Hybrid Product Owner – Laboratory Information Management Systems, LIMS

at MSD

• Job title: Product Owner – Laboratory Information Management Systems, LIMS
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior, Mid level
• Salary: $114,700 - $180,500 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, United States

About the role

• Product Owner for Laboratory Information Management Systems directly impacting lab-based research. Join a company focused on accelerating innovative drugs to market with rolling product development.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of a number of LIMS products across our Company
• Ownership of product roadmaps and product backlogs
• Work with stakeholders to understand user problems, communicate priorities, and manage expectations.
• Work hand-in-hand with the Product Technical Lead to plan sprints and ship solutions.
• Work cross-functionally to ensure regulatory compliance
• Ensure completeness of system documentation
• Manage escalations, risks and dependencies
• Help define future strategy for LIMS products

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 2+ years of experience working with laboratory scientists, QC, or manufacturing labs – preferably responsibility for a GMP/GLP Research and Development IT enterprise application
• Ability to demonstrate analytical problem-solving skills and the ability to work with varying levels of ambiguity across multiple projects concurrently
• Enough technical literacy to communicate effectively with vendor developers and internal IT
• Demonstrated success owning a product backlog, writing and prioritizing user stories, managing release cycles, and working within Agile or hybrid Agile/Waterfall environments.
• Experience engaging stakeholders from both the business (scientists, QA, management) and IT (developers, system architects).
• Clear, concise documentation and stakeholder communication—less “PowerPoint polish,” more “alignment and clarity.”

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family)
• retirement benefits, including 401(k)
• paid holidays
• vacation
• compassionate and sick days