Vantive is a vital organ therapy company on a mission to extend lives and expand possibilities for patients and care teams everywhere. For 70 years, our team has driven meaningful innovations in kidney care. As we build on our legacy, we are deepening our commitment to elevating the dialysis experience through digital solutions and advanced services, while looking beyond kidney care and investing in transforming vital organ therapies. Greater flexibility and efficiency in therapy administration for care teams, and longer, fuller lives for patients— that is what Vantive aspires to deliver.
We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us. At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don’t settle for the mediocre. Each of us is driven to help improve patients’ lives worldwide. Join us in advancing our mission to extend lives and expand possibilities.
The Associate Manager, Product Management – PD Life Cycle Management is supporting the global LCM strategy and execution for assigned Peritoneal Dialysis product portfolios.
This role operates at the intersection of upstream marketing, business ownership, technical execution, and operational sustainability, ensuring that commercial, customer, regulatory, quality, supply, and manufacturing considerations are integrated into global product and portfolio decisions.
This role is expected to independently support global LCM workstreams, influence cross-functional stakeholders across regions, shape recommendations for senior leadership, and support alignment across global and regional teams.
Support global Life Cycle Management strategy and execution for assigned PD products, with responsibility for global portfolio sustainability, performance, and risk-based prioritization.
Manage higher-impact global PD product portfolios that require balancing customer outcomes, revenue sustainability, supply resilience, regulatory and quality requirements, regional needs, and operational efficiency.
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Support prioritization of sustaining investments, product updates, issue resolution, supply continuity actions, and potential rationalization decisions.
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Serve as a key point of contact across regions and functions for assigned products and LCM initiatives.
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Participate in cross-functional teams or workstreams across Marketing, Business, R&D, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Regulatory, Quality, Finance, and regional commercial organizations.
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Support alignment, decision-making, and accountability across stakeholders with differing priorities and perspectives.
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Represent the GBU voice in Project Core Teams, technical teams, governance forums, and escalation discussions.
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Contribute to portfolio strategy, product roadmaps, platform evolution, and long-term sustaining priorities for assigned PD products.
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Develop and present data-driven recommendations to senior leaders, including assessment of trade-offs, risks, benefits, investment needs, and operational implications.
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Support business case development and decision support for major LCM initiatives, product changes, issue resolution, and portfolio optimization opportunities.
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Partner with regional and functional stakeholders to ensure portfolio decisions reflect customer needs, patient impact, business performance, and execution feasibility.
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Ensure LCM strategies and decisions account for applicable regulatory, quality, compliance, supply, and industry standards.
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Lead structured responses to significant operational, quality, supply, or customer-impacting issues, including escalation preparation and decision framing.
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Embed proactive risk identification and mitigation into sustaining plans and portfolio governance.
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Cross-functional leadership and influencing skills across global, matrixed organizations.
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Ability to manage ambiguity, evaluate trade-offs, and drive decisions across complex technical, commercial, operational, and regulatory considerations.
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Business acumen, including ability to interpret portfolio performance, financial implications, customer impact, and operational risk.
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Excellent communication skills, including the ability to prepare and present concise, data-driven recommendations to senior leaders.
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High accountability, ownership, and results orientation, with the ability to move work forward through influence.
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Typically 5–7+ years of experience, in product management, marketing, R&D, project/program management, operations, healthcare, medical devices, life sciences, or a related function.
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Demonstrated experience in supporting portfolio, lifecycle, sustaining, or cross-functional programs in a global healthcare or regulated environment.
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Solid understanding of regulatory, quality, supply chain, manufacturing, and commercial considerations in healthcare preferred.
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Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, engineering, life sciences, healthcare, clinical/scientific discipline, or a related field required; MBA, master’s degree, or relevant advanced certification is beneficial but not required.
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Fluency in English required; additional languages a plus.
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Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools; experience with portfolio management, analytics, project management, or reporting tools preferred.
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Willingness to travel approximately 10–20% as business needs require.
Reasonable Accommodation
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