You will own and drive distinct projects to innovate alongside our largest and most sophisticated clients. The individual will own the end-to-end process and be responsible for high-quality output on creating and delivering market-leading products and standing up innovative pilots. These product innovation initiatives include growth and retention opportunities and go-to-market efforts for new product launches for strategic clients. In this role, you will work with product team leaders, product directors and managers, sales & account teams, clinical, marketing, finance and other cross-functional stakeholders, with the goal of driving an improved experience for consumers and providers, and bringing value to our clients and the members we serve.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Leverage market research to help define product positioning, strengths, and opportunities with every project you embark on
- Lead product development of new custom product innovation efforts including launching and managing pilots, working across multiple teams, and managing multiple complex workstreams
- Determine the best approach to take innovation initiatives to additional clients as well as through commercialization workplans to prepare them for scaled launches
- Manage and drive the work, including guiding cross-functional teams to execute on tasks and deliverables and partnering with senior leadership as needed
- Immerse in the day-to-day product development, including regular interaction with Innovation Council clients
- Navigate and build relationships across multiple cross-functional teams in a complex, fast-paced, matrix work environment
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
- 2+ years of product management / product development experience and/or project management experience within healthcare industry
- Experience gathering and documenting requirements and user stories to support scoping and building complex products in the PBM industry
- Demonstrated success working in a fast-paced environment with ambiguity to continue moving initiatives forward without a roadmap provided
- Project planning and management experience, including building out workplans for complex initiatives and effectively managing those plans
- Experience leading projects and communicating effectively with cross-functional team members in order to accurately deliver project outcomes
- Intermediate or greater level of proficiency with MS Office applications including PowerPoint presentation skills and Microsoft Teams project planning software utilization
- Experience managing client relationships
- Experience developing and executing go-to-market activities for product launches and innovation initiatives in collaboration with marketing and product owners
