Global Product Manager

Avantor, a Global Fortune 500 company, is looking for a dedicated Global Product Manager to optimize our Biopharmaceutical tubing portfolio.  This role is full-time, USA/ remote (Chicago IL area highly preferred).

Minimum Education Requirement:

• Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree preferred 

Travel:

• Up to 10% both domestic and global

Required Experience (5+ YRS):

• Product management, sales and/or marketing experience in the life sciences industry

Preferred Experience:

• With Biopharmaceutical tubing technologies for bioprocessing applications
• Technical or commercial experience with Biopharmaceutical tubing or single use products and applications.
• Financial (P&L).
• Business case development/ articulation.
• Guiding objective decision making processes.
• Analytical experience.
• Technical experience /competence with bioproduction.
• Project management and planning skill experience.
• Decision making as well as experience adopting to change.
• Business level written and verbal communication skills.
• Working in a matrixed organizational structure.

How you will thrive and create an impact:

This role is part of the Biopharma - Product Management organization.  The Global Product Manager will thrive by engaging with a high sense of urgency and will:

• Lead the tubing portfolio for use in biopharma production applications. This will include portfolio management, strategy development, pricing, life cycle management and top/bottom line growth management.
• Be responsible for a unique combination of external partnership development for the portfolio and traditional product life cycle management to differentiate Avantor’s position in single use bioprocessing.
• Function as the business owner,
• Lead the tubing portfolio of products with P&L responsibility, including meeting or exceeding revenue and gross margin targets, lead all aspects of business.
• Provide data related to competitors, the market, product and capability positioning, revenue and unit or capacity forecasting working with planning functions, identifying key business priorities, and pricing strategies.
• Develop long-range product strategies and guide fiscal planning for future positioning, growth, and evolution of the SU products. This includes identifying, establishing, and leading strategic collaborations, customers, suppliers, and industry opinion leaders.
• Partner with sales to define go-to-market effort and work hand-in-hand with our commercial teams to implement commercial strategies.
• Enhance market share gain and customer satisfaction for single use products.
• Drive demand through impactful sales and marketing campaigns.
• Participate in senior leadership team meetings and strategic planning, including setting objectives and strategies as well as taking accountability for implementation and results.
• Work collaboratively in a highly matrixed organization to achieve results including driving cross-business unit and divisional initiatives.
• Be a single use subject matter expert for the single use portfolio to build broad based expertise in sales and marketing functions.
• Represent Avantor at conferences and tradeshows
• Effectively communicate product strategy and tactics to the market.

Disclaimer:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Why Avantor?

Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science.
 
The work we do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor.
 
We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world. Apply today!

EEO Statement:

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