Product Manager - DPEx

Job Description

Role: Product Manager Department: DPEx Role Band: S - equivalent to Indigo Location: Miyapur, Hyderabad No. of Positions: - 01 Context: APSL has embarked on an organization wide initiative of Business Transformation Process Excellence leveraging Digital, Analytics Automation. The DPEx team plays a key role in understanding business processes, suggesting solutions and planning executing these solutions to create direct impact on business KPIs. The Product Manager is expected to lead many such initiatives within the organization. The product manager should understand the business requirements, map processes, translate business process requirements into business requirement specifications and drive business excellence initiatives. He/she should work collaboratively with cross functional teams (CFTs), own/co-own drive internal projects products. What makes this assignment interesting Broader understanding of APSL business context and scenarios Opportunity to own create new business platforms and drive impact on PL Insight into the Business workings process related to RnD labs (PRD, ARD, FRD, Process Engineering, Drug Discovery labs (MedChem, DMPK, Animal Toxicology, Cellular Molecular Biology, etc.)) Value chain analysis and understanding of latest trends in business applications. Key Responsibilities: Lead Digital initiatives end-to-end from ideation to execution and adoption Responsibility to own the business metrics and its delivery through direct and vendor-led work around internal products Develop clear roadmap strategy to improve business KPIs and user experience Participate in business user requirements and understand the key operational data challenges of the organization. Prepare business processes documents, URS and recommendations related to proposed solution. Adoption tracking and reporting to senior management. Develops functional specifications and system design specifications for client engagements. Oversee development of solution prototype. Ensures issues are identified, tracked, reported on and resolved in a pro-active manner. Communicates needed changes to development team. Technical Requirements: Must have good technology inclination, exposure to business applications like ELN, Empower, etc. Must have hands-on experience in Designing, solutioning executing Digitization projects/products, process improvement projects Should have played a BA+ Product Manager role for at least 3-5 years Good understanding of business processes in at least one of the functions like Pharma RD , Lab Automation, Drug discovery development. Exhibits confidence and an extensive knowledge of emerging industry practices when solving business problems. Knowledge in Product management background and familiar with PMI project methodologies and SDLC. Must have hands-on experience in process mapping, creating URS specification documents project management. Education Experience: BTech + MBA would be preferred. Prefer minimum 3-5 years of experience in Product Management of business applications around Pharma RD Services, CDMO, Discovery or in a consulting firm.