Head of Product Management

Drug Hunter is a B2B subscription knowledge base for biotech/pharma R&D scientists that empowers them to discover the medicines of the future. We’re proud to support teams at 200+ of the world’s leading biotech and pharma companies.

Our team is seeking an outstanding Head of Product Management who desires an exciting career challenge building the knowledge platform revolutionizing drug discovery. Our mission is to accelerate innovation in the life sciences by connecting R&D teams with the insights they need to make better, faster decisions.

Working closely with a broad stakeholder group and initially reporting to the CEO, you will own the full Drug Hunter Web, Mobile, and Database product lines and supporting platforms. Ideal candidates possess big-picture vision yet the drive and attention to detail to make that vision a reality. You must enjoy spending time with customers and evangelizing their needs. You balance strategic thinking with outstanding execution – holding yourself and the team accountable to delivering successful outcomes.

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.

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

We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we don’t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Please be aware that Drug Hunter will never request personal information, payment, or sensitive details outside of iSolved or via email. All official communications will come from an @drughunter.com email address or from an approved vendor alias.