Business Product Manager

at Takeda Pharmaceuticals in Springfield, Illinois, United States

Job Description

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Job Description

Every day, our BioLife Testing Laboratories’ mission is to ensure the highest quality testing standards for the plasma we collect. The plasma our centers collect will become life-changing medicines for patients in need. Here, a commitment to lab testing quality, customer service to our centers and most importantly our commitment to our patients is expected.

BioLife Plasma Services is a subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.

What Takeda can offer you:

Takeda offers a purpose you can believe in, a team you can count on, opportunities for career growth, and a comprehensive benefits program, all in a fast-paced, friendly environment. Every day at BioLife, we feel good knowing that what we do helps improve the lives of patients with rare diseases. While you focus on our donors, we’ll support you.

More about us:

At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to bring Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Business Product Owner to join our team. As a Business Product Owner, you will be responsible for overseeing the development and delivery of products that meet the needs of both our business and our customers. You’ll work closely with the DD&T Product Owner and cross-functional teams, such as product managers, engineers, designers, and stakeholders, to guide the product vision and strategy from inception to release. The ideal candidate will possess a strong business acumen, excellent communication skills, and a passion for delivering innovative solutions.

Responsibilities:

Product Strategy: Define and communicate the product vision, goals, and roadmap aligned with business objectives. Conduct industry research, competitive analysis, and gather customer feedback to inform product decisions.

Requirement Gathering: Collaborate with stakeholders to elicit, prioritize, and document business requirements. Translate business needs into actionable user stories, acceptance criteria, and product backlog items.

Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams including product managers, engineers, designers, and QA to ensure alignment and successful execution of the product roadmap. Foster a collaborative and inclusive environment that encourages innovation and creativity.

Prioritization and Planning: Prioritize features and enhancements based on business value, technical feasibility, and customer impact. Develop and maintain the product backlog, ensuring it is groomed, prioritized, and refined regularly.

Product Delivery: Lead sprint planning, backlog refinement, and sprint review meetings. Work closely with engineering teams to ensure timely delivery of high-quality products that meet business requirements and customer expectations.

Stakeholder Management: Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and the product development team. Provide regular updates on project status, gather feedback, and manage expectations effectively.

Quality Assurance: Collaborate with QA teams to define acceptance criteria and ensure that delivered features meet quality standards and business requirements.

Continuous Improvement: Monitor product performance, gather feedback, and iterate on product features to drive continuous improvement. Stay updated on industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies relevant to the product domain.

Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

Minimum 5 years of Laboratory experience with bachelor’s degree or 10 years of Laboratory experience.

Prior experience as a Business Product Owner or similar role in a software development environment is a plus.

Understanding of Agile methodologies and principles. Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or similar certification is a plus.

Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills. Ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

Solid analytical and problem-solving skills. Ability to translate business requirements into actionable user stories and acceptance criteria.

Experience with product management tools such as JIRA, Trello, or Asana is a plus.

Proven track record of successfully delivering products from concept to launch.

Strong business acumen and ability to understand complex business processes and systems.

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.

Incumbent must have demonstrated excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills.

Attention to detail, good problem solving and analytical skills required.

Customer orientation, teamwork skills and the ability to actively commit to, support and participate in continuous improvement activities are necessary for success in this position.

Travel as needed to support goals as well as ability to work flexible hours to meet training needs.

Familiarity with personal computer and various office computer programs.

Walking, standing, observing others performing work assignments.

Ability to work in an office / production environment.

Occupational exposure to blood borne pathogens.

The physical demands described above are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job

What Takeda can offer you:

Comprehensive Healthcare: Medical, Dental, and Vision

Financial Planning & Stability: 401(k) with company match and Annual Retirement Contribution Plan

Health & Wellness programs including onsite flu shots and health screenings

Generous time off for vacation and the option to purchase additional vacation days

Community Outreach Programs and company match of charitable contributions

Family Planning Support

Flexible Work Paths

Tuition reimbursement

BioLife Compensation and Benefits Summary

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. We are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices.

For Location:

USA – AL – Hoover

U.S. Base Salary Range:

$108,500.00 – $170,500.00

The estimated salary range reflects an anticipated range for this position. The actual base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors, including the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.? The actual base salary offered will be in accordance with state or local minimum wage requirements for the job location.

U.S. based employees may be eligible for short-term and/or long-term incentives. U.S. based employees may be eligible to participa