Product Manager – Regulated Digital Platform, Life Sciences
Ecolab
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Naperville • Illinois • Minnesota • United States
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Salary
💰 $153,900 - $230,800 per year
About the role
- Own and manage the product roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and technical feasibility.
- Translate business needs, user feedback, and operational insights into clear, actionable product requirements and user stories.
- Serve as the primary liaison between internal stakeholders and external development partners, ensuring clarity of scope, priorities, and timelines.
- Lead scope definition and trade-off decisions, balancing speed, quality, compliance, and business value.
- Coordinate and facilitate cross-functional collaboration across engineering, quality, compliance, and operations teams.
- Ensure that product features and workflows are designed with regulatory compliance (e.g., GxP, FDA 21 CFR Part 11) in mind from the outset.
- Participate in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and product reviews with external development teams.
- Track and communicate progress, risks, and decisions to executive stakeholders.
- Support validation planning and documentation efforts in collaboration with quality and compliance leads.
- Champion a user-centered approach to product development, ensuring that the platform meets the needs of its intended users in regulated environments.
Requirements
- 8 years of experience in product management or product leadership roles, with a focus on digital platforms or enterprise software.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Engineering, Life Sciences, Computer Science, or Business).
- Experience working in or with regulated industries, ideally pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical devices.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional product development efforts involving external partners or distributed teams.
- Strong understanding of software development processes (Agile, Scrum) and experience working closely with engineering teams.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate between business, technical, and compliance domains.
- Demonstrated ability to make informed trade-off decisions and manage competing priorities.
Benefits
- Comprehensive and market-competitive benefits to meet the needs of associates and their families.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
product managementproduct roadmapuser storiessprint planningbacklog groomingregulatory compliancevalidation planningsoftware development processesAgileScrum
Soft Skills
communicationstakeholder managementcross-functional collaborationtrade-off decision makinguser-centered approach