Director of Product Management, Events Management, Life Sciences

Salesforce•San Francisco, CA

10d•Remote

About The Position

Salesforce is seeking a Director of Product Management to lead a significant part of their Events Management product for Agentforce, specifically for the Life Sciences sector. This senior individual contributor role involves owning product strategy, roadmap, and execution. The position requires strong judgment to prioritize problems, define solutions, and ensure the product evolves effectively across multiple releases. The role involves working closely with Engineering and UX Design to set product direction and prepare future releases, while maintaining a close connection to execution to ensure the final product effectively solves customer problems. Deep experience in the life sciences industry, including an understanding of pharmaceutical, biotech, and medtech operations within highly regulated environments, is crucial. Direct experience with life sciences Events Management is considered a strong advantage.

Requirements

10+ years of product management experience, including significant experience building enterprise software.
Strong life sciences domain experience, ideally as a product manager building products for pharmaceutical or biotech organizations.
Experience owning a substantial product area rather than individual features.
Strong product judgment and the ability to prioritize across a large collection of customer, market, and product needs.
Experience developing product strategy and translating it into a roadmap spanning multiple releases.
Ability to operate at both strategic and execution levels — from setting long-term direction to working through detailed product decisions with Engineering and Design.
Strong cross-functional leadership skills and the ability to drive decisions without direct authority.
Experience working directly with enterprise customers and presenting to both business and technical audiences.
Clear written and verbal communication skills.
A strong sense of product quality and a willingness to stay close to what customers actually experience after something ships.

Nice To Haves

Life sciences Events Management
Medical Affairs, Commercial Operations, Compliance, or related life sciences workflows
Healthcare professional engagement, speaker programs, or event compliance
Budgeting, contracting, payments, approvals, or other governed workflows
Salesforce or another configurable enterprise platform
Mobile enterprise applications and offline workflows
AI-assisted enterprise products with appropriate controls and human review

Responsibilities

Own product strategy and a multi-release roadmap for a major part of Events Management.
Understand customer needs, industry workflows, competitive alternatives, and existing product capabilities to determine product development priorities.
Make clear prioritization and product decisions considering competing customer needs, technical constraints, and long-term product goals.
Work ahead of delivery teams to define future capabilities, requirements, dependencies, and key product decisions.
Partner closely with Engineering and Design throughout development to ensure the product aligns with intended outcomes.
Collaborate with Engineering, Design, other Product teams, architects, industry experts, customer teams, and go-to-market partners to deliver cross-organizational capabilities.
Engage directly with life sciences customers through discovery, roadmap discussions, product presentations, and demonstrations.
Stay accountable after launch by monitoring adoption, customer feedback, product quality, and usage data to drive product improvements.
Develop a clear point of view on how the Events Management product should differentiate in the market.