Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

Description

Who is USP?

The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is an independent scientific organization that collaborates with the world's top authorities in health and science to develop quality standards for medicines, dietary supplements, and food ingredients. USP's fundamental belief that Equity = Excellence manifests in our core value of Passion for Quality through our more than 1,300 hard-working professionals across twenty global locations to deliver the mission to strengthen the supply of safe, quality medicines and supplements worldwide.

At USP, we value inclusivity for all. We recognize the importance of building an organizational culture with meaningful opportunities for mentorship and professional growth. From the standards we create, the partnerships we build, and the conversations we foster, we affirm the value of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in building a world where everyone can be confident of quality in health and healthcare.

USP is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer (EEOE) and affirmative action employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment in all aspects of our work—an environment where every employee feels fully empowered and valued irrespective of, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, physical and mental abilities, education, religion, gender identity, and expression, life experience, sexual orientation, country of origin, regional differences, work experience, and family status. We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities.

Brief Job Overview

We are seeking a detail-oriented and strategic intellectual to join our Product Management team as a Product Development Specialist. This is a non-supervisory position to provide product development support for USP’s new initiative Materials Program. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing business case studies to develop future product mix strategies, managing the product pre-pipeline, gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, and work with strategy team to assess new material categories. Our ideal candidate has a background in science and business case studies and can manage data analysis while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

How will YOU create impact here at USP?

In this role at USP, you contribute to USP's public health mission of increasing equitable access to high-quality, safe medicine and improving global health through public standards and related programs. In addition, as part of our commitment to our employees, Global, People, and Culture, in partnership with the Equity Office, regularly invests in the professional development of all people managers. This includes training in inclusive management styles and other competencies necessary to ensure engaged and productive work environments.

The Product Development Specialist has the following responsibilities:

• Market Research: Utilize market research insights from within the USP strategy teams to identify trends and target customer preferences.

• Product Development: Coordinate with Science and commercial teams to plan and identify new products for inclusion in the portfolio and maximize product launches. Additional objectives are to develop broad expertise in other areas to support new product introductions that will include API reference materials& associated impurities, excipients, extractables and leachable, dissolution media and reagents, physiochemistry reagents, nano materials, and more for potential inclusion into the materials portfolio.

• Collaboration: Work with the strategy & Industry Programs to build future portfolio of new products.

• Product Analysis: Collaboratively work with data strategy & analytics team to assess the product performance by conducting regular product analysis and then recommend, implement those findings.

• Stakeholder Management: Manage relationships with internal stakeholders.

• Sales Forecasting: Work with product management team to Forecast product sales and recommend material goals.

• Risk Management: Monitor and manage potential product risks.

• Training: Identify internal experts, expand on learning and collaborate with scientific affairs and marketing teams, create knowledge transfer channels and provide training regarding product features and benefits.

• Industry Knowledge: Maintain up-to-date knowledge about the pharmaceutical industry and competitors’ products, including regulatory trends and areas of focus.

Who is USP Looking For?

The successful candidate will have a demonstrated understanding of our mission, commitment to excellence through inclusive and equitable behaviors and practices, ability to quickly build credibility with stakeholders, along with the following competencies and experience:

• Master’s degree in chemistry, Pharmacy, or a related field with minimum 4-6 years along with minimum 1-2 years’ experience in building new product portfolio.

• Hands on experience in the analytical laboratory with exposure to diverse types of pharmaceutical finished products & complex generics.

• A thorough understanding of the development, production and testing of pharmaceutical materials, including APIs, excipients, and finished dosage forms.

• Proven experience in product development and management within the pharmaceutical industry.

• Experience in handling software like Endnote, Chemdraw, Chemfinder, Scifnder, Reaxys, Patent databases and other google search engines etc.

• Familiarity with market research tools and techniques.

• Knowledge of standards used for pharmaceutical product testing such as analytical reference material, certified reference material, and reference standards.

• Experience with handling large amounts of data and information using scientific databases.

• Experience reviewing pharmaceutical patents and patent claims.

• Experience developing projects/products in life science industry, CRO/CDMO or equivalent relevant experience.

• Strong understanding of regulatory requirements and compliance.

• Excellent organizational skills and use of excel and Microsoft Office suite.

• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to achieve business objectives.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

• Able to work flexible hours when needed in collaboration with global teams.

• Workload management skills; able to juggle a diverse and rapidly changing workload, delivering across several teams within a matrixed structure.

Additional Desired Preferences

• MBA or advanced degree preferred.

• Experienced at managing and analyzing business and product sales data/similar database tools.

• Experience creating and maintaining dashboards (Excel (working with functions, pivot tables, data visualization), Tableau, or other platforms).

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

Benefits

USP provides the benefits to protect yourself and your family today and tomorrow. From company-paid time off and comprehensive healthcare options to retirement savings, you can have peace of mind that your personal and financial well-being is protected.

Note: USP does not accept unsolicited resumes from 3rd party recruitment agencies and is not responsible for fees from recruiters or other agencies except under specific written agreement with USP.

Job Category Technical Programs

Job Type Full-Time