Product Manager

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We’re looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Job Title: Product Manager

About the Technology Organization

Technology at Lilly builds and maintains capabilities using pioneering technologies like most prominent tech companies. What differentiates Technology at Lilly is that we create new possibilities through tech to advance our purpose – creating medicines that make life better for people around the world, like data driven drug discovery and connected clinical trials. We hire the best technology professionals from a variety of backgrounds, so they can bring an assortment of knowledge, skills, and diverse thinking to deliver solutions in every area of our business.

About the Business Function

The Software Product Engineering (SPE) team is a specialised engineering group that delivers strategic solutions and differentiated capabilities. We take a forward-thinking approach, focusing on an enterprise platform and product mindset, ensuring that the solutions we build can be leveraged across Technology teams for broader impact and efficiency.

Role Summary

As a Product Manager within SPE, you will play a key role in leading and coaching across the project delivery lifecycle, promoting shared learning, continuous improvement, and adoption of best practices. Your work will directly contribute to the success of our software engineering mission, ensuring high-quality, reliable, and effective software solutions that deliver value to our customers.

This role combines responsibilities of a product manager, scrum master, and business analyst, requiring you to drive product strategy, agile team processes, and business requirements.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead and coach across the project delivery lifecycle, promoting shared learning, continuous improvement, and adoption of best practices.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to accelerate development of solution architecture and technical expertise.
• Drive resourcing efforts through effective selection techniques, testing, and interviews to support team growth.
• Organise and manage work within an Agile/Scrum team, actively participating in sprint ceremonies (planning, estimation, execution, reporting) and proactively identifying risks and impediments.
• Identify synergies, reuse opportunities, and lead proof-of-concept initiatives for emerging technologies to improve delivery efficiency and prepare teams for adoption.
• Take responsibility for authoring technical documents, including design documents, requirements specifications, process flows, user stories, and other relevant documentation to support business analysis and project delivery.
• Act as a product manager by shaping product vision, prioritising features, and aligning delivery with business goals.
• Serve as scrum master for your team, facilitating agile ceremonies, removing impediments, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

How You Will Succeed

• Demonstrate strong communication, leadership, critical thinking, and decision-making abilities.
• Exhibit strong interpersonal skills, with a focus on teamwork and mentorship.
• Thrive in ambiguous environments, maintaining a positive and energetic attitude focused on business impact.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams, with awareness of technical workflows and dependencies.
• Apply familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies, including tools like Jira and GitHub Actions (workflow awareness only).
• Understand IT service management (ITSM) and ITIL principles.
• Approach business challenges with strong problem-solving skills and a product mindset

What You Should Bring

• Experience collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams.
• Experience working in regulated industries, including understanding of regulations, SOPs, and compliance frameworks.
• Demonstrated curiosity, enthusiasm, and willingness to learn new technologies.
• Experience working in Scrum/agile methodologies from a Product Manager perspective:
• Managing and refining requirements in Jira.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams during sprint ceremonies.
• Supporting build and deployment processes.
• Awareness of source management tools like GitHub Actions.
• Experience in regulated industries (e.g., Life Sciences) is a bonus but not required.

Basic Qualifications and Experience Requirement

• Minimum 5-8 years of experience as a Product Manager, ideally with a strong track record as an individual contributor.
• Proven experience in capacity management, project estimation, and optimising applications for speed and scalability using industry best practices.
• Preferred certifications: PMP, PMI, PRINCE II, SAFe, CSM, SEI, or equivalent.

Additional Skills/Preferences

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and investigative skills.
• Knowledge of Agile principles and frameworks (e.g., Scrum, SAFe), including related tools (such as Jira).
• Strong product mindset and ability to drive business impact.
• Awareness of ITIL and ITSM best practices.
• Experience in regulated industries is a plus.

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