trends and maturity of different product lines to determine appropriate lifecycle management tactics including pricing/discounts, discontinuations, and targeted growth/promotion strategies
  


• Align key internal partners on lifecycle management strategies and collaborate with the global and regional teams to implement
  

Requirements

• General knowledge of the Life Sciences industry as well as the sales, operations, and marketing functions
  


• Scientific and technical knowledge with the ability to develop and review technical product specifications and applications development plans
  


• Specific understanding of flow cytometry and antibody products preferred
  


• Highly motivated, customer focused leader who thrives in a dynamic environment easily develops relationships and engagement with KOLs
  


• Demonstrated critical thinking and implementation skills
  


• Validated analytical skills with ability to translate data into concrete plans
  


• Capable of handling and driving the completion of multiple contending projects
  


• Ability to develop comprehensive business cases with detailed financial analysis
  


• Ability to develop clear strategic recommendations from data analysis and customer insights
  


• Excellent written and oral communication, interpersonal skills
  


• Demonstrated learning agility and work towards results
  


• Ability to prioritize and implement a variety of objectives and clearly communicate progress and roadblocks
  


• Self-starter and resourceful in developing creative solutions
  


• 3-4 years of product marketing and/or product management experience or equivalent combination of education and life sciences experience including marketing, sales, sales training, technical support, project management, business development or other related function
  


• Product marketing/management experience in fields, such as brand management, product development, product launch, marketing campaign development
  


• Experience working in and/or leading teams in cross-functional environments and/or matrix organizations
  


• Experience in identifying market opportunities, customer segmentation, competitive analysis, forecasting, pricing strategy, market development and go-to-market models and strategies
  


• Hands on experience in flow cytometry and/or immunological assays desired
  

• 3-4 years of product marketing and/or product management experience or equivalent combination of education and life sciences experience including marketing, sales, sales training, technical support, project management, business development or other related function
  


• Product marketing/management experience in fields, such as brand management, product development, product launch, marketing campaign development
  


• Experience working in and/or leading teams in cross-functional environments and/or matrix organizations
  


• Experience in identifying market opportunities, customer segmentation, competitive analysis, forecasting, pricing strategy, market development and go-to-market models and strategies
  


• Hands on experience in flow cytometry and/or immunological assays desired