Product Portfolio Manager

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JOB TITLE: Product Portfolio Manager (m/f/d), Pharma/Biotech

IDEX Corporation (NYSE: IEX), based in Northbrook, IL (suburb of Chicago), is a leading global manufacturer of diversified products in industries ranging across health, science, safety, fire, and fluidics. We’re a global provider of applied solutions serving a variety of markets. These include life science and medical technologies, process industry and infrastructure related applications, industrial/municipal fire, and rescue - to name just a few.
IDEX Material Processing Technologies platform is a global $130M business with sites in the US, Canada, the UK, and shared facilities in India and China, producing equipment primarily used in pharma, food and vaccine production.

The Product Portfolio Manager (m/f/d) , Pharma/Biotech role resides in the Product Management area within Material Processing Technologies reporting to the Director Product Management and Marketing.
The aim of product portfolio management is to coordinate and manage resources and information using business effective processes and practices in support of current and planned portfolio and product lifecycles. Central to this is the continual assessment of the current portfolio and the evidence driving development of new and relevant product solutions (hardware, software, consumables and support) that have value to both customers and company.
This global position works across the multiple brands and functions within Material Processing Technologies. Taking responsibility for the current and future product pipeline within the pharma/biotech customer vertical the role it centers around understanding of customer needs and our ability to fulfil them with current and future products, management of the relevant product portfolio strategy from concept to sunset.
This cross functional role will include strategy development, product roadmap design, product development process management, pricing, and upstream marketing value proposition and messaging as well as solid development of voice of customer process and practice.
Provide product portfolio management and leadership, from concept, to commercialization, to obsolescence.
Evaluate messaging and develop value based propositions with supporting materials working with marketing.
Support current GDPs and 80’s focused sales activities within the pharma/biotech vertical.
Ensure pricing framework enables field sales success by determining optimal prices, providing appropriate level of pricing/discounting, responding to competitive opportunities, and meeting profitability objectives.
Champion an “8020” culture to drive alignment across functions and disciplines in support of the customer.
Excellent cross functional communication skills
Stakeholder management
Data analysis and ability to convey meaning simply
Can create information and guidance on products and positioning to train and support commercial and marketing teams


A Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering, molecular biology, chemistry, or related discipline.
A minimum of 6+ years of experience in product management of equipment supplied to the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry.
Experience in working successfully in a matrixed global organizational structure and across functions.
Up to 30% travel, domestic and international, required


Are you ready to join a different kind of company where our people, our culture, and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world?

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