Product Manager

Summary

VMRD, Inc. researches, develops, and manufactures veterinary diagnostic test kits and related reagents for global distribution. The Product Manager manages the commercialization, marketing, sales strategy, and lifecycle of veterinary diagnostics across domestic and international markets, including product launches, market evaluation, stakeholder insights, training, and product registrations.

Responsibilities

• Manages an assigned subset of company portfolio products and their product lifecycle
• Meets with clients to build and maintain professional relationships
• Provides data-based insights and informs stakeholders of key business decisions
• Develops product strategy, including marketing opportunities, positioning, training content and messaging
• Creates marketing/sales plans to drive product adoption in target markets
• Executes new product launch sales activities
• Performs post launch and in-market evaluation; reports monthly metrics and provides data analytics
• Delivers technical training to partners or distributors while supporting these relationships with information, education, and troubleshooting; Provides customer training for relevant products
• Represents VMRD Inc. at seminars, business meetings and conferences to enhance company image and advance product acceptance
• Leads relevant new product processes; works across departments to develop, test, launch, and evaluate in market; collaborates with scientists for product improvement and troubleshooting
• Assesses new products for domestic and international markets; identifies opportunities for growth
• Identifies, develops, and nurtures vendor partner relationships when required
• Coordinates international product registrations of assigned products
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

• Excellent organizational, marketing, and scientific skills
• Treats others with mutual respect and regard; Collaborates well with others in the organization
• Completes work with accuracy, thoroughness, and attention to detail
• Exhibits constancy and reliability. Produces dependable work results
• Excellent oral and written communication; comfortable with public speaking and MS software
• Bachelor's degree in biological sciences or business-related field
• 2+ years in laboratory diagnostics or related field
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Travel 25% nationally and internationally
• Experience in biologics industry, veterinary preferred, diagnostics preferred; Equine related experience a plus
• Demonstrated competence in problem solving, analytics and project management
• Aptitude in building relationships

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Excellent organizational, marketing, and scientific skills
• Treats others with mutual respect and regard; Collaborates well with others in the organization
• Completes work with accuracy, thoroughness, and attention to detail
• Exhibits constancy and reliability. Produces dependable work results
• Excellent oral and written communication; comfortable with public speaking and MS software
• Bachelor's degree in biological sciences or business-related field
• 2+ years in laboratory diagnostics or related field
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Travel 25% nationally and internationally

Nice to Haves

• Experience in biologics industry, veterinary preferred, diagnostics preferred; Equine related experience a plus
• Demonstrated competence in problem solving, analytics and project management
• Aptitude in building relationships

Benefits

• Paid Vacation: Starting at 12 days accrued/year based on length of service
• Paid Holidays: 8 regular holidays
• Paid Sick Leave
• Health insurance: Medical, Dental, Rx & Vision
• HealthiestYou Teladoc with access to free medical and mental health services
• Health Savings Account with employer contributions
• 401k: A 100% match of employee contribution up to 6% of salary
• Paid Life Insurance Policy, AD&D and LTD