The Senior Product Manager is a management role within the clinical and product innovation arm of the Steele Institute for Health Innovation. This position is responsible for the day to day management of products including prototype development, regulatory and compliance submissions, project planning, team management, project tracking, financial oversight, product testing and implementation. Assists with creation of final reports and publication. This position is also responsible for assisting the Product Innovation leadership in proposal development and financial planning. The Senior Product Manager is expected to operate nearly independently, handling all facets of each project without direct supervision.
This position is also responsible for direct personnel management.
COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:
Requires direct supervision and support, 10% (or less) time and effort across all products/projects, by product management leadership to successfully develop and implement products.
Demonstrates proficiency in the managing of products and product staff.
Demonstrates ability to influence colleagues to meet demanding product timelines.
Demonstrates the ability to facilitate the design thinking process.
Demonstrates product/project management skills.
Demonstrates ability to coordinate and be accountable for multiple tasks.
Demonstrates competence in written, oral and electronic communication skills (interpersonal communication and technological effectiveness competencies).
Demonstrates ability to work independently as well as with multidisciplinary teams.
Demonstrates critical thinking skills.
Demonstrates excellent documentation and communication skills.
Demonstrates the ability to lead others, assign workload, organize projects, prioritize the work of others, and resolve problems that arise.
Demonstrates understanding of product life cycle.
Demonstrates the ability to prepare product/project plans, estimate cost and time appropriately and assist with budgets and planning.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Public Health, or similar field required. Minimum of 5 years of product/project management and/or product development experience in a healthcare research/innovation related environment required.
Experience in direct personnel management is preferred.
Healthcare experience in a large organization required.
WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Work is typically performed in an office environment.
The specific statements shown in each section of this description are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.
OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER: (GMC), located Danville, Pa., the largest tertiary/quaternary care teaching hospital in the region, is licensed for 475 beds, including 89 pediatric beds in the Janet Weis Children’s Hospital. GMC, a Magnet Hospital, maintains the region’s only Level 1 Regional Resource Trauma Center with additional qualifications in pediatrics. GMC offers an array of highly specialized medical and surgical services, including neurosciences, cardiovascular services, transplantation, women’s health (in the Women’s Pavilion), oncology and orthopaedics. The Hospital for Advanced Medicine serves as an integrated center for the most critical patients. Outpatient services are available on and off campus.
ABOUT GEISINGER: Geisinger is a physician-led health system comprised of approximately 30,000 employees, including nearly 1,600 employed physicians, 13 hospital campuses, two research centers, and a 583,000-member health plan Geisinger is nationally recognized for innovative practices and quality care. Geisinger serves more than 3 million people in central, south-central and northeast Pennsylvania and also in southern New Jersey with the addition of National Malcolm Baldridge Award recipient AtlantiCare, A member of Geisinger. In 2017, the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine became the newest member of the Geisinger Family.
We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. * Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. For more information, visit www.geisinger.org, or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
** Does not qualify for J-1 waiver. We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status.
*Domestic partner benefits not applicable at Geisinger Holy Spirit.
At Geisinger, our innovative ideas are inspired by the communities we serve – like our Fresh Food
Farmacy, a program that delivers life-saving healthy alternatives to patients with diabetes. With additional tools like our MyCode Community Health Initiative, one of the first health system genome sequencing
programs, and our new asthma app suite that we developed in partnership with AstraZeneca, it’s no wonder we’re ranked one of the Top 5 Most Innovative Healthcare Systems by Becker's Hospital Review. We continually work towards continuous improvement in a culture where everyone has a voice and firmly believe that better begins with all of us.
Founded more than 100 years ago, Geisinger serves more than three million residents throughout central, south-central and northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey. Our physician-led system is comprised of 30,000 employees, including 1,600 employed physicians, and consists of 13 hospital campuses, the Geisinger Health Plan, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine and two research centers.
What you do at Geisinger shapes the future of health and improves lives – for our patients, communities, and you.
