Specialty Product Manager

Role Description

Accountable for assigned products, owning the product roadmap, vision, and strategy from cradle to grave, including budget guidance.

• Bring strong project leadership capabilities to coordinate cross-functional work, maintain momentum, and drive execution of roadmap priorities.
• Incorporate inputs from subject matter experts (SMEs) on a Cross Functional Product Team (CFPT) to define problem statements and prioritize product backlog.
• Lead the CFPT and sub-teams in product break-fix needs, constant maintenance, performance improvements, and delivering enhancements and innovations that create long-term customer value.
• Able to influence colleagues, stakeholders, and key executives through the use of data and logic.
• Attune to customer needs in veterinary medicine and their experience using our diagnostic products to be better positioned to delight our customers and improve animal health with product features.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in Product Management, product development role, or equivalent industry experience.
• Demonstrated ability to learn multiple functional areas of business – engineering, design, finance, sales, or marketing.
• Proven ability to engage with SMEs and company leaders in a constructive and collaborative relationship.
• BA/BS degree in a scientific discipline or business.
• MBA, DVM, PhD or other advanced degree preferred, but not required.

Requirements

• Conduct continuous product discovery, which is a sustained practice of experimentation and customer conversations to inform product development decisions.
• Align with Commercial teams on product financial and strategic goals.
• Know the product users, product operations, and connect the two into clear product requirements.
• Monitor product performance and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Provide ROI assessments for projects and understand when to make tradeoffs in investing between projects and features.
• Deliver on open items in product backlogs with a planned release schedule.
• Guide empowerment of CFPTs to make key decisions.
• Assign team-level Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).
• Work effectively with other functions within Zoetis, including team building, facilitation, giving and receiving feedback, and promoting psychological safety.
• Clearly communicate priorities, decisions, and next steps to keep projects moving forward.
• Hold teams accountable to results and not be afraid to sign up for these results.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package that supports the physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing of our colleagues and their families.
• Healthcare and insurance benefits beginning on day one.
• 401K plan with a match and profit-sharing contribution from Zoetis.
• 4 weeks of vacation.