Director, Product Management (Emerging Segments)

Labcorp•Durham, NC

8d•$150,000 - $165,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Labcorp is seeking a Director, Product Management, Emerging Segments, to lead portfolio strategy, commercialization, and lifecycle management within Diagnostic Marketing. The role is responsible for product performance, launches, enhancements, forecasting, resource planning, and operational efficiency. The director aligns cross-functional stakeholders and represents the commercial perspective across R&D, Operations, Market Access, scientific, and other teams. The position translates customer and business insights into portfolio decisions that expand margins, strengthen competitiveness, and support profitable growth. The director applies disease-domain expertise, regulatory judgment, and business acumen to portfolio decisions, product adoption, and profitability. Responsibilities include monitoring scientific, regulatory, and competitive developments; developing product business cases; managing strategic partnerships; representing the customer voice; and supporting product differentiation and thought leadership. AI is an embedded enabler for workflow support, content acceleration, decision support, and recurring team workflows. The director uses and maintains AI tools and purpose-built agents while ensuring human accountability and expertise remain the basis for recommendations and strategy. The candidate must reside in the Boston, Massachusetts; Madison, Wisconsin; San Diego, California; or Durham/Burlington, North Carolina areas, near a Labcorp hub. Applicants within 35 miles of the Burlington or Durham locations follow a hybrid schedule with at least three in-office days per week at an assigned location in Burlington or Durham.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
At least 7 years of experience in product management or portfolio strategy in Diagnostics, Pharma, or Life Sciences.
Experience with diagnostics commercialization and regulatory pathways.
Experience with market access/payor policies for diagnostics.
Forecasting and pricing experience.
Experience applying AI to product-management workflows, business-case drafting, competitive and regulatory monitoring, forecasting input preparation, or launch-readiness coordination, with sound judgment about AI’s appropriate role.
Comfort configuring, prompting, and maintaining purpose-built AI agents or assistants for recurring team workflows, including setting guardrails and reviewing outputs while retaining human accountability.
Ability to use AI-synthesized market, scientific, and competitive intelligence to strengthen portfolio decisions and cross-functional alignment, treating AI output as a contributor rather than the source of strategy.
Experience using AI to standardize artifacts, terminology, and handoffs across adjacent marketing disciplines.
Strategic thinking.
Cross-functional leadership.
Product lifecycle management and commercialization expertise.
Scientific and clinical fluency.
Analytical and forecasting capability.
Stakeholder influence.
Operational and financial acumen.
Competitive insight.
Must reside in the Boston, MA; Madison, WI; San Diego, CA; or Durham/Burlington, NC areas, near a Labcorp hub.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree (MS, MPH, MBA, or PhD).
At least 3 years of experience as a sales hunter in Diagnostics, Pharma, or Life Sciences.

Responsibilities

Lead product and portfolio lifecycle strategy, forecasting, and roadmap development.
Apply disease-domain expertise, regulatory insight, and business acumen to advance adoption, profitability, margin expansion, and portfolio performance.
Monitor scientific, regulatory, and competitive developments to inform portfolio direction.
Lead development of product business cases, including market sizing, growth projections, cost estimates, business goals, operational workflows, outcomes, and functional requirements.
Represent assigned products commercially across scientific, operational, and market access teams.
Manage strategic partnerships that expand product capabilities, distribution, and revenue streams.
Articulate product vision to partners and internal teams.
Represent the customer voice in strategic committees and facilitate alignment on product evolution, pricing, and go-to-market strategy.
Partner with Marketing on differentiation strategy and thought leadership priorities.
Lead and ensure operational readiness for product launches and acquisitions.
Use AI tools and agents to accelerate portfolio analysis, planning, and execution while maintaining accountability for decisions.
Use AI-synthesized scientific, regulatory, competitive, and customer insights to support portfolio decisions.
Enable AI-driven intelligence sharing across functions to improve customer-lifecycle alignment and execution.
Maintain AI-powered agents, templates, and knowledge bases for consistent portfolio messaging, insights, and collaboration.
Lead portfolio strategy, commercialization excellence, and lifecycle management to support product performance, launches, and enhancements.
Drive forecasting, resource planning, and operational efficiency.
Configure and steward purpose-built AI assistants for recurring workflows, including setting guardrails and reviewing outputs.
Use AI to standardize artifacts, terminology, and handoffs across Product Management, Solution Marketing, and Customer Marketing.