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Elsevier is hiring a Sr Product Manager II to lead product domain strategy and manage multiple product features within a complex platform. The role involves building deep customer relationships, defining the product vision and roadmap for API services, coordinating with engineering teams, and mentoring junior product managers.

Highlights

Own and lead strategy for complex platform API products, especially in healthcare integration.
Develop deep relationships with customers and partners to understand workflows and market needs.
Define product vision and 12–24 month roadmap; lead all lifecycle phases from concept to delivery.
Work with Agile engineering teams to build, iterate, and scale API products.
Set product KPIs; use data and insights to prioritize and make product decisions.
Collaborate with marketing, sales, and customer success on product launch plans and enablement.
Partner with architects and developers on technical feasibility and extensible API design.
Mentor junior PMs and participate in hiring and onboarding efforts.
Requires 8–10 years product management experience including 3+ years in B2B API/platform products; healthcare or SaaS experience preferred.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical field; strong leadership, communication, and data literacy skills essential.

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About the Team:

Platform Solutions powers the infrastructure, integrations and seamless experiences across our portfolio of products. From enabling scalable AI capabilities to streamlining APIs and third-party integrations, our platform supports a wide array of customer-facing solutions. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of platform services, developing innovative solutions that will accelerate growth and enhance product offerings. You will be joining a dynamic and forward-thinking team committed to delivering exceptional value, driving innovation and fostering a culture of excellence.

The Senior Product Manager II will own a product or multiple product features within a complex product, as well as lead product domain strategy and program execution. He/she will represent product domain(s) to peers, managers and executives across the company and to external audiences and will be seen as a central point for customer understanding. He/she will work closely with the delivery team in prioritizing new features and responding to customer issues/feedback. This individual will actively mentor and informally lead cross-functional team members and interview and recruit new PM candidates.

Key Responsibilities:

Customer & Market Focus:

Build deep relationships with external customers and partners to understand real-world workflows.
Lead discovery efforts to gather detailed API use cases across multiple healthcare environments.
Segment market needs and ensures product capabilities meet integration expectations with EHRs and digital health platforms.

Product Strategy & Execution:

Define and communicate a clear product vision and 12–24 month roadmap for API services.
Lead all phases of the product lifecycle, from concept and requirements to delivery and sunset.
Coordinate with engineering teams using Agile methodologies to build and iterate API products.

Data-Driven Decisions:

Set product KPIs and success metrics to evaluate adoption, performance, and usability of API features.
Use data and qualitative insights to guide trade-offs and prioritize backlog items effectively.

Go-to-Market Readiness:

Collaborate with marketing, sales, and customer success to develop launch plans, positioning, and messaging.
Prepare training and collateral to enable internal and external adoption of new APIs.
Provide input into pricing, licensing, and bundling strategies, when applicable.

Technical & Platform Collaboration:

Partner with architects and developers to align product direction with technical feasibility and scalability.
Understand high-level architecture and help design extensible API interfaces and documentation standards.

Team Leadership & Mentoring:

Serve as a product leader, mentoring junior PMs and influencing team culture and decision-making.
Participate in hiring and onboarding efforts across the product organization.

Experience:

8–10 years of product management experience, with at least 3+ years in B2B API or platform products.
Demonstrated success launching and scaling API products in a healthcare, SaaS, or regulated environment.
Strong track record of cross-functional leadership across engineering, UX, marketing, and sales.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related technical field
Strategic thinker with hands-on execution capability.
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
Data-literate and able to influence decisions with KPIs and insights.
Deep understanding of customer-centric design and agile product development.

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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