Sr Product Manager

Senior Product Manger

Elsevier employs 9,200 people worldwide, including over 2,500 technologists. We have supported the work of our research and health partners for more than 140 years. Growing from our roots in publishing, we offer knowledge and valuable analytics that help our users make breakthroughs and drive societal progress. Digital solutions such as ScienceDirect, Scopus, SciVal, ClinicalKey and Sherpath support strategic research management, R&D performance, clinical decision support, medical education, and nursing education. Researchers and healthcare professionals rely on over 2,800 journals, including The Lancet and Cell; 46,000+ eBook titles; and iconic reference works, such as Gray's Anatomy.

This Sr Product Manager role supports Digital Commons: Over 650 institutions worldwide choose Digital Commons to showcase their scholarship, store their archives, and expand their reach. Our global community includes Colleges & Universities, Medical Centers, State Archives, Law Schools, and Associations.

The Senior Product Manager will own a product or multiple product features within a complex product, as well as lead product domain strategy and program execution. You will represent product domain(s) to peers, managers and executives across the company and to external audiences and will be seen as a central point for customer understanding. You will work closely with the delivery team in prioritizing new features and responding to customer issues/feedback. This individual will actively mentor and informally lead cross-functional team members and interview and recruit new PM candidates.

Responsibilities;

• Gathering, evaluating and has a solid understanding of customer use cases. Maintaining close contact with customers to gain a sense for where the market is heading given multiple considerations.
• Leveraging metrics to track progress on customer needs and ensures that product efforts move those metrics. Is proficient at pulling and accessing data from multiple sources, and managing through data ambiguity.
• Developing clear go to market launch plans through coordinated development with external customer facing teams such as marketing and sales. Drafts PR, marketing and sales collateral.
• Developing or supporting pricing strategy, if applicable. Drives process and external communication for products that will be sunsetted, including plan for migrating customers. Develops product vision and roadmap plan aligned with business strategy and communicates across all critical stakeholders.
• Writing clear requirements for complex features or products and is responsive to requests for clarifications. Manages product without direct supervision, involving manager or other senior leaders only when appropriate.
• Collaborating knowledgably with tech and data counterparts about development approaches in consideration.
  Requirements;
• Possess current Product Management experience supporting a large scale, multi-facetted complex product. Long-term ownership and success in leading product lifecycle strategy and planning, including the release of multiple products and features.
• On going follows through on commitments to ensure they are successfully completed, and goals are achieved. You should promote a strong sense of urgency for reaching goals.
• Proven experience with the development of deep customer relationships that drive meaningful dialogue about the future direction of a product. 
• Have the ability to develop new ideas to improve the process or product and is able to prepare implementation plans. Additionally, you will Integrate and build on new ideas from others.
• Possess the ability to create new opportunities by applying different perspectives and challenging the status -quo. You should be recognized as an innovative thinker

Work in a way that works for you
 

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.
 

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

About the Business
 

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.

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The salary range provided in this posting is the base salary range for California.$127,400.00 - $212,300.00

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