Product Management Specialist

Who is USP? The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is an independent scientific organization that collaborates with the world’s leading health and science experts to develop rigorous quality standards for medicines, dietary supplements, and food ingredients. At USP, we believe that scientific excellence is driven by a commitment to fairness, integrity, and global collaboration. This belief is embedded in our core value of Passion for Quality and is demonstrated through the contributions of more than 1,300 professionals across twenty global locations, working to strengthen the supply of safe, high-quality medicines worldwide. At USP, we value inclusive scientific collaboration and recognize that attracting diverse expertise strengthens our ability to develop trusted public health standards. We foster an organizational culture that supports equitable access to mentorship, professional development, and leadership opportunities. Our partnerships, standards, and research reflect our belief that ensuring broad participation in scientific leadership results in stronger, more impactful outcomes for global health.

About the role

We are seeking a detail-oriented and strategic intellectual to join our Product Management team as a Product Management Analyst/Specialist. This is a non-supervisory position to provide support for USP’s new initiative Materials Program. The individual will be responsible for product pipeline through identification and evaluation of relevant potential materials to introduce into the catalogue, managing the product pre-pipeline, gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, and working with internal teams to assess new material categories. Our ideal candidate should have a background in science and product management experience and be able to manage data analysis while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Identification & Evaluation (70%)
  • Coordinate with Science and commercial teams to plan and identify new potential products for inclusion in the portfolio and maximize product launches.
  • Utilize chemistry knowledge, customer insights (market research studies, scientific knowledge/input, collection, and review of pharmacopeial information, market information, peer reviewed publications, and patents, ANDA submissions, etc.) to determine and segment potential impurities by main manufacturing pathways.
  • Finalize technical attributes (CAS#, Molecular Formula, Molecular Weight, IUPAC names etc) and Product attributes (rationale behind the potential targets) for new products.
  • Develop broad expertise in other areas to support new product introductions that will include API reference materials & associated impurities, excipients, extractables and leachable, and more for potential inclusion into the materials portfolio.
• Market Assessment (20%)
  • Understand industry/market trends and challenges, different customer segments, competitive analysis, and channel strategies as input to product launch roadmaps.
  • Evaluate product white space and portfolio gaps to identify additional product opportunities.
  • Assess product testing, needs pharmaceutical market especially generic drug market to identify new product development opportunities.
  • Analyze trends in pharmaceutical standards catalog market including new product offerings, prices and discounts.
  • Quantify market opportunities, primary and secondary research, generate data and establish product unit forecast.