Associate Director, Product Manager

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OBJECTIVES/

PURPOSE:

The Product Manager role within the DQS and Global Regions DDT team, involves aligning business and technology stakeholders to develop and communicate the products vision, managing product planning and backlog prioritization, and ensuring a sustainable end-to-end customer experience globally. This position reports to the Head of Design & Delivery. In this role, you will advance Takeda’s mission by leading the definition and execution of one or more product strategies.

• Product Strategy and Vision: Develops and conveys product strategy and vision in collaboration with stakeholders, aligning with business goals and technology directions. Maintains and communicates the product roadmap and backlog to ensure team alignment and delivery of value.
• Communicate how the product is meeting the business priorities and goals of the organizations
• AI Native – Consistently challenge how processes and therefore products can evolve to exploit AI and drive towards the workforce and products of the future.
• Collaborates with product engineers and designers to support a modern product ecosystem.
• Align with key stakeholders across business and technology to develop and convey product vision
• Own product planning, including short-term release plans and long-term roadmaps
• Drive prioritization of the product backlog to keep the team unblocked and aligned
• Work with peers across R&D DD&T to continuously improve service processes, optimize applications, and elevate user experiences.
• Proactively oversee and optimize the end-to-end customer and business experience for the product, engaging stakeholders to enable successful and impactful releases.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Solicits information from Technology Business Partners or from Business Stakeholders on business direction, goals and strategies to inform development of product strategies. Collaborates effectively with technology delivery teams to develop roadmap for new and ongoing product development. Builds and maintains the product backlog with the technical team.
• Continuously prioritizes the work in the backlog to deliver the most significant value to the product users.
• Facilitates and drive alignments among key stakeholders to develop product strategy, vision, and roadmap to support business strategy.
• Works within product budget established in consultation with stakeholders by balancing resources, vision development, and prototyping, and sustain product teams to deliver and maintain the product.
• Maintains- and serves as the communicator- of the product vision.
• Continually monitors and refines the product and performing service management
• Optimizes user experience.
• Oversee allocation and utilization of internal and external resources, including contractors and vendors, to meet project milestones and maintain quality standards.
• Guide and mentor team members (including indirect and external resources) to foster a high-performance culture and encourage professional growth.
• Direct and coordinate the work of indirect reports, contractors, and external partners, ensuring alignment with project goals and organizational standards.

EDUCATION, BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND

SKILLS:

• Bachelor Degree in scientific discipline, computer science or business administration
• 8+ years or more professional experience in R&D business lines, IT service delivery or related area.
• Professional in-depth knowledge of product management in pharmaceutical industry.
• Experience in stakeholder relationship management. Influential in orchestrating key stakeholders and product teams to turn product vision into reality.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, business acumen, and enterprise knowledge.
• Understands design thinking
• Ability to demonstrate strategic and critical thinking, as well as problem solving skills
• Strong interpersonal, communication,…