Senior Product Manager - R&D

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

At Elanco, we empower our product teams to solve complex challenges. Both customer and business related, with solutions that drive impact. As a Senior Product Manager at Elanco, you will play a pivotal role in discovering and delivering digital solutions within a complex product area. Ensuring they are valuable, viable and delivering meaningful outcomes that are aligned with corporate strategy and goals.

This Senior Product Manager role will be a critical member of the Drug Discovery product team, with an initial focus on in silico structure prediction. You will lead discovery and execution of solutions that advance the way we use technology (AI, ML, Automation, HPC) across research & development. Partnering with internal research and development teams, you will lead initiatives that increase the speed at which we conduct early-stage research that enables us to discover new medicines for animals.

Longer term, you’ll have opportunities to broaden your impact by transitioning into other product areas as priorities evolve, aligning your career with emerging opportunities across Elanco's product landscape.

Your Responsibilities

Competencies

• Guide teams through lean process facilitation and data-driven improvements.

• Mentor product managers, fostering strategic growth and collaborative environments.

• Drive complex projects, maintaining strategic agility and delivering coordinated ideas effectively.

• Lead probing customer engagement, ensuring alignment and strategic adaptation in product designs.

• Utilize product knowledge expansively to nurture product vision and roadmap execution.

Problem Solving

• Navigate and resolve ambiguity and complex challenges effectively.

• Apply strategic insights to deliver comprehensive solutions and drive continuous improvement.

• Maintain clear team contribution to problem understanding, offering focused and actionable insights.

Communication

• Expand strategic stakeholder relationships through clear and persuasive communications.

• Foster open dialogue that reinforces collaborative understanding and trust.

• Pioneer engagement approaches that build consensus across and outside organizational levels.

Independence

• Contribute substantially to the development and execution of strategic business goals and ensure alignment with functional strategies.

• Lead budgets and prioritize business direction, ensuring alignment and strategic coherence.

Leadership

• Actively explore deeper knowledge in areas of product expertise to guide team success.

• Facilitate crisis management situations, leading teams effectively to resolution.

• Champion initiatives that act as catalysts for positive change across functional areas.

• Act as a thought-leader, influencing strategic product offerings and decisions within Elanco.

What you need to Succeed (minimum qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g. Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Business).

• 7+ years in in a dedicated IT Product Management role, with a strong focus on software products.

• 5+ years working in healthcare/life sciences industry

What will give you a Competitive Edge (preferred qualifications)

• Experience in research and development environments, with a focus on computational drug discovery

• Experience or education in protein structure prediction

• Solid understanding of artificial intelligence and machine learning concepts

• Experience with technologies such as (or similar to) AlphaFold, Protein LLMs, HPC, Benchling, Schrödinger, Boltz & Databricks.

• Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environment.

• Experience building technology solutions for research & development teams.

• Experience managing products and stakeholders in a global organization.

Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status