Product Manager

Location: Dawa Life Sciences Ruaraka Office

Reporting to: Marketing Manager

Key Responsibilities:

Product Strategy & New Product Development

• • Support product development decisions for current and future NCD products.
  • Through deep understanding of current business, be able to articulate future steps needed to continue the growth trajectory of business.
  • Generate business and commercial launch plans, market requirements documents, presentations and supporting materials to align all functional groups behind a common vison on products for development.
  • Works with other functions to finalize product specifications.
  • Help to lead Regional product planning within the category – understanding and analysing competitive landscape.
  • Drive claims development for current & pipeline products.
  • Understand and optimize patient experience with product.
  • Provide portfolio scenario planning and value assessment.
  • Conduct market research to uncover customer and business insights; translate those insights into products and programs that deliver growth for the product category.
  • Represent the category during medical conferences, sales meetings, and customer visits.
  • Determines the profitability and viability of new products or product enhancements.
  • Maintain strong therapy and product knowledge; support internal and external customer education programs and product training as required Basic Qualifications.
  • Travel approximately 25%

Cross-Functional Team Participation & Leadership

• • Participate in cross-functional teams to optimize future product strategy around given business needs, market needs, customer needs and technical capabilities.
  • Work with other marketing partners to understand unique customer & business needs and ensure product requirements are aligned with company strategy.
  • Interact with Business Development team to identify acquisition, licensing and other partnership opportunities.

  Qualifications and Experience:

• Minimum Requirements:
• Biomedical/Medical or Pharmaceutical Science Bachelor’s degree required.
• 7+ years of relevant experience in marketing and product management with a Bachelors’ degree, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience.

Nice to Have:

• MBA in business or marketing preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in Science field preferred
• Experience in upstream marketing preferred
• Experience learning therapeutic products quickly
• Experience working in a fast paced, regional organization
• Global perspective and mindset
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with experience communicating with senior leaders.
• Therapeutic product knowledge is a plus
• Experience in digital health / regulated digital is a distinct plus