Certara · 5 hours ago
Vice President of Product Management
Certara accelerates the potential of bringing medicines to market and to patients using biosimulation software, technology, and services. The Vice President of Product Management will lead a diverse portfolio of clinical data and submission technologies, driving commercial success and shaping portfolio strategy.
BiotechnologyHealth CarePharmaceuticalSoftware
Responsibilities
Lead strategy and execution across a multi-product portfolio with varying market positions and maturity levels, including: A market-dominant flagship, A free/community product, Emerging and advanced tier offerings, An acquired platform being integrated
Develop an aligned portfolio vision, ensuring each product’s strategy contributes to Certara’s broader growth ambitions
Balance investment, prioritization, and lifecycle decisions across mature, free, emerging, and integration-stage products
Serve as a business leader first, not just an R&D leader—owning market performance, revenue growth, and commercial outcomes
Partner closely with Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Professional Services to drive: Go-to-market strategy, Pricing and packaging, Positioning and messaging, Cross-sell and upsell motions, Competitive strategy and market segmentation
Deliver measurable improvements in product performance, customer expansion, and overall portfolio economics
Assess the current product, engineering, and service delivery organizations with fairness and objectivity
Identify and address gaps in: Talent, Structure, Processes, Roles & responsibilities
Drive organizational alignment and product excellence, making strategic, evidence-based recommendations for change
Lead through influence and cross-functional collaboration, not just positional authority
Present confidently to the executive leadership team
Build trust with senior stakeholders through clarity, insight, and strong business judgment
Translate complex technical and strategic issues into compelling, executive-ready narratives
Qualification
Required
10+ years of product management experience, with at least 5 years in a senior or executive role
Proven success leading a portfolio of products—not just a single product—ideally across different maturity stages (mature, free/community, emerging, and acquired products)
Demonstrated ability to drive business results, revenue growth, and commercial strategy
Experience collaborating closely with Sales and Marketing on go-to-market and business strategy
Strong organizational leadership skills with a track record of assessing and improving product and delivery organizations
Experience presenting to executive leadership and preferably to a board of directors
Prior leadership experience at a company with $50M+ in revenue, ideally larger
Preferred
Domain experience in clinical data, regulatory technology, life sciences software, or adjacent markets is beneficial but not strictly required
Company
Certara
Certara is a pharmaceutical company that accelerates medicines with biosimulation software and technology.
H1B Sponsorship
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2024 (10)
2023 (3)
2022 (10)
2021 (5)
2020 (3)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$844.17MKey Investors
Arsenal Capital PartnersMubadala
2025-03-28Post Ipo Equity· $5.67M
2023-08-29Grant
2022-11-07Post Ipo Secondary· $449M
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