Principal Business Product Manager - Insights & Analytics (Targeting)

Principal Business Product Manager - Insights & Analytics (Targeting)

Why Genentech

We're passionate about delivering on Our Promise to improve the lives of patients and create healthier communities for all. We foster a culture of inclusivity, integrity, and creativity while boldly pursuing answers to the world's most complex health challenges and transforming society. Our Data, Digital, & Analytics (DDA) team is at the heart of this mission, partnering across Commercial, Medical, and Government Affairs (CMG) to turn data, analytics, and AI/ML into fast, high-impact decisions. 

The Insights & Analytics (I&A) Product Suite team builds scalable, enterprise-wide product solutions that eliminate silos and give CMG teams a unified view of customers, actions, and outcomes; serving as a trusted advisor with a clear focus on measurable results. The I&A Product Suite team is organized across 4 pillars: 360 Insights, Forecasting, Targeting & Recommendation, Measurement & Optimization

The Opportunity

We are looking for a visionary, highly strategic, and growth-minded Principal Business Product Manager to join our Insights & Analytics product suite within the Targeting pillar. Operating at a Director level, this role requires a rigorous first-principles thinker with exceptional core product management capabilities. You thrive on deconstructing complex business problems, navigating dense data environments, and orchestrating cross-functional teams (spanning product activation, data science, AI/ML, and technology) to translate complex analytical models into clear, high-impact business solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Roadmap

• Partner with the Business Product Owner and/or Executive Director of Product Suite to support the definition of the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Targeting & Recommendation products.

• Apply rigorous first-principles thinking to break down dense, ambiguous business challenges across Commercial, Medical, Sales and Access teams, translating them into scalable, long-term data and analytics product solutions.

• Leverage complex data insights to propel significant, measurable business transformation, driving enterprise-wide product adoption and market differentiation.

Product Development & Execution

• Manage advanced data and analytics products through their full lifecycle: from initial ideation and complex requirement definition to launch, scaling, and ongoing performance optimization.

• Partner closely with Technical Product Managers, Data Leads, Data Scientists, and IT engineering to steer the development, deployment, and optimization of sophisticated analytical models, API service layers, and intuitive UI/UX capabilities.

• In close partnership with business activation teams, oversee end-to-end business process mapping, user feedback compilation, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to ensure high-velocity feature rollouts and immediate end-user adoption.

• Establish robust agile operational standards, backlog management rigor, and reusable product templates to ensure seamless pull-through and efficient execution.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Serve as the vital bridge between senior commercial/business leaders and deep technical engineering squads, ensuring product milestones remain perfectly aligned with overarching corporate objectives.

• Drive cross-functional consensus and actively evangelize the product’s strategic value proposition to executive stakeholders across diverse organizational channels.

• Champion a practice-based apprenticeship model, actively coaching, mentoring, and upskilling cross functional product teams including program managers, operations managers, and peers within the broader product community.

Compliance

• Comply with all laws, regulations, and policies governing Genentech's business activities

Who You Are

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in business, technology, data science, or other quantitative field.

• Experience: 8+ years of experience with at least 5 years in pharmaceutical analytics or business analytics product management across multiple therapeutic areas.

• Product Management Expertise: Proven experience in a Product Manager or Product Owner role, taking an analytical or digital product through its full lifecycle (ideation to launch).

• Insights Native: Deep understanding of integrated insights in pharmaceutical commercial, medical, sales and access fields.

• Stakeholder Alignment: Proven success in aligning cross-functional stakeholders and the ability to "push back" on requests that are misaligned with corporate objectives.

• Agile Fluency: Experience working in an Agile setting, managing product backlogs, and coordinating with technical IT/Data teams.

• Communication and collaboration: Exceptional presentation skills, with the ability to evangelize the "Product Vision" to both technical and non-technical audiences. Collaborate cross functionally to enable product roadmap.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced Degree: MBA, MS in Business Analytics,Data science or related graduate-level qualification.

• Technical Savvy: Experience working with AI (Claude, ChatGPT, etc.), Jira, data visualization tools (Tableau/PowerBI), product prototyping, and cloud-based data environments.

• Regulated Industry Experience: Deep knowledge of healthcare-specific data sets and the compliance frameworks surrounding them.

Relocation benefits are not available for this posting.

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of South San Francisco, CA is $166,500 - $309,300 USD Annual.  Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.  A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.  This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below.

Benefits

Genentech is an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy and practice to employ, promote, and otherwise treat any and all employees and applicants on the basis of merit, qualifications, and competence. The company's policy prohibits unlawful discrimination, including but not limited to, discrimination on the basis of Protected Veteran status, individuals with disabilities status, and consistent with all federal, state, or local laws.

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