Hybrid Head of Product Management

at Drug Hunter

• Job title: Head of Product Management
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Burlington, United States

About the role

• Head of Product Management leading product strategies for drug discovery platforms at Drug Hunter. Collaborating with stakeholders to drive product vision and user engagement.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategies and execute plans to drive user engagement, customer acquisition and retention.
• Operate as a player coach; build, lead, and grow a small team of high-output Product Managers and Designers.
• Analyze, determine and prioritize target customer, end-user, and internal stakeholder needs.
• Define and communicate product strategies, goals, and roadmaps aligned with company objectives, supported by business analysis, market research, and customer data.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to build momentum and alignment, and shepherd product concepts through execution, validation and adoption.
• Ensure appropriate customer research, usability testing and rapid prototyping.
• Document, validate, prioritize and guide product execution within an Agile development environment.
• Coordinate go-to-market and post-launch activities. Gather customer feedback to validate that the product meets stated metrics. Prioritize and deliver necessary enhancements.

Requirements

• **Primary Responsibilities:**
• Develop strategies and execute plans to drive user engagement, customer acquisition and retention.
• Operate as a player coach; build, lead, and grow a small team of high-output Product Managers and Designers.
• Analyze, determine and prioritize target customer, end-user, and internal stakeholder needs.
• Define and communicate product strategies, goals, and roadmaps aligned with company objectives, supported by business analysis, market research, and customer data.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to build momentum and alignment, and shepherd product concepts through execution, validation and adoption.
• Ensure appropriate customer research, usability testing and rapid prototyping.
• Document, validate, prioritize and guide product execution within an Agile development environment.
• Coordinate go-to-market and post-launch activities. Gather customer feedback to validate that the product meets stated metrics. Prioritize and deliver necessary enhancements.
• **Required Experience and Qualifications:**
• 8+ years in technology product management, with at least 5 years expertise managing consumer, media and/or data products.
• 3+ years building and managing teams of independent-contributor Product Managers.
• A Bachelor's degree or equivalent is required. An MBA or advanced degree is desired.
• Proven track record of full responsibility through the product lifecycle in a fast-paced, start-up/scale-up environment. Has been hands-on shipping highly successful products.
• Desired, not required (but must be passionate to learn): Experience building products for biotech or pharma audiences and/or background in medicinal chemistry or health sciences.
• **Demonstrable Skills:**
• Leadership. Takes responsibility from inception to outcomes. Determines needs, aligns priorities, delivers to market, measures outcomes, and seeks to build upon success.
• Customer focused. Deeply understands the market and unmet needs. Loves to create and deliver outstanding products that delight customers and passionate for constant innovation.
• Highly collaborative. Builds trust and strong cross-functional relationships at all levels, influences without formal authority, pushes back when appropriate, earns respect, and respects the contributions of others.
• Excellent communicator. Articulates the product strategy and roadmap, structures the problem at hand, experienced and comfortable gaining alignment and in presenting to senior executives.
• Strategic thinker. Understands business objectives and converts them into clear product plans, follows through with execution.
• Analytic and results orientated. Uses hard data to assess opportunities, metrics driven, ruthless in prioritization, overcomes obstacles to drive business outcomes.
• Driven and motivates others. Takes initiative, sets context, identifies options and paths forward, drives for clarity, relentless, hard-working, self-accountable.
• Understands technology and keeps current with the latest trends. Works with implementation teams to adapt to technical constraints without compromising end-user solutions.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and challenge. Thrives in a fast-paced environment, concurrently manages multiple initiatives, and remains optimistic.

Benefits

• Drug Hunter takes a market-based approach to pay. The candidate's starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, interview performance, and work location.
• Total Compensation includes the following:
• Competitive salary, variable compensation, and equity
• Broad range of medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees and their dependents
• Supplemental insurance including disability, cancer, and critical illness
• Paid parental leave and childcare FSA plan
• 401(k) + employer match
• Home office set up stipend for remote employees
• Learning and development support
• Generous and flexible vacation