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Senior Technical Product Manager - R&D Platforms

Spain, Poland, Canada

About Xebia
With over 20 years of experience, our global network of passionate technologists and pioneering craftsmen
deliver cutting-edge technology and game-changing consulting to companies on the brink of transformation.
Since 2001, we have grown from a Java company into a full-service digital consulting company with 5,500+
professionals working on a worldwide ambition.

We are organized in complementary service lines – teams with tremendous knowledge and experience within
particular fields, such as Agile, DevOps, Data and AI, Cloud, Software Technology, Functional Programming,
Intelligent Automation, and Microsoft.

We help the world's top 250+ companies and category leaders overcome digital challenges, embrace innovation,
adopt new technology, and implement new business models. In addition to high-quality consulting, we also
provide offshoring and nearshoring services.

For more details, please visit www.xebia.com

Position Overview
Location: Remote, UK/CAN/Central Europe/Poland preferred
Time Zone Availability: Must be available for UK/US East Coast business hours
Experience: 8+ Years of Product Management Experience


We are seeking a Senior Technical Product Manager to join our life sciences R&D product team supporting a
leading pharmaceutical company's digital transformation initiatives. This role requires deep technical expertise
combined with strategic product thinking to manage complex platform products that serve researchers,
scientists, and data engineers across chemistry, biology, and computational science domains.


As a Senior Technical Product Manager, you will own large strategic products OR manage portfolios of 5-10
established applications, driving continuous discovery, innovation, and business value delivery. You'll work in a
hybrid delivery model aligned to the client's Product Development Lifecycle (PDLC), combining waterfall-style
governance with agile execution.

This is a partnership-driven role requiring close collaboration with client Program Managers, engineering
teams, business stakeholders, and multi-vendor partners to deliver R&D acceleration—not just sustainment.

What You'll Do

Strategic Product Leadership

  • Own end-to-end product strategy, roadmap definition, and business value validation for assigned R&D
    platform products
  • Drive continuous discovery and innovation focused on new product development and R&D acceleration
  • Lead product through all four PDLC governance checkpoints: Strategy Alignment → Requirements Validation → Architecture/Design Review → Launch
  • Manage large strategic initiatives OR portfolios of 5-10 established applications (including modernization, rationalization, or sunsetting)
  • Conduct continuous validation of business value through metrics, user feedback, and experimentation

Product Requirements & Delivery

  • Translate complex, ambiguous scientific and technical requirements into clear Product Development Plans (PDPs)
  • Create comprehensive user stories with clear acceptance criteria and robust requirements traceability
  • Manage backlog prioritization using Jira, Confluence, and Jira Product Discovery
  • Partner with Project Managers on scope trade-offs, resource allocation, and dependency management
  • Drive UAT, release decisions, and launch readiness across technical and business stakeholders

Stakeholder Management & Discovery

Serve as primary point of contact for business stakeholders and R&D end-users

Map stakeholder landscapes (influence, needs, communication frequency) and develop tailored engagement strategies

Conduct user interviews, discovery sessions, and continuous feedback loops with researchers and scientists

Facilitate requirements validation workshops and design reviews

Present executive-ready materials to business leadership and governance forums

Technical Platform Expertise

  • Deep understanding of APIs, data flows, cloud platforms (GCP required), and R&D systems architecture
  • Work closely with engineering, infrastructure, and data platform teams on technical feasibility and design
  • Monitor support channels, triage technical requests, and align them with product strategy
  • Understand GCP services (BigQuery, Workflows, Vertex AI, Cloud Run, GCS) and integration patterns
  • Navigate complex data ecosystems, authentication systems (SSO, LDAP), and compliance requirements

AI-Native Product Management

  • Leverage Gemini Pro and Atlassian AI for intelligent prioritization, velocity forecasting, and automated insights
  • Apply NLP-based sentiment analysis and predictive analytics to inform backlog prioritization
  • Co-develop AI use cases with client teams (target: 2-3 production AI use cases per quarter)
  • Drive GenAI-powered documentation generation and requirements automation

Governance & Reporting

  • Participate actively in bi-weekly sprint planning, retrospectives, and delivery reviews
  • Attend monthly Product Strategy Reviews with business stakeholders and Product Owners
  • Contribute to quarterly 360° performance reviews and monthly portfolio health reporting
  • Maintain comprehensive Confluence documentation and knowledge management practices

