<p>States considered: Parsippany, NJ preferred. Open to US Remote.</p><h3><u>Role Description</u></h3><h3>POSITION SUMMARY </h3><ul><li>Accountable for assigned products, owning the product roadmap, vision, and strategy from cradle to grave, including budget guidance</li><li>Bring strong project leadership capabilities to coordinate cross-functional work, maintain momentum, and drive execution of roadmap priorities</li><li>Incorporate inputs from subject matter experts (SMEs) on a Cross Functional Product Team (CFPT) to define problem statements and prioritize product backlog</li><li>Lead the CFPT and sub-teams in product break-fix needs, constant maintenance, performance improvements, and delivering enhancements and innovations that create long-term customer value</li><li>Able to influence colleagues, stakeholders, and key executives through the use of data and logic</li><li>Attune to customer needs in veterinary medicine and their experience using our diagnostic products to be better positioned to delight our customers and improve animal health with product features</li></ul><h3>POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES </h3><p><b>Define problem statements and product vision + strategy, and maintain product backlog by:</b></p><ul><li>Conducting continuous product discovery, which is a sustained practice of experimentation and customer conversations to inform product development decisions, which is key to being acknowledged as a Voice of Customer (VOC) expert</li><li>Aligning with Commercial teams on product financial and strategic goals</li><li>Knowing the product users, product operations, and connecting the two into clear product requirements; this includes an in-depth understanding of veterinary needs and best practices within animal hospitals</li><li>Monitoring product performance and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)</li><li>Providing ROI assessments for projects and understanding when to make tradeoffs in investing between projects and features</li><li>Bringing on-the-ground feedback into the product backlog with a long-term strategy in mind</li><li>Putting emphasis on continuous improvement and prioritization</li><li>Delivering on open items in product backlogs with a planned release schedule</li></ul><h3>Lead CFPT and sub-team collaboration by:</h3><ul><li>Guiding empowerment of these CFPTs to make key decisions</li><li>Assigning team-level Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)</li><li>Working effectively with other functions within <a href="https://himalayas.app/companies/zoetis">Zoetis</a>, which includes team building, facilitation, giving and receiving feedback, and promoting psychological safety</li><li>Clearly communicating priorities, decisions, and next steps to keep projects moving forward</li><li>Owning meeting cadence, agenda discipline, tracking, and follow-through across teams</li><li>Identifying and leveraging team members to come up with creative solutions to solve customer problems, and understanding that consistent innovation is the result