Director, Product Management, Core Infectious Disease
About The Position
Quest’s Infectious Disease and Immunology Franchise is seeking a dynamic, performance-driven Director, Product Management to lead the Core Infectious Diseases portfolio (e.g. respiratory, TB, HAIs, Fungal, routine micro). Reporting to the VP/GM of the Infectious Disease and Immunology Franchise, this is a pivotal role for a leader with a "get-it-done" attitude who thrives on seeing results and is motivated by the opportunity to explore and innovate. Quest is investing to address several complex, hard-to-diagnose conditions in Core Infectious Diseases, making it an exciting time to join our team and lead the execution of these high-growth innovations. In this role, you will own your P&L and be responsible for the success and direction of your portfolio. The Director will lead a team of 2 Associate Product Managers. People development, cross functional collaboration and strategic execution in a complex, matrix environment are skills paramount to success in this role. The Director will also maintain relationships and opportunistically collaborate with external organizations and partners. The ideal candidate possesses a strong executive presence and is a clear and concise communicator capable of engaging with both technical and non-technical audiences. This is a hybrid role intended to be based in our Secaucus, NJ Corporate Offices.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in life sciences, business, marketing, and/or product management (required)
- 8+ years experience, with extensive experience in Product Management coupled with business acumen (including finance) and judgment; and a displayed understanding how value is delivered through the enterprise.
- Demonstrated people leadership experience.
- Strong business acumen, judgment, and the ability to think strategically.
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically, develop deep insights about customers and convert understanding of market and customer needs into superior/unique offerings.
- Extremely strong written and oral communication skills, with excellent influencing and collaboration capabilities across many functions and levels.
- Project Management skills especially balancing short- and long-term franchise building plans.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree or MBA (preferred)
Responsibilities
- As the owner of Core Infectious Diseases, the Director is responsible for coordinating the development, deployment, and post-marketing surveillance to ensure an integrated plan is in place to achieve revenue growth targets, on-time launches, and profitability.
- Conduct market, competitive, and customer research to identify needs and emerging trends; gather input from downstream partners.
- Lead the successful execution of innovation strategy: idea generation, contribute to identifying innovative, high-value solutions.
- Define the target product profile and other solution requirements, including the initial business case and strategic rationale.
- Support the development of relationships with clinical Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and patient advocacy groups.
- Work within a cross-functional team to include R&D, Medical, Operations, Project Management, IT, Finance and Commercial partners; leverage assigned resources to develop and deploy the offering.
- Participate in the launch team to ensure pricing, coding, reporting, training, and promotional strategies are launch-ready.
- Manage life cycle decisions for new and existing offerings by tracking performance against objectives and customer satisfaction.
- Own all attributes related to the product and manage a single source of truth.
- Hold P&L responsibility for the portfolio.
- Develop, lead, and own the 3 year strategic plan for the portfolio.
Benefits
- Day 1 Medical, supplemental health, dental & vision for FT employees who work 30+ hours
- Best-in-class well-being programs
- Annual, no-cost health assessment program Blueprint for Wellness®
- healthyMINDS mental health program
- Vacation and Health/Flex Time
- 6 Holidays plus 1 "MyDay" off
- FinFit financial coaching and services
- 401(k) pre-tax and/or Roth IRA with company match up to 5% after 12 months of service
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Life and disability insurance, plus buy-up option
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Annual incentive plans
- Matching gifts program
- Education assistance through MyQuest for Education
- Career advancement opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