Requirements

Essential Qualifications

Core Product Management Skills

  • 8+ years of product management experience, preferably in technical or platform products
  • Strong business use case analysis and user interview capabilities
  • Proven stakeholder mapping, management, and conflict resolution abilities
  • Excellent requirements documentation and PRD writing skills
  • Deep understanding of agile development methodologies and hybrid delivery models
  • Expert user of Jira and Confluence for backlog management and documentation

Technical Expertise

  • Strong technical background with hands-on software engineering or technical architecture experience
  • Deep understanding of cloud platforms, with GCP experience required
  • Experience building or managing developer platforms, APIs, data pipelines, and infrastructure tooling
  • Ability to read technical documentation, understand data flows, and speak fluently with engineers and data scientists
  • Working knowledge of modern data engineering stack and databases (SQL, NoSQL)
  • Familiarity with MLOps practices and AI/ML platform requirements

Life Sciences Domain Knowledge

  • Experience in pharmaceutical or regulated industry environments (GxP, 21 CFR Part 11)
  • Understanding of scientific research workflows and R&D systems
  • Ability to bridge the gap between scientific users (chemists, biologists, computational scientists) and engineering teams
  • Familiarity with scientific computing applications and high-performance computing (HPC) environments

Recommended Qualifications

Advanced Technical Skills

  • Experience with high-performance computing (HPC) environments and HPC-to-cloud migrations
  • Knowledge of GCP's HPC-specific offerings and configurations
  • Understanding of authentication systems (SSO, LDAP) and zero-downtime deployment strategies
  • Familiarity with data movement challenges specific to large scientific datasets
  • Certification in relevant cloud technologies (GCP Professional Cloud Architect, etc.)

Strategic & Innovation Skills

  • Strong strategic vision for product direction and long-term roadmaps
  • Experience as a product evangelist with ability to drive adoption and change management
  • Track record of portfolio rationalization, modernization, and technical debt reduction
  • Capability in cost optimization: license utilization, cloud spend efficiency, ROI analysis
  • Background in AI/GenAI applications for scientific workflows

Industry & Domain Expertise

  • Background in managing external vendor relationships and integration points
  • Experience with multi-vendor coordination and dependency management
  • Understanding of security and compliance requirements in enterprise pharmaceutical environments
  • Knowledge of scientific data provenance, reproducibility, and regulatory requirements
  • Familiarity with life sciences software vendors (Schrödinger, Benchling, etc.)

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

You will be evaluated quarterly through 360° reviews and objective business metrics:

360° Review Criteria

  • User/Stakeholder Management: Proactive engagement, conflict resolution, strategic alignment
  • Requirements Creation & Completeness: Clear, testable user stories; robust Product Development Plans
  • Understanding of Assigned Products: Deep domain knowledge; strategic roadmap ownership
  • Jira Maintenance/Upkeep: Backlog hygiene, documentation quality, requirement traceability

Objective Business Metrics

  • Cycle time reduction for research workflows and product delivery
  • User satisfaction (NPS) and adoption rate improvements for managed applications
  • Cost optimization: Portfolio rationalization savings, license utilization, cloud spend efficiency
  • Innovation velocity: AI/automation use cases co-developed per quarter

Why Join Us

  • Mission-Critical Impact: Enable cutting-edge R&D and scientific discovery at a leading pharmaceutical company
  • Strategic Partnership: Work as embedded partner with client leadership, not just a vendor
  • Technical Excellence: Collaborate with top engineers, computational scientists, and product leaders across R&D initiatives
  • Innovation Focus: Drive both immediate delivery and long-term platform transformation
  • AI-First Culture: Leverage cutting-edge AI tools and co-develop AI use cases from day one
  • Global Collaboration: Work with diverse teams across UK, US, Central Europe, and Poland with core hour overlap
  • Career Growth: Recognition through client forums, leadership visibility, and expanded strategic opportunities

Our Commitment

  • Partnership mindset: Deliver excellence first, then drive process improvements after earning trust
  • Product-led culture: Curiosity, proactive communication, and transparent collaboration
  • AI-native workflows: Embedding intelligent automation into PM practices from day one
  • Continuous improvement: Post-delivery innovation in PDLC optimization and efficiency gains

Equal Opportunity Employment

Xebia is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Xebia is committed to providing equal opportunity and reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities. Xebia complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act and all other applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding disability discrimination and accommodation. Interested Candidates may reach out to reasonableaccommodations@xebia.com for any assistance needed.


Please feel free to share your preferred pronouns with us during the application process. All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in North America, and to complete any required employment eligibility forms.

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