Vice President of Product Management
Overview:
Certara accelerates the potential of bringing medicines to market and to patients using biosimulation software, technology, and services to transform traditional drug discovery and development. Our clients include more than 2,400 biopharmaceutical companies, academic institutions, and regulatory agencies across 70 countries.Our goal is to enable the life sciences industryâs use of data, modeling, and analytics to make better decisions across the various phases of discovery and drug development. Our software and scientists incorporate modern advances in scientific understanding, drug development experience, data analysis, and AI resulting in significant opportunities to decrease the cost and increase the probability of success for new drug approval and commercialization. Certara is seeking a highly strategic and business-oriented Vice President of Product Management to lead a diverse and evolving portfolio of clinical data and submission technologies for the Pinnacle 21 portfolio of products. This role requires an experienced leader who can drive commercial success, shape portfolio strategy, collaborate across the organization, and operate confidently at the executive and board level.
Responsibilities:
Portfolio & Product Leadership Lead strategy and execution across a multi-product portfolio with varying market positions and maturity levels, including: A market-leading flagship A free/community product Emerging and advanced tier offerings An acquired platform being integrated Develop an aligned portfolio vision, ensuring each productâs strategy contributes to Certaraâs broader growth ambitions. Balance investment, prioritization, and lifecycle decisions across mature, free, emerging, and integration-stage products. Business Leadership & Commercial Impact Serve as a business leader first, not just an R&D leaderâowning market performance, revenue growth, and commercial outcomes. Partner closely with Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Professional Services to drive: Go-to-market strategy Pricing and packaging Positioning and messaging Cross-sell and upsell motions Competitive strategy and market segmentation Deliver measurable improvements in product performance, customer expansion, and overall portfolio economics. Organizational Leadership & Transformation Assess the current product, engineering, and service delivery organizations with fairness and objectivity. Identify and address gaps in: Talent Structure Processes Roles & responsibilities Drive organizational alignment and product excellence, making strategic, evidence-based recommendations for change. Lead through influence and cross-functional collaboration, not just positional authority. Executive Alignment & Stakeholder Management Present confidently to the executive leadership team. Build trust with senior stakeholders through clarity, insight, and strong business judgment. Translate complex technical and strategic issues into compelling, executive-ready narratives.
Qualifications:
10+ years of product management experience, with at least 5 years in a senior or executive role. Proven success leading a portfolio of productsânot just a single productâideally across different maturity stages (mature, free/community, emerging, and acquired products). Demonstrated ability to drive business results, revenue growth, and commercial strategy. Experience collaborating closely with Sales and Marketing on go-to-market and business strategy. Strong organizational leadership skills with a track record of assessing and improving product and delivery organizations. Experience presenting to executive leadership and preferably to a board of directors. Prior leadership experience at a company with $50M+ in revenue, ideally larger. Domain experience in clinical data, regulatory technology, life sciences software, or adjacent markets is beneficial but not strictly required. Certara bases all employment-related decision on merit, taking into consideration qualifications, skills, achievement, and performance. We treat all applicants and employees without regard to personal characteristics such as race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, nationality, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental condition, genetic information, military service, or other characteristic protected by law.
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Certara accelerates the potential of bringing medicines to market and to patients using biosimulation software, technology, and services to transform traditional drug discovery and development. Our clients include more than 2,400 biopharmaceutical companies, academic institutions, and regulatory agencies across 70 countries.Our goal is to enable the life sciences industryâs use of data, modeling, and analytics to make better decisions across the various phases of discovery and drug development. Our software and scientists incorporate modern advances in scientific understanding, drug development experience, data analysis, and AI resulting in significant opportunities to decrease the cost and increase the probability of success for new drug approval and commercialization. Certara is seeking a highly strategic and business-oriented Vice President of Product Management to lead a diverse and evolving portfolio of clinical data and submission technologies for the Pinnacle 21 portfolio of products. This role requires an experienced leader who can drive commercial success, shape portfolio strategy, collaborate across the organization, and operate confidently at the executive and board level.
Responsibilities:
Portfolio & Product Leadership Lead strategy and execution across a multi-product portfolio with varying market positions and maturity levels, including: A market-leading flagship A free/community product Emerging and advanced tier offerings An acquired platform being integrated Develop an aligned portfolio vision, ensuring each productâs strategy contributes to Certaraâs broader growth ambitions. Balance investment, prioritization, and lifecycle decisions across mature, free, emerging, and integration-stage products. Business Leadership & Commercial Impact Serve as a business leader first, not just an R&D leaderâowning market performance, revenue growth, and commercial outcomes. Partner closely with Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Professional Services to drive: Go-to-market strategy Pricing and packaging Positioning and messaging Cross-sell and upsell motions Competitive strategy and market segmentation Deliver measurable improvements in product performance, customer expansion, and overall portfolio economics. Organizational Leadership & Transformation Assess the current product, engineering, and service delivery organizations with fairness and objectivity. Identify and address gaps in: Talent Structure Processes Roles & responsibilities Drive organizational alignment and product excellence, making strategic, evidence-based recommendations for change. Lead through influence and cross-functional collaboration, not just positional authority. Executive Alignment & Stakeholder Management Present confidently to the executive leadership team. Build trust with senior stakeholders through clarity, insight, and strong business judgment. Translate complex technical and strategic issues into compelling, executive-ready narratives.
Qualifications:
10+ years of product management experience, with at least 5 years in a senior or executive role. Proven success leading a portfolio of productsânot just a single productâideally across different maturity stages (mature, free/community, emerging, and acquired products). Demonstrated ability to drive business results, revenue growth, and commercial strategy. Experience collaborating closely with Sales and Marketing on go-to-market and business strategy. Strong organizational leadership skills with a track record of assessing and improving product and delivery organizations. Experience presenting to executive leadership and preferably to a board of directors. Prior leadership experience at a company with $50M+ in revenue, ideally larger. Domain experience in clinical data, regulatory technology, life sciences software, or adjacent markets is beneficial but not strictly required. Certara bases all employment-related decision on merit, taking into consideration qualifications, skills, achievement, and performance. We treat all applicants and employees without regard to personal characteristics such as race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, nationality, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental condition, genetic information, military service, or other characteristic protected by law.
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