Software Product Manager - CTI MD India

At Lilly, we unite caring with discovery to make life better for people around the world. We are a global healthcare leader headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our employees around the world work to discover and bring life-changing medicines to those who need them, improve the understanding and management of disease, and give back to our communities through philanthropy and volunteerism. We give our best effort to our work, and we put people first. We're looking for people who are determined to make life better for people around the world.

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly technical Product Manager to lead the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of digital products within CTI-MD. This role is ideal for a product professional who combines strong product management fundamentals with hands-on technical expertise and can effectively bridge business, engineering, data, and operations teams.

The successful candidate will own products from discovery through delivery and adoption, partnering closely with scientists, business stakeholders, engineers, architects, data teams, and quality teams to solve complex business challenges within the pharmaceutical and life sciences domain.

This is a hands-on role. While the primary responsibility is product leadership, the individual should be comfortable reading code, writing prototypes, analysing data, developing proof-of-concepts, and contributing technically when necessary.

What You Will Do

Product Strategy & Ownership

• Own the product vision, strategy, roadmap, and outcomes for a small to medium product, or for a major component of a larger CTI-MD product.

• Partner with business stakeholders to understand challenges, opportunities, and unmet needs.

• Translate business objectives into clear product strategies, measurable outcomes, and prioritized roadmaps.

• Define and track product success metrics and business value realized, demonstrating measurable improvement in key departmental KPIs.

• Identify market and industry opportunities that inform product direction and business unit goals.

Product Discovery

• Lead discovery activities including user research, workflow analysis, process mapping, and solution evaluation.

• Develop deep understanding of business processes and operational workflows.

• Validate assumptions through experimentation, data analysis, prototypes, and user feedback.

Technical Product Leadership

• Work closely with engineering teams to shape technical solutions and architecture decisions.

• Translate business requirements into detailed product and technical requirements.

• Evaluate technology options, architectural trade-offs, integrations, scalability, and technical risks.

• Drive data-driven, and platform-thinking approaches.

Delivery & Execution

• Partner with engineering teams through design, development, testing, deployment, and support.

• Manage product backlogs and prioritization decisions.

• Balance customer needs, business priorities, compliance requirements, and technical constraints.

• Ensure products are delivered with quality, security, and operational excellence.

AI & Digital Innovation

• Identify opportunities for AI, automation, analytics, and digital technologies within CTI-MD products.

• Drive adoption of modern engineering and AI-enabled product development practices.

• Evaluate emerging technologies and their potential application to business challenges.

Team First Mentality

• Bring a no-ego, team-first mindset to all interactions, prioritizing shared success over individual recognition.

• Represent the product team with humility and integrity when engaging with stakeholders and partners.

Knowledge Sharing & Coaching

• Share specialized product management practices and domain-specific insights to help team members grow.

• Coach peers and engineering partners on discovery, prioritization, and outcome-based product practices.

Stakeholder Management

• Build strong relationships across business, scientific, regulatory, quality, and technology functions.

• Present product strategy, roadmap updates, and outcome metrics to leadership.

• Influence stakeholders across departments without formal authority, in global and cross-functional settings.

• Make informed product decisions that balance business needs, technical constraints, and user value.

Your Minimum Required Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical discipline.

Experience

• 6+ years of experience in Product Management, Technical Product Management, Product Ownership, or related roles.

• Experience leading software products through the full product lifecycle.

• Experience working closely with engineering teams in Agile environments.

• Demonstrated success delivering business outcomes through digital products.

Technical Skills

• Strong technical depth, with the ability to engage credibly in architecture and design discussions and to contribute hands-on when required.

• Working knowledge of software engineering and system design fundamentals, including APIs, integrations, and scalability trade-offs.

• Experience with cloud and data platforms.

• Practical understanding of AI/ML and Generative AI concepts and how they apply to enterprise products.

• Familiarity with modern SDLC and DevOps practices, and with security, privacy, and compliance considerations in regulated environments.

• Read and reason about production code well enough to partner effectively with engineers on technical issues.

• Build prototypes, proofs-of-concept, scripts, or automations to test ideas and de-risk decisions.

What You Should Bring

• Experience in Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences, Clinical Development, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Regulatory, Quality, or R&D domains.

• Understanding of GxP, validation, data integrity, and regulated environments.

• Experience working with scientific, clinical, manufacturing, or laboratory systems.

• Experience with AI-enabled products, data products, or enterprise platforms.

• MBA or advanced technical degree is a plus.