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RESPONSIBILITIES

DXC is seeking a Product Manager for its Real World Evidence product; Life Sciences Observational Research Platform (LSORP). LSORP unlocks the transformative potential of Real World Data across the payer, provider and pharmaceutical clinical and commercial continuum, enabling organizations to compete with a critical advantage, drive patient value, design more successful clinical trials and respond faster to ever-changing market dynamics and safety signals. Using LSORP, teams can drive end-to-end observational research across disparate patient data sources in real-time, validate clinical trial protocol against existing patient outcomes, and deliver patient-journey insights to cross-functional teams quickly and easily.

Specifically, this Role will be responsible to:

·  Develop and maintain a deep understanding of the industry, the competition, and our customers to quickly identify opportunities and threats, leverage our strengths, and overcome our weaknesses while influencing the overall LSORP product strategy
·  Identify and deliver requirements that increase market share and exploit LSORP's breadth and depth of capabilities
·  Partner with key stakeholders to define the product vision, strategy and roadmap
·  Engage with the DXC partner ecosystem to build out and enhance LSORP by leveraging appropriate solution components for stakeholders' pervasive market problems
·  Partner with marketing and sales to develop the GTM strategy; stay engaged with the sales team to articulate the value proposition of the product among customers and prospects alike
·  Partner with the Commercial Team to manage pricing and packaging as a profit and market penetration lever
·  Travel up to 50% to engage with customers and the marketplace

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE

The ideal candidate will have proven industry experience within the Pharmaceutical/BioTech/Medical Devices market.  Additionally, the candidate should have the following qualifications:

·  Deep and broad industry knowledge of various market drivers, competitors, future trends, and service offerings within the Life Sciences & Healthcare industry
·  Contacts with executives in Pharma, Medical Devices, CROs and related services organizations and be adept at marketing and selling solutions at the most senior levels in client organizations
·  Knowledge of real-world evidence, clinical trials, registries, drug development, outcomes research (HEOR and CER), patient-centric drug commercialization
·  Understanding of research methods, health outcomes research, and pharmacoeconomic evaluations, and related disciplines
·  3-5 years related experience in Product Management, preferably in the Life Sciences industry
·  Strong analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations, and drive actions
·  Strengths in problem solving, issue-resolution, ability to work in a deadline-driven work environment, attention to detail, and ability to multitask
·  Strong verbal and written communication skills with a demonstrated experience engaging and influencing senior executives.
·  Demonstrated ability to understand and discuss technical concepts, manage tradeoffs and evaluate opportunistic new ideas with internal and external partners
·  Demonstrated ability to work with cross-functional teams to deliver products/services
·  Familiarity with the SDLC and agile development

EDUCATION

MBA or Master’s Degree in public health, epidemiology, health economics, biostatistics, or a relevant life-sciences discipline

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS

The ideal candidate will have the following characteristics/traits:

·  Ability to work across multiple geographies, global outlook
·  A strong achievement orientation and a demonstrable entrepreneurial spirit
·  A positive, results oriented style, evidenced by listening, motivating, delegating, influencing, and monitoring the work being done
·  Ability to establish immediate credibility among his/her peers, a professional who is respected for his/her intelligence and solution expertise