【ELSEVIER_Health】Product Development Support Manager

Elsevier; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Wellbeing initiatives

Parental leave

Study assistance

Sabbaticals

Job summary

Elsevier Health in Japan is seeking a resourceful Product Development Support Manager with strong technical expertise to join our Product Management team. You will contribute to discovery, planning, and execution of new digital product initiatives and strategic extensions, shaping the future of our local portfolio for clinicians and healthcare professionals.

Reporting to the Director of Clinical Solutions Japan, you will collaborate with content, engineering and QA teams to translate ideas into

Qualifications

• Experience with product development lifecycles including Agile methodologies.
• Ability to document and translate complex product requirements into actionable workstreams.
• Experience working with technical and content teams to align on priorities.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and execution support during product discovery and development phases.
• Collect, organize, and classify new product ideas or feature extensions to evaluate alignment with customer needs and business growth.
• Translate product concepts into a structured development backlog and prioritize with product managers.
• Develop design briefs and prototypes to communicate product concepts.
• Collaborate with engineering, content, UX, and QA to ensure timely delivery of the roadmap.
• Monitor progress across sprints/releases and remove blockers.
• Maintain alignment across local and global teams with documentation and communication.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical product understanding

Job description

English Follows Japanese:

募集職種：プロダクト開発サポートマネージャー（日本担当）

日本のヘルスケアの未来を共に創り上げる、革新的で前向きなプロダクトマネジメントのプロフェッショナルを求めています。次世代の医療従事者を支えるデジタルプロダクトを開発したい方。グローバルな情報・アナリティクス企業でキャリアを築きたい方。ぜひ、私たちと一緒にヘルスケアの未来を形にしませんか。

■ チームについて

Elsevier Health は、医療従事者・教育者・学生に向けて、エビデンスに基づく情報と革新的なデジタルソリューションを提供する世界的リーダーです。臨床意思決定支援、専門職向け教育、医学教育、ヘルスケアアナリティクスなど、多岐にわたるソリューションを通じて、医療の質向上と患者アウトカムの改善に貢献しています。

■ 職務内容

本ポジションでは、強い技術的知見を持ち、プロダクト開発を多面的に支援できるプロダクト開発サポートマネージャーを募集します。新規デジタルプロダクトの企画・検討・実行、既存プロダクトの戦略的拡張など、幅広い領域でプロダクトマネジメントチームを支える重要な役割です。プロダクト開発サポートマネージャーは Clinical Solutions Japan のディレクターにレポートし、コンテンツチーム、エンジニア、その他ステークホルダーと密接に連携しながら、アイデアの創出から開発・デリバリーまでを推進します。

■ 主な業務内容

• プロダクトのディスカバリーおよび開発フェーズにおける技術的・実行面でのサポート
• 新規プロダクトアイデアや機能拡張案の収集・整理・分類、および顧客ニーズや事業成長との整合性評価
• 新規アイデアや改善項目に関する

About our Team

Elsevier Health is a global leader in providing evidence-based information and innovative digital solutions to healthcare professionals, educators, and students. Our offerings span clinical decision support, professional development and medical education, and healthcare analytics, all aimed at improving patient outcomes and advancing the practice of medicine.

About the role

We are seeking a resourceful Product Development Support Manager with strong technical expertise to join our Product Management team. In this role, you will play a key part in the discovery, planning, and execution of new digital product initiatives and strategic extensions. This role will play a critical part in shaping the future of our local product portfolio in Japan, with a focus on digital solutions for clinicians and healthcare professionals. Reporting to the Director of Clinical Solutions Japan, the Product Development Support Manager will work closely with stakeholders incl. content teams, engineers, and other stakeholders to bring innovative product ideas to life—from early discovery through to delivery.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and execution support during product discovery and development phases.
• Collect, organize, and classify new product ideas or feature extensions to evaluate their alignment with customer needs and business growth potential.
• Capture detailed functional specifications and requirements for new product ideas, enhancements, or roadmap items.
• Develop and contribute to design briefs, including specifications, process sketches, or prototypes to clearly communicate product concepts and priorities.
• Translate product concepts into a structured and prioritized development backlog, working closely with product managers.
• Collaborate with engineering, content, UX, and QA to ensure on-time, on-strategy execution of the product development roadmap.
• Monitor progress across sprints/releases and proactively remove blockers in the delivery cycle.
• Help maintain alignment across local and global teams, ensuring transparency, documentation, and communication around ongoing product development.

Requirements

• 4–6 years of experience in roles such as:
• System Integration Consultant/ Manager (e.g., Accenture, IBM, or similar)
• Product Operations / Product Support roles in EdTech, HealthTech, or SaaS environments (software development testing) – work for a global company, interpret the language between the different teams
• Strong understanding of product development lifecycles, including Agile methodologies, backlog grooming, sprint planning, and cross-functional delivery.
• Experience working with technical and content teams to align on product requirements and execution priorities.
• Ability to document, track, and translate complex product requirements into actionable workstreams.
• Comfortable working in multi-stakeholder environments, balancing input from local and global teams.
• Strong project management skills, with an eye for timelines, dependencies, and delivery risks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in both English and Japanese preferred.
• A structured thinker and natural problem solver, with a focus on delivery excellence and customer value.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

Working for you

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career.

About the Business

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.

We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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