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Elsevier is hiring a Principal Product Manager I to lead and enhance the AI-powered search experience within ClinicalKey and the Clinical Solutions portfolio. The role involves developing and executing the search strategy, managing cross-functional teams, and leveraging AI/ML technologies to improve search quality, personalization, and integration for global clinical users.

Highlights

Lead AI search strategy and roadmap for Clinical Solutions' products, including ClinicalKey.
Understand clinician workflows and represent customer voice through research and analytics.
Drive cross-organizational collaboration with engineering, UX, clinical experts, and data science teams.
Manage KPIs on search engagement, usability, and satisfaction, implementing data-driven experiments.
Collaborate with commercial teams to support product positioning, packaging, and pricing for retention and upsell.
Utilize advanced AI/ML technologies such as vector search, semantic ranking, and NLP to innovate search solutions.
Require 10+ years of product management experience with proven success in search, AI/ML, or digital health.
Master's degree in a technical field preferred; strong stakeholder management and communication skills necessary.
Focus on reducing cognitive and workflow friction for clinicians with empathy.
Provides benefits including medical and life insurance, various leave options, flexible benefits, and wellness initiatives.

Principal Product Mgr I Full Description

Principal Product Mgr I

Pennsylvania

London

New York

Full time

Principal Product Manager – Search Platform, Clinical Solutions

We are seeking a strategic and execution-focused Principal Product Manager to lead the AI Search experience across ClinicalKey and the broader Clinical Solutions portfolio. You will drive the search strategy, roadmap, and cross-platform delivery, accelerating our transformation toward a role-personalized, AI-powered clinical ecosystem. Your impact will span search quality, relevance, personalization, and workflow integration across a global clinical user base.

Key Responsibilities

Customer Focus

Deeply understand clinician workflows, pain points, and search behaviors across care settings.
Represent the voice of the customer—leveraging interviews, analytics, and advisory feedback—to shape product decisions.

Strategy & Roadmap

Set and evolve the multi-year search strategy in line with Clinical Solutions’ platform vision and enterprise search goals.
Shape and deliver roadmap initiatives like vector search, semantic ranking, multimodal input, and personalized search.

Cross-functional Leadership

Lead cross-org execution with engineering, UX, clinical SMEs, data science, and platform teams.
Drive prioritization and resource allocation across multiple workstreams, balancing short-term needs with long-term innovation.

Data-Driven Decision Making

Own KPIs for search engagement, usability, findability, and satisfaction; define and run structured experiments and OKRs.
Surface and prioritize high-value improvements using telemetry, qualitative insights, and market research.

Commercial Acumen

Collaborate with go-to-market, sales, and customer success teams to position search as a differentiator.
Support commercial packaging and pricing decisions that drive customer retention and upsell opportunities.

Innovation & Technical Acumen

Translate AI/ML advances (e.g., large language models, contextual embeddings) into clinician-ready solutions.
Serve as a thought leader on search architecture and search UX within the broader ClinicalKey ecosystem.

Qualifications

10+ years in product management, including demonstrated leadership in search, AI/ML, or digital health.
Proven success launching and scaling search or discovery products that deliver measurable customer impact.
Strong understanding of AI-powered search technologies (e.g., vector search, semantic ranking, NLP).
Exceptional stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
Empathy for clinicians and a relentless focus on reducing cognitive and workflow friction.
Master’s degree in a technical field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering) preferred.

Work in a way that works for you:

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working for you:

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
Medical and Life Insurance: Coverage for Medical and life risk.

Long-Service Award: Recognition for loyalty and dedication.
Marriage and New Baby Gifts: Celebratory tokens for special life events.
Festivals and Birthday Gifts: Spreading joy on occasions that matter.
Annual Medical Check-up: Prioritizing employee well-being through regular health check-ups.
Flexible Benefits via CIIC Platform: Personalized benefits accessible through a user-friendly platform.
Paid Time Off: Annual Leave, Flex Family Care Leave, Birthday Leave, Marriage Leave, Compassionate Leave, Medical and Hospitalization Leave, Examination Leave Gazetted Public Holiday
Family Care leave (Maternity/Paternity Leave and Adoption Leave)

About the business:

A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world's grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.

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