Senior Director, Product Management

Clarivate•Philadelphia, PA

About The Position

The Senior Director of Product Management, Commercial Solutions leads vision, strategy and delivery for Clarivate’s portfolio of commercial strategy solutions. This position reports to the General Manager of the business unit. The Senior Director is accountable for product outcomes - defining strategy, driving innovation, setting measurable objectives, and guiding cross‑functional teams to deliver customer value and business impact. This is a player‑coach role managing approximately two Product Managers, with hands‑on leadership. In this role, you will work closely with colleagues in engineering, operations, sales, marketing, and finance to optimize product development processes. About You – experience, education, skills, and accomplishments Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. 10+ years of progressive product management experience in B2B/SaaS. 5+ years in life sciences. Experience driving outcome‑based product strategy. Experience coaching and developing Product Managers. It would be great if you also have . . . Advanced degree Experience building data and/or software for pharmaceutical commercial teams. Familiarity with pharmaceutical commercial strategy workflows, including forecasting, long-term strategic planning, go/no go decision making, investment prioritization, business case development, competitive landscape review and SWOT analysis. Strong understanding of pharmaceutical industry data and how it is used in commercial workflows. Strong understanding of life science industry and trends. Experience working with a global team and customer base Strong decision‑making under ambiguity and ability to manage complexity. Experience guiding teams and colleagues through fast-paced and difficult periods of transformation (either fast growth or transformation experience) Clear communicator who influences across functions to drive action.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
10+ years of progressive product management experience in B2B/SaaS.
5+ years in life sciences.
Experience driving outcome‑based product strategy.
Experience coaching and developing Product Managers.
Experience working with a global team and customer base
Strong decision‑making under ambiguity and ability to manage complexity.
Experience guiding teams and colleagues through fast-paced and difficult periods of transformation (either fast growth or transformation experience)
Clear communicator who influences across functions to drive action.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree
Experience building data and/or software for pharmaceutical commercial teams.
Familiarity with pharmaceutical commercial strategy workflows, including forecasting, long-term strategic planning, go/no go decision making, investment prioritization, business case development, competitive landscape review and SWOT analysis.
Strong understanding of pharmaceutical industry data and how it is used in commercial workflows.
Strong understanding of life science industry and trends.

Responsibilities

Set a clear portfolio direction rooted in customer problems and measurable outcomes Define and communicate a compelling product vision and strategic direction for the Commercial Strategy portfolio.
Align portfolio strategy to customer and buyer needs, using evidence to choose where to invest, and where not to.
Advise the GM on tradeoffs and investment choices.
Work backwards from desired outcomes to identify pathways, milestones, and the most critical assumptions to validate.
Create, own and maintain product roadmaps that outlines the short-term and long-term goals for the portfolio.
Evangelize strategy internally to drive alignment and decisive execution across Product, Engineering, UX, Data Science, and GTM stakeholders.
Lead continuous discovery Establish a discovery system that keeps the team focused on solving the right customer problems.
Drive rapid learning through experiments and iterative validation to improve product‑market fit.
Ensure roadmaps represent hypotheses tied to outcomes rather than date‑driven feature lists.
Build and coach a high‑performing Product Management team (player‑coach; ~2-3 PMs) Coach Product Managers to world‑class standards in strategy, discovery, prioritization, and outcome measurement.
Set clear expectations and quality bars for product narratives, opportunity sizing, OKRs, and decision‑making.
Build team cohesion through shared practices, storytelling, and continuous improvement.
Drive product outcomes that contribute to commercial performance Identify and size growth markets and translate them into evidence‑backed investment recommendations for the GM and leadership team.
Partner with Sales, Marketing, and go-to-market stakeholders to strengthen portfolio value propositions and feedback loops.
Define and track leading indicators that connect customer value to business impact and use them to steer prioritization.