Associate Product Manager

Initial Therapeutics, Inc.; Gaithersburg (MD); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness benefits

401(a) and 403(b) retirement plans

Corporate bonus program

Paid holidays and PTO

Employee assistance program

Fitness and cell phone subsidies

Job summary

ATCC in Gaithersburg, MD is seeking an Associate Product Manager to support the advanced model and primary cell business. The role involves analyzing market data, validating product initiatives, and guiding lifecycle activities in a hybrid onsite environment (4 days/week).

Ideal candidates have product management or market analysis experience in life sciences, bioproduction, or related markets, and can collaborate with Marketing, Sales, Operations, and Scientific teams to drive go-to-market and

Qualifications

• Minimum requirement: Bachelor's degree and 2 years of experience, or equivalent.
• Experience analyzing market, customer and competitive data to inform decisions.
• Experience developing business cases, analyses, forecasts, and product content.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional initiatives with multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee product lifecycle and portfolio management for assigned products.
• Conduct market, customer, and competitive analysis to identify opportunities and risks.
• Develop business cases, forecasts, and recommendations for portfolio planning.
• Support roadmap updates, positioning, and go-to-market activities.
• Coordinate cross-functional initiatives across Marketing, Sales, Operations, and Scientific teams.
• Monitor product performance and drive process improvements in portfolio management.

Skills

Product management

Market analysis

Portfolio planning

Life sciences experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree (optional)

Job description

Ready to shape the future of science and global health? A global nonprofit that provides trusted biological materials for science and health, ATCC is hiring an Associate Product Manager to support primary and advanced models. This role contributes to the planning, execution, and optimization of products and product portfolios supporting ATCC's advanced model and primary cell business. Working in a hybrid environment (4 days/week onsite) in Gaithersburg, MD or Manassas, VA, the Associate Product Manager analyzes customer, market, competitive, operational, and business information to support product strategy, commercialization activities, portfolio decisions, and lifecycle management.We are seeking an Associate Product Manager, ideally with product management, market analysis, or portfolio planning experience and experience supporting life sciences, bioproduction, biological materials, or related commercial environments. Join ATCC and be part of a team that supports the global scientific community with trusted, authenticated biological materials.

Responsibilities

• Product lifecycle and portfolio management: Evaluate product lifecycle opportunities and challenges for assigned products, including product launches, portfolio optimization, product enhancements, and end-of-life planning. Recommend actions that support portfolio performance and customer needs.
• Market, customer, and competitive analysis: Analyze market trends, customer feedback, competitive activity, customer adoption, and sales performance to identify opportunities, risks, and recommendations that inform product and portfolio decisions.
• Business cases and planning: Develop business cases, analyses, forecasts, and recommendations that support portfolio planning, commercialization activities, product investments, and resource prioritization.
• Roadmap, positioning, and commercialization support: Recommend product roadmap updates, product positioning, portfolio priorities, and lifecycle actions based on market conditions, customer needs, business objectives, and product performance data. Support go-to-market activities through analysis related to pricing, launch planning, channel considerations, and customer adoption strategies.
• Cross-functional product initiatives: Coordinate cross-functional product initiatives and New Product Development activities by evaluating project status, identifying risks, recommending solutions, and facilitating alignment among Marketing, Sales, Operations, Scientific, and Technical teams.
• Product performance and process improvement: Monitor and evaluate product and portfolio performance metrics, prepare product, market, competitive, and portfolio analyses, and identify improvements to product management processes, reporting, workflows, and tools.

Qualifications

• Minimum Requirement: Bachelor's degree and 2 years of experience, or equivalent experience (Master's degree and 0 years, or HS Diploma and 6 years).
• Ability to support departmental or organizational objectives by applying specialized skills and knowledge to specific tasks or projects with sound judgment, prioritization, and autonomy.
• Experience analyzing customer, market, competitive, operational, and business information to support product and portfolio decisions.
• Experience developing business cases, analyses, forecasts, recommendations, product documentation, training materials, sales enablement tools, or product content.
• Ability to assess customer insights, Voice of Customer feedback, market intelligence, and product-related issues to recommend corrective or improvement actions.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional initiatives with Marketing, Sales, Operations, Scientific, or Technical teams.
• Understanding or prior experience in life science industry preferred.
• Experience supporting commercialization, launch planning, pricing, product positioning, or customer adoption strategies preferred.
• Experience participating in customer meetings, conferences, webinars, or other market-facing activities preferred.

Benefits

The expected salary range for this position is $90,000 to $100,000 annually. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience and qualifications as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for additional incentive compensation including regular merit increases and the corporate bonus program.

We Invest in You

• Health & Wellness:
  • Comprehensive medical coverage and company paid Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, AD&D, and paid parental leave
  • Work life balance with Paid Holidays and PTO
  • Fitness and cell phone subsidies, and additional benefits such as legal services, pet insurance and additional supplemental coverage.
  • Employee Assistance Program offering around-the-clock counseling
• Financial security:
  • 401(a) (6% employer contribution) and 403(b) (2% match) retirement plans
  • Exceptional career advancement opportunities, recognition, and rewards
  • Corporate bonus program
• Mission Focused:
  • Non-profit organization supporting critical life science research
  • We give scientists the tools they need to make discoveries that improve and save lives
  • Contribute to community involvement and social responsibility

Join ATCC, where we fuel your success, well-being, and development. We're a mission-focused non-profit Equal Opportunity Employer, celebrating a century of supporting global public health. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Shape the future of science with us.