Assistant Manager - Product (Medical Specialities)

Medanta; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Medanta is seeking a healthcare product leader to conceptualize and launch pathology tests, panels, and health packages. You will drive strategy, govern clinical validation, and ensure regulatory compliance across NABL standards while coordinating with clinicians, sales teams, and lab operations.

The role focuses on developing differentiated test portfolios, establishing reporting formats, and guiding market-ready offerings with rigorous clinical documentation and training materials.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years in pathology or diagnostics industry.
• Experience with lab operations and accreditation standards.
• Exposure to specialty diagnostics and test development.
• Ability to coordinate with clinicians and sales teams.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize new pathology tests, specialty panels, and health packages.
• Design bundled and standalone offerings.
• Identify market gaps using clinician and field insights.
• Ensure alignment with current clinical guidelines and specialty trends.
• Maintain a differentiated and contemporary test portfolio.
• Validate scientific rationale and clinical utility.
• Align with pathologists on reporting formats and interpretation notes.
• Assess feasibility, sensitivity/specificity, and limitations.
• Develop product training sessions for sales teams.
• Create technical collaterals and launch materials.

Skills

Product strategy

Stakeholder management

Clinical governance

Regulatory compliance

Market insights

Education

B.Sc in Biotechnology

M.Sc in Biotechnology

MBA in Healthcare

Job description

Role Objective:

Responsible for the end-to-end conceptualization, design, validation, pricing, launch and lifecycle management of pathology technical products across routine, specialty and super-specialty segments.

Key Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Design:

• Conceptualize new pathology tests, specialty panels, and health packages
• Design both bundled and standalone offerings
• Identify market gaps using clinician and field insights
• Ensure alignment with current clinical guidelines and specialty trends
• Maintain a differentiated and contemporary test portfolio

Technical & Clinical Governance:

• Validate scientific rationale and clinical utility
• Align with pathologists on reporting formats, reference ranges, and interpretation notes
• Assess feasibility, sensitivity/specificity, and limitations
• Ensure SOP readiness prior to rollout

Regulatory & Medico-Legal Compliance:

• Ensure compliance with NABL and applicable regulatory standards
• Review documentation, validation records, and DISCLAIMERS
• Check marketing claims for scientific and regulatory accuracy

Operational Feasibility:

• Evaluate sample requirements, logistics, TAT, storage conditions
• Coordinate with lab operations for infrastructure and reagent readiness
• Assess in-house vs referral testing viability

Clinician & Sales Collaboration (Significant Focus Area):

• Engage specialty clinicians for panel validation and acceptance
• Partner with retail sales teams to capture market feedback
• Translate field insights into product innovation
• Conduct product training sessions for sales teams
• Develop FAQs, positioning guides, and objection-handling tools

Product Launch:

• Develop product positioning and value proposition
• Create technical collaterals, brochures, and clinical leaflets
• Support launches via CMEs, webinars, and internal briefings
• Monitor post-launch performance and adoption

Educational Qualification (Technical Mandatory)

• B.Sc in Biotechnology/M.Sc in Biotechnology
• MBA/MHA in Healthcare or similar qualification

Experience Required

• 5-10 years in pathology / diagnostics industry
• Strong exposure to specialty diagnostics and test development
• Experience working with lab operations and accreditation standards
• Prior diagnostics chain experience preferred