Sr Product Mgr II

Elsevier; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 100,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday

Health screening

Wellbeing programs

Life assurance

Pension scheme

Travel season ticket loan

Parental leave

Learning resources

Employee discounts

Job summary

Elsevier in Amsterdam seeks a Senior Product Manager to shape the Corporate Research Solutions portfolio. You will translate customer needs and market opportunities into product roadmaps and capabilities that deliver measurable value to corporate research organisations.

Collaborate with commercial, technology, content, data, and operations teams to set priorities, drive delivery, and support go-to-market success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• 7+ years of Product Management experience, including significant experience in B2B SaaS, technology, or information services.
• Proven track record of delivering products that generate measurable customer and business value.
• Strong experience influencing stakeholders and driving outcomes within a matrixed organisation.
• Excellent customer discovery and product development skills, with the ability to translate insights into solutions.
• Strong commercial awareness, including market analysis, competitive positioning, and growth opportunities.
• Data-driven approach to decision-making, prioritisation, and performance measurement.
• Outstanding communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience within research, scientific, healthcare, life sciences, or academic information markets is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the strategy and roadmap for Corporate Research Solutions, ensuring alignment with customer needs and business objectives.
• Partner with customers, sales teams, and customer success teams to understand market requirements and identify growth opportunities.
• Prioritise product initiatives based on customer value, strategic fit, commercial impact, and technical feasibility.
• Collaborate with engineering, data, content, and operations teams to deliver product enhancements and new capabilities.
• Champion customer discovery activities and translate insights into actionable product requirements.
• Monitor market trends, competitor activity, and emerging technologies, including AI, to inform product direction.
• Support go-to-market planning, product positioning, and commercial enablement activities.
• Track product performance through KPIs and customer feedback, driving continuous improvement.
• Influence and align stakeholders across multiple functions to ensure successful execution and delivery.

Skills

Product Management

B2B SaaS

Stakeholder influence

Matrix organisation

Customer discovery

Data-driven decisions

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Senior Product Manager, Corporate Research Solutions

Do you have 7+ years of Product Management experience, including significant experience in B2B SaaS, technology, or information services?

Do you have strong experience influencing stakeholders and driving outcomes within a matrixed organisation?

Location: UK or Amsterdam

About Our Team

At Elsevier, we help researchers, healthcare professionals, and institutions make breakthrough discoveries and improve outcomes around the world. Through trusted scientific content, advanced analytics, and innovative technology, we empower our customers to solve complex challenges and accelerate progress.

Within Elsevier’s Life Sciences Solutions business, the Corporate Research Solutions team serves pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and related research organisations. Leveraging the power of our A&G and LeapSpace platforms, we deliver market-leading solutions for literature discovery, scientific intelligence, research workflow management, and decision support. Our team operates in a highly collaborative, customer-focused environment where innovation, data-driven decision-making, and emerging technologies—including AI- play a central role in shaping the future of research.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior Product Manager to help drive the evolution and growth of our Corporate Research Solutions portfolio. In this role, you will work at the intersection of customer needs, market opportunity, and technology innovation, translating insights into products and capabilities that deliver meaningful value to corporate research organisations.

You will partner closely with commercial, technology, content, data, and operations teams to define priorities, execute product roadmaps, and support go-to-market success. This is an exciting opportunity for a product professional who thrives in a complex, matrixed environment and enjoys solving challenging customer problems through innovative technology solutions.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the strategy and roadmap for Corporate Research Solutions, ensuring alignment with customer needs and business objectives.

• Partner with customers, sales teams, and customer success teams to understand market requirements and identify growth opportunities.

• Prioritise product initiatives based on customer value, strategic fit, commercial impact, and technical feasibility.

• Collaborate with engineering, data, content, and operations teams to deliver product enhancements and new capabilities.

• Champion customer discovery activities and translate insights into actionable product requirements.

• Monitor market trends, competitor activity, and emerging technologies, including AI, to inform product direction.

• Support go-to-market planning, product positioning, and commercial enablement activities.

• Track product performance through KPIs and customer feedback, driving continuous improvement.

• Influence and align stakeholders across multiple functions to ensure successful execution and delivery.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, Information Science, Life Sciences, or a related discipline; advanced degree preferred.

• 7+ years of Product Management experience, including significant experience in B2B SaaS, technology, or information services.

• Proven track record of delivering products that generate measurable customer and business value.

• Strong experience influencing stakeholders and driving outcomes within a matrixed organisation.

• Excellent customer discovery and product development skills, with the ability to translate insights into solutions.

• Strong commercial awareness, including market analysis, competitive positioning, and growth opportunities.

• Data-driven approach to decision-making, prioritisation, and performance measurement.

• Outstanding communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience within research, scientific, healthcare, life sciences, or academic information markets is highly desirable.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. With an average length of service of 9 years, we are confident that 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 in a hybrid way from both the office and at home

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times you work in the day

Working with us

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to help you succeed. Here, you will find an inclusive, agile, collaborative, innovative and fun environment, where everyone has a part to play. Regardless of the team you join, we promote a diverse environment with co-workers who are passionate about what they do, and how they do it.

Working for you

• At Elsevier, we know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days

• Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits

• Wellbeing programs

• Life assurance

• Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme

• Long service awards

• Save As You Earn share option scheme

• Travel Season ticket loan

• Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave

• Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children

• RE CARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you

• Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer

• Access to extensive learning and development resources

• Access to employee discounts via Perks at Work

About Us

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.

If performed in NLD Amsterdam (Radarweg), the base pay range is €100,400 - €167,300.This job may be subject to a collective labor agreement in the Netherlands. Please consult with the hiring team for further details.

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