This senior Product Manager role is responsible for Shaping the future of digital CMC in biopharma. They will own the product and go-to-market strategy for Digital CMC, identifying the highest-value opportunities to transform how pharmaceutical companies manage CMC development, submission readiness, technology transfer and lifecycle management.
A key part of the role will be translating real-world CMC problems into compelling business cases and roadmap priorities for IDBS Software, including opportunities to apply structured scientific data, workflow automation and agentic AI.
This is a highly strategic, market-facing role for someone who combines deep understanding of CMC with strong product management and commercial judgment.
This position reports to the Director, Strategic Operations and is part of the Product & Strategy Team located in Woking and will be an on-site role. There will be consideration for remote working for the right candidate.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
- Define and shape IDBS’s digital CMC strategy, identifying priority market segments, customer workflows, use cases and opportunities for growth.
- Partner directly with biopharma customers and industry leaders to understand current CMC challenges and identify opportunities for digitisation, automation and AI.
- Map and optimise critical CMC workflows across development, regulatory submission, technology transfer and manufacturing.
- Translate customer and market needs into clear product requirements, business cases and priorities, helping shape the product roadmap.
- Identify and validate high-value AI and automation opportunities, balancing innovation with the governance, traceability and human oversight required in regulated environments.
- Lead customer discovery and design-partner initiatives, validating new concepts and building strong relationships with senior CMC, Regulatory, Quality, Manufacturing, Data and IT stakeholders.
- Own Digital CMC positioning, value propositions and go-to-market strategy, partnering across Sales, Marketing, Solutions Consulting and Customer Success while representing IDBS as a thought leader in Digital CMC.
The essential requirements of the job include:
- Significant biopharma CMC and scientific informatics experience, with a strong practical understanding of CMC workflows including process and analytical development, Regulatory CMC, MSAT, technology transfer and manufacturing.
- Demonstrated digital product and transformation leadership, with experience leading Digital CMC, scientific informatics or enterprise software initiatives in regulated life-science environments.
- Strong product management, commercial and strategic capability, including customer discovery, translating complex scientific workflows into product requirements, product strategy, business cases, roadmap priorities, value propositions, positioning and go-to-market execution.
- Strong understanding of regulated scientific technology environments, including platforms such as ELN, LIMS, MES, QMS, RIM and CMC knowledge-management systems, together with GxP, data integrity, traceability, automation and responsible deployment of AI.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the credibility to work across scientists, CMC, Regulatory, Quality, Manufacturing, technology teams and senior executives.
Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:
- Willingness and ability to travel approximately 20% to meet with customers and attend business meetings and industry events, including occasional overnight and international travel.
It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:
- Hands-on Digital CMC and product experience, including designing or implementing enterprise Digital CMC programmes and/or taking regulated SaaS products from discovery through launch and commercial adoption.
- Experience with emerging digital and data technologies in regulated environments, including AI, workflow automation or agentic use cases, structured scientific data, semantic models, ontologies or knowledge graphs, and evolving approaches such as structured CMC data and eCTD Module 3.
- Strong biopharma industry knowledge and networks, with established relationships or experience across CMC, Regulatory, Quality, Manufacturing and scientific informatics.
IDBS, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info. This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.
Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.
For more information, visit www.danaher.com.
