Product Manager (CancerTools)

Location

Stratford, Greater London | United Kingdom

Job description

Collaborative concepting. Shared expertise. Leading-edge learnings.

Product Manager - CancerTools.org

Location : Stratford, London (highly flexible - we would expect you to be in the office 1-2 days per month).

Salary: £46,000 - £51,000 pa depending on experience + benefits

Contract Type / Hours : Permanent / Full time 35 hours per week - We're open to a variety of ways of working, including full time, part time, job share and compressed hours.

Application Deadline: Monday 11th March at 23.55 . This vacancy may close earlier if a high volume of applications are received or once a suitable candidate is found, so please do not delay submitting your application to avoid any disappointment.

At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer

We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That's why we we're looking for someone talented, someone innovative and ambitious, someone like you.

About the team

CancerTools.org, the research tools arm of CRUK, is a non-profit, global community of cancer researchers, academic institutes, and professional societies, with a shared mission to accelerate cancer research. With a history of more than 40 years of managing and providing reagents to both academic and for-profit laboratories around the world, CancerTools.org has been steadfast in its mission of accelerating cancer research by making research tools widely and easily available.

What will I be doing?

The Product Manager contributes towards realising the goal of CancerTools to help scientists accelerate cancer research and advance science by representing the voice of customer and providing market-driven insights at all stages of the product life cycle. The Product Manager combines a data-driven approach with industry best practices and subject matter expertise to develop and implement effective product management strategies that support commercialisation, promotion, and maintenance of the product portfolio. The role involves a high degree of collaboration across teams and business units together with customers globally.

The key duties include:

Product Strategy:

• Manage the product life cycle and deliver a product strategy using product management initiatives that leverage new market opportunities to accomplish business objectives for the assigned portfolio.
• Develop and maintain a Key Opinion Leader (KOL) network in academic PIs and industry leaders to initiate new collaborations, collect voice of customer and assess new markets
• Track the commercial performance of the product portfolio including mouse models, PDXs, organoids, etc and their respective markets including competitive landscape, and regularly present market and financial summaries to the team
• Collaborate with business development team to conduct opportunity analysis and strategic planning for in-licensing of intellectual property based on market requirements

Marketing Support:

• Work in conjunction with digital marketing team to develop and support the global marketing strategy and annual plan based on product and market insights including campaign planning and evaluation, collateral review, and product launches.
• Develop and review website, email, and social media content together with product information, manuals, labels and packaging to enhance overall user experience
• Lead the technical support program for the portfolio
• Support sales and business development teams as the subject matter expert for the portfolio by delivering sales support tools and product training
• Identify and attend global conferences and work with the event management team to successfully execute marketing tactics to achieve strategic portfolio objectives

What skills are we looking for?

We're looking for an organised, engaging communicator with experience working within cancer research.

You will bring to the role:

• PhD in cancer or cell biology or a related biological science field OR Experience in product management, marketing, sales, or business development
• Practical knowledge or laboratory experience with consumables such as antibodies used in academic or commercial research environments
• Digital Marketing experience with a good knowledge of social media and CRM tools would be an advantage.
• Strong organisational, analytical, data interpretation and project management skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with experience in developing strong relationships with key stakeholders
• Good understanding of product positioning based on value proposition and voice of customer

What will I gain?

Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that's impressive.

In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well.

Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.

We review pay annually and aim to recognise individual performance and achievements.

We don't forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.

Our work - from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy - will change the world. It's exciting to be part of our team.

How do I apply?

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly and objectively.

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£46k - £51k per annum