Vice President, Global Portfolio Management

Nova Biomedical•Waltham, MA

20h•Hybrid

About The Position

Nova Biomedical is seeking a Vice President, Global Portfolio Management – Biopharma to lead the global product management organization for its Biopharma business. The role is responsible for defining and executing global portfolio strategy across life science tools and workflow solutions used in cell line development, bioprocessing, osmometry, liquid handling verification, and adjacent technologies. The leader owns the long-range portfolio vision, multi-year product roadmap, innovation priorities, lifecycle management strategy, and portfolio investment recommendations. The position leads and develops global product managers and portfolio leaders, establishes consistent product management practices, and aligns global teams around portfolio priorities. It connects customer and market insights to product strategy, R&D investment, commercial execution, and measurable business outcomes. The role also supports strategic customer engagements and inorganic growth, including acquisition, partnership, OEM, and technology-licensing opportunities. The position is based in Waltham, Massachusetts, with hybrid and flexible work arrangements offered. Travel is required as needed, and the role may involve visits to customer sites, laboratories, and offices.

Requirements

12–15+ years of progressive experience in product management, portfolio management, strategic marketing, commercial leadership, or general management in life sciences tools, bioprocessing, analytical instrumentation, diagnostics, biotechnology, or adjacent scientific technology markets.
Demonstrated experience leading product managers, portfolio leaders, or cross-functional product teams.
Proven ownership of a complex global product portfolio, with accountability for strategy, roadmap, lifecycle, pricing, launch, and commercial outcomes.
Strong understanding of life science customer workflows and ability to translate customer needs into differentiated product strategy.
Experience working closely with R&D, Commercial, Marketing, Applications, Operations, Quality, Regulatory, and Finance teams.
Ability to build business cases, evaluate investment tradeoffs, and connect product strategy to revenue, margin, and market share outcomes.
Strong executive communication skills, including presenting complex technical and business topics clearly to senior leadership.
Experience operating in a global, matrixed organization with regional commercial teams and distributed stakeholders.
Strong customer orientation and experience engaging strategic accounts, key opinion leaders, and technical decision makers.
Willingness to travel as required, including by air and ground transportation.
Valid driver’s license and ability to safely operate a motor vehicle as needed for job responsibilities.
Ability to store and transport materials, samples, or demonstration equipment weighing up to approximately 25 pounds.
Comfort standing and engaging with customers for extended periods.
Ability to adapt to customer sites, laboratories, offices, and other varying work environments.

Nice To Haves

Experience in bioprocessing, biologics manufacturing, cell line development, process analytics, upstream bioprocessing, formulation, quality control, or cell and gene therapy workflows.
Experience with instrument, consumable, and software portfolios.
Experience building workflow or platform strategies across multiple product lines.
Experience with global product launches and stage-gate product development.
Experience with portfolio rationalization, lifecycle management, and pricing strategy.
Experience supporting M&A diligence, partnership evaluation, OEM relationships, or acquisition integration.
Advanced degree in life sciences, engineering, biotechnology, chemistry, or a related scientific field.
MBA or equivalent business experience.

Responsibilities

Define and own the global Biopharma portfolio strategy across existing and emerging platforms.
Build and maintain a 3–5 year portfolio roadmap aligned with customer workflows, market opportunities, competitive positioning, and company strategy.
Translate market dynamics, customer insights, scientific trends, and commercial data into portfolio priorities.
Develop portfolio investment recommendations, including business cases, market sizing, financial models, and strategic tradeoffs.
Establish a portfolio review process integrating revenue performance, margin, installed-base opportunity, lifecycle stage, competitive position, and the innovation pipeline.
Lead, coach, and develop a global team of product managers and portfolio leaders.
Establish a product management operating model with clear accountability for strategy, roadmaps, lifecycle, launch readiness, pricing, and commercial performance.
Build common product management standards, tools, dashboards, and decision frameworks across the portfolio.
Strengthen Voice of Customer, market intelligence, competitive intelligence, and customer workflow mapping capabilities.
Evolve product-line management toward integrated workflow and platform strategies, connecting instruments, consumables, applications, software, service, and data into differentiated solutions.
Own the portfolio innovation roadmap and align customer needs, product strategy, R&D priorities, and business value.
Partner with R&D and Program Management to prioritize new product development investments and sustaining engineering efforts.
Define product requirements, target product profiles, business cases, and launch success criteria for major development initiatives.
Partner with Sales, Marketing, Applications, Service, and Regional Leaders to translate portfolio strategy into commercial execution.
Support strategic customer engagements, executive account discussions, key opinion leader meetings, and major commercial opportunities.
Monitor portfolio performance against revenue, margin, market share, adoption, launch, and lifecycle metrics.
Own lifecycle management from concept through launch, scale, sustain, refresh, rationalization, and retirement.
Drive pricing strategy with Commercial, Finance, Marketing, and Regional teams.
Identify opportunities to improve product mix, margin, consumables and service attachment, installed-base utilization, and portfolio profitability.
Support inorganic growth by identifying portfolio gaps, workflow adjacencies, acquisition targets, and partnership opportunities.
Participate in due diligence for acquisitions, partnerships, OEM opportunities, and technology licensing.
Integrate acquired technologies into the broader portfolio roadmap, value proposition, commercial strategy, and lifecycle governance.

Benefits

Flexible medical, dental, and vision coverage
Competitive 401(k) company match
Bonus program
Generous paid time off
Paid holidays
Tuition reimbursement
Hybrid and flexible work arrangements
Professional development, engagement, and events
Company marketplace for lunch and snacks at the Norwood, Billerica, and Westbrook offices
Company-subsidized cafeteria at the Waltham office