Senior Technical Product Manager

BioSpace; Plainsboro Township (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 223,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental & Vision

401(k)

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Job summary

Novo Nordisk in the United States is seeking a Technical Product Manager with a customer-centric mindset to drive the development of new technology solutions. You will help realize strategy, roadmap and execution of key capabilities across a suite of products and ensure they align with business goals and serve customers.

This role requires cross-functional collaboration with product managers, product owners, and IT development teams to deliver solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, business administration or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of progressively responsible experience in CS/IT or related field.
• 1+ year experience in Agile methodologies.
• Experience with Salesforce, Healthcloud/Lifesciences or similar technologies.
• Ability to query code/databases and identify issues.

Responsibilities

• Execute and manage product vision defined by product owners.
• Establish and manage the product roadmap with stakeholders.
• Analyze customer requirements and maintain product backlog.
• Assess new products for potential value and conduct capability analysis.
• Ensure product viability with Agile Release Train and stakeholders.
• Create acceptance criteria for testing and product delivery.

Skills

Customer-focused

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile methodologies

Product roadmap management

Project leadership

Code/database querying

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IS/related

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Salesforce Healthcloud

Salesforce data model

Apex/Salesforce Flows

SQL databases

Job description

About The Department

The Finance & Operations department brings insights and intelligence to inform decision making & drives digitalization and business solutions to attain NNI goals. Finance & Operations works closely across the organization to guide enterprise-wide resource allocations, investment choices, drive core operations and develop insights to drive growth and operational excellence across the value chain while innovating for future capabilities. Our focus on innovation ensures we're constantly building future capabilities. We're responsible for regulating accounting, upholding workplace safety, managing our supply chain and sampling, supporting technological and data innovation, maintaining our facilities and assuring the integrity and completeness of all business transactions. At Novo Nordisk, you will have the opportunity to build a career in a global business environment. We encourage our employees to make the most of their talent, and we reward hard work and dedication with opportunities for continuous learning and personal development. Are you ready to maximize your potential with us?

The Position

The Technical Product Manager is driven by a customer-centric mindset to meet business goals by leading the development of new technology solutions. The Technical Product Manager will play a vital role in realizing strategy, roadmap and execution of key capabilities across a suite of products and solutions that align with business goals and serve our customers. It is a role that requires cross-functional collaboration with product managers, product owners and development teams to develop and support a product.

Relationships

Reports to Associate Director, Product Owner and collaborates with architects and development teams in Information Technology for solution delivery.

Essential Functions

• Execute and manage product vision defined by product owners
• Work with stakeholders – mainly product owners and product managers - to establish and manage the product roadmap
• Analyse customer requirements, build, prioritize and maintain product backlog
• Evaluate, handle/mitigate technical risks on an ongoing basis
• Assess new products to measure their potential value and conduct capability analysis regularly
• Align with stakeholders, implementers and Agile Release Train (ART) to ensure product viability
• Create success criteria for testing and product acceptance
• Be an evangelist and subject matter expert to the suite of products and solutions
• Understand several perspectives in the development process including technology dependencies, needs of the user, capabilities of developers, vision of the stakeholders and assess where product(s) stand in the market from a competitive standpoint
• Work with very limited direction. Determines technical objectives of the assignment/project
• Develops technical solutions to complex problems which require regular use of ingenuity and creativity

Physical Requirements

0-10% overnight travel required.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Business Administration or other related field required. Relevant experience may be substituted when appropriate. Advanced degree preferred
• A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience in Computer Science, IT, programming/systems analysis or other related experience required
• 1+ year experience in Agile methodologies is required
• Project/initiative lead experience is required
• Proven ability to seek new and innovative solutions
• Experience with Salesforce, preferably Healthcloud/Lifesciences and similar technologies required
• Experience in applying systematic and rigorous analytic methods to improve business processes and their enabling applications is required
• Self-sufficiency and ability to query code/databases, identify issues/gaps and proactively investigate and escape problems with proposed solutions is required
• Knowledge of Salesforce data model, Apex code, Salesforce Flows, operating systems, relational database architectures, query languages and interface, standard programming environments, data integration tools, data flows, application integration solutions and web-based information solutions
• Ability to act as a project lead to a cross-functional project team in the development and implementation of processes and programs
• Cross-functional team collaboration experience required (e.g. with brand/other LoB stakeholders)
• Self-sufficiency and ability to query code/databases, identify issues/gaps and proactively investigate and escape problems with proposed solutions is required

Compensation & Benefits

• The base compensation range for this position is $120,300 to $222,600. Base compensation is determined based on a number of factors. This position is also eligible for a company bonus based on individual and company performance. Novo Nordisk offers long-term incentive compensation and or company vehicles depending on the position's level or other company factors.
• Employees are also eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs including medical, dental and vision coverage; life insurance; disability insurance; 401(k) savings plan; flexible spending accounts; employee assistance program; tuition reimbursement program; and voluntary benefits such as group legal, critical illness, identity theft protection, pet insurance and auto/home insurance.
• The Company also offers time off pursuant to its sick time policy, flex-able vacation policy and parental leave policy.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

Novo Nordisk is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations.