IDEX Corporation
Product Portfolio Manager, Pharma/Biotech
IDEX Corporation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
JOB TITLE
Product Portfolio Manager, Pharma/Biotech
REPORTING TO Director Product Management and Marketing
LOCATION Remote – East Coast of the United States or Europe
About IDEX Corporation IDEX Corporation (NYSE: IEX) is a leading global manufacturer of diversified products in industries ranging across health, science, safety, fire, and fluidics. The company operates in 24 countries and focuses on delivering excellence through diverse, winning teams. It is a global provider of applied solutions serving a variety of markets, including life science and medical technologies, process industry, industrial/municipal fire, and rescue.
IDEX Material Processing Technologies platform is a global $130M business with sites in the US, Canada, the UK, and shared facilities in India and China, producing equipment primarily used in pharma, food and vaccine production.
SCOPE OF ROLE The Product Portfolio Manager, Pharma/Biotech resides in the Product Management area within Material Processing Technologies, reporting to the Director Product Management and Marketing. The role coordinates and manages resources and information using business effective processes and practices in support of current and planned portfolio and product lifecycles. It assesses the current portfolio and drives development of new and relevant product solutions (hardware, software, consumables, and support) that add value to customers and the company.
This global position works across the multiple brands and functions within Material Processing Technologies and manages the current and future product pipeline within the pharma/biotech customer vertical. It centers on understanding customer needs and fulfills them with current and future products, managing the product portfolio strategy from concept to sunset.
The cross‑functional role includes strategy development, product roadmap design, product development process management, pricing, upstream marketing value proposition and messaging, and strong voice of customer practice.
This role is remote and may be based on the East Coast of the United States or Europe.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Provide product portfolio management and leadership from concept to commercialization to obsolescence.
Develop long‑range product strategies for future positioning, growth, and evolution of the product platform.
Identify, qualify, and define a portfolio of products that exist or are planned and any future development needs to better position our products to the pharmaceutical/biopharma vertical globally.
Analyze and incorporate the impact of pharma/biotech markets, technical trends, customer needs, and competitive offerings into products/product portfolio.
Develop differentiated product roadmaps, rank new product features and functionalities, and recommend investments to drive product growth.
Develop voice of customer research processes to facilitate and validate new product definition performance requirements and tradeoffs, product value proposition, and business case. Propose future product pipeline developments.
Evaluate messaging and develop value‑based propositions with supporting materials working with marketing.
Support current GDPs and 80’s focused sales activities within the pharma/biopharma vertical.
Serve as vertical champion with internal stakeholders, regional teams, and key account team members.
Maintain close interaction with field teams through training and active participation in the sales process.
Ensure pricing framework enables field sales success by determining optimal prices, providing appropriate level of pricing/discounting, responding to competitive opportunities, and meeting profitability objectives.
Develop and deliver product training and positioning suited to the Pharma/Biotech vertical.
Champion an “8020” culture to drive alignment across functions and disciplines in support of the customer.
Manage the business based on customer needs utilizing pertinent metrics to measure business performance.
KEY SKILLS
Customer centricity – actively seeks VOC from a variety of sources to ensure product fit for current and future developments.
Maintain an active relationship with the customer environment through field travel to key accounts and relevant meetings and conferences.
Product/Portfolio/Solution leadership – passionate advocate and clear communicator across stakeholders.
Excellent cross‑functional communication skills.
Ability to engage and influence across the organization.
Problem solver – identify business and product risks and offer mitigation strategies.
Effective collaboration as part of or leading a team.
Business skills – understands key financial metrics and their importance; builds a product roadmap based on sound assessment structure; engages relevant stakeholders to build an effective go‑to‑market strategy and plan; stakeholder management; data analysis and presentation skills; ability to make tough decisions and stand by outcomes.
Relevant product knowledge – technical understanding of core elements of pharmaceutical manufacturing and applications; clear understanding of competitors supplying this space; can create information and guidance on products and positioning to train and support commercial and marketing teams.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
A Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering, molecular biology, chemistry, or related discipline.
Minimum of 6+ years of experience in product management of equipment supplied to the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry.
Experience working successfully in a matrixed global organizational structure and across functions.
Up to 30% travel, domestic and international, required.
DESIRED EXPERIENCE
Master’s degree in Life Science or equivalent.
Commercial sales experience in the sale of equipment to the pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
Are you ready to join a different kind of company where our people, our culture, and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world?
Job Family:
Marketing
Business Unit:
Matcon
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REPORTING TO Director Product Management and Marketing
LOCATION Remote – East Coast of the United States or Europe
About IDEX Corporation IDEX Corporation (NYSE: IEX) is a leading global manufacturer of diversified products in industries ranging across health, science, safety, fire, and fluidics. The company operates in 24 countries and focuses on delivering excellence through diverse, winning teams. It is a global provider of applied solutions serving a variety of markets, including life science and medical technologies, process industry, industrial/municipal fire, and rescue.
IDEX Material Processing Technologies platform is a global $130M business with sites in the US, Canada, the UK, and shared facilities in India and China, producing equipment primarily used in pharma, food and vaccine production.
SCOPE OF ROLE The Product Portfolio Manager, Pharma/Biotech resides in the Product Management area within Material Processing Technologies, reporting to the Director Product Management and Marketing. The role coordinates and manages resources and information using business effective processes and practices in support of current and planned portfolio and product lifecycles. It assesses the current portfolio and drives development of new and relevant product solutions (hardware, software, consumables, and support) that add value to customers and the company.
This global position works across the multiple brands and functions within Material Processing Technologies and manages the current and future product pipeline within the pharma/biotech customer vertical. It centers on understanding customer needs and fulfills them with current and future products, managing the product portfolio strategy from concept to sunset.
The cross‑functional role includes strategy development, product roadmap design, product development process management, pricing, upstream marketing value proposition and messaging, and strong voice of customer practice.
This role is remote and may be based on the East Coast of the United States or Europe.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Provide product portfolio management and leadership from concept to commercialization to obsolescence.
Develop long‑range product strategies for future positioning, growth, and evolution of the product platform.
Identify, qualify, and define a portfolio of products that exist or are planned and any future development needs to better position our products to the pharmaceutical/biopharma vertical globally.
Analyze and incorporate the impact of pharma/biotech markets, technical trends, customer needs, and competitive offerings into products/product portfolio.
Develop differentiated product roadmaps, rank new product features and functionalities, and recommend investments to drive product growth.
Develop voice of customer research processes to facilitate and validate new product definition performance requirements and tradeoffs, product value proposition, and business case. Propose future product pipeline developments.
Evaluate messaging and develop value‑based propositions with supporting materials working with marketing.
Support current GDPs and 80’s focused sales activities within the pharma/biopharma vertical.
Serve as vertical champion with internal stakeholders, regional teams, and key account team members.
Maintain close interaction with field teams through training and active participation in the sales process.
Ensure pricing framework enables field sales success by determining optimal prices, providing appropriate level of pricing/discounting, responding to competitive opportunities, and meeting profitability objectives.
Develop and deliver product training and positioning suited to the Pharma/Biotech vertical.
Champion an “8020” culture to drive alignment across functions and disciplines in support of the customer.
Manage the business based on customer needs utilizing pertinent metrics to measure business performance.
KEY SKILLS
Customer centricity – actively seeks VOC from a variety of sources to ensure product fit for current and future developments.
Maintain an active relationship with the customer environment through field travel to key accounts and relevant meetings and conferences.
Product/Portfolio/Solution leadership – passionate advocate and clear communicator across stakeholders.
Excellent cross‑functional communication skills.
Ability to engage and influence across the organization.
Problem solver – identify business and product risks and offer mitigation strategies.
Effective collaboration as part of or leading a team.
Business skills – understands key financial metrics and their importance; builds a product roadmap based on sound assessment structure; engages relevant stakeholders to build an effective go‑to‑market strategy and plan; stakeholder management; data analysis and presentation skills; ability to make tough decisions and stand by outcomes.
Relevant product knowledge – technical understanding of core elements of pharmaceutical manufacturing and applications; clear understanding of competitors supplying this space; can create information and guidance on products and positioning to train and support commercial and marketing teams.
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
A Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering, molecular biology, chemistry, or related discipline.
Minimum of 6+ years of experience in product management of equipment supplied to the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry.
Experience working successfully in a matrixed global organizational structure and across functions.
Up to 30% travel, domestic and international, required.
DESIRED EXPERIENCE
Master’s degree in Life Science or equivalent.
Commercial sales experience in the sale of equipment to the pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.
Are you ready to join a different kind of company where our people, our culture, and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world?
Job Family:
Marketing
Business Unit:
Matcon
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