Senior Technical Product Manager - R&D Platforms

**About Xebia** With over 20 years of experience, our global network of passionate technologists and pioneering craftsmen deliver cutting-edge technology and game-changing consulting to companies on the brink of transformation. Since 2001, we have grown from a Java company into a full-service digital consulting company with 5,500+ professionals working on a worldwide ambition. We are organized in complementary service lines – teams with tremendous knowledge and experience within particular fields, such as Agile, DevOps, Data and AI, Cloud, Software Technology, Functional Programming, Intelligent Automation, and Microsoft. We help the world's top 250+ companies and category leaders overcome digital challenges, embrace innovation, adopt new technology, and implement new business models. In addition to high-quality consulting, we also provide offshoring and nearshoring services. For more details, please visit https://www.xebia.com **Position Overview -Sr Product Manager, R&D** **Location**: Remote, UK/CAN/Central Europe/Poland preferred **Time Zone Availability**: Must be available for UK time zone **Experience**: 8+ Years of Product Management Experience We are seeking a Senior Technical Product Manager to join our life sciences R&D product team supporting a leading pharmaceutical company's digital transformation initiatives. This role requires deep technical expertise combined with strategic product thinking to manage complex platform products that serve researchers, scientists, and data engineers across chemistry, biology, and computational science domains. As a Senior Technical Product Manager, you will own large strategic products OR manage portfolios of 5-10 established applications, driving continuous discovery, innovation, and business value delivery. You'll work in a hybrid delivery model aligned to the client's Product Development Lifecycle (PDLC), combining waterfall-style governance with agile execution. This is a partnership-driven role requiring close collaboration with client Program Managers, engineering teams, business stakeholders, and multi-vendor partners to deliver R&D acceleration—not just sustainment. **What You'll Do** **Strategic Product Leadership** - Own end-to-end product strategy, roadmap definition, and business value validation for assigned R&D platform products - Drive continuous discovery and innovation focused on new product development and R&D acceleration - Lead product through all four PDLC governance checkpoints: Strategy Alignment → Requirements Validation → Architecture/Design Review → Launch - Manage large strategic initiatives OR portfolios of 5-10 established applications (including modernization, rationalization, or sunsetting) - Conduct continuous validation of business value through metrics, user feedback, and experimentation **Product Requirements & Delivery** - Translate complex, ambiguous scientific and technical requirements into clear Product Development Plans (PDPs) - Create comprehensive user stories with clear acceptance criteria and robust requirements traceability - Manage backlog prioritization using Jira, Confluence, and Jira Product Discovery - Partner with Project Managers on scope trade-offs, resource allocation, and dependency management - Drive UAT, release decisions, and launch readiness across technical and business stakeholders **Stakeholder Management & Discovery** Serve as primary point of contact for business stakeholders and R&D end-users Map stakeholder landscapes (influence, needs, communication frequency) and develop tailored engagement strategies Conduct user interviews, discovery sessions, and continuous feedback loops with researchers and scientists Facilitate requirements validation workshops and design reviews Present executive-ready materials to business leadership and governance forums **Technical Platform Expertise** - Deep understanding of APIs, data flows, cloud platforms (GCP required), and R&D systems architecture - Work closely with engineering…