[Hiring] Senior Product Manager, Strategic Growth – Data Capture Technologies & Partnerships @Cardinal Health

Role Description

The Data Capture Technologies & Partnerships Senior Product Manager executes against the product portfolio strategy for technology partnerships and owns the data capture technology roadmap and outcomes for assigned data capture capabilities that expand or accelerate the product portfolio. This individual contributor leads through influence and has no direct reports.

• Defines partnership program criteria, evaluates potential partners and technologies.
• Shapes joint value propositions and product integration approaches.
• Leads cross-functional execution from discovery and due diligence through pilot, launch, performance management, expansion, transition, or exit.
• Works in close partnership with various teams including Engineering, Architecture, Legal, Procurement, and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Partnership Strategy and Program Design:
  • Execute against the product portfolio strategy by defining partnership programs, target capabilities, value propositions, and desired outcomes.
  • Own the partnership program framework, including selection criteria, intake, screening, prioritization, stage gates, and decision-record practices.
  • Maintain the technology partner landscape and opportunity pipeline; recommend engagement models with accountable business functions.
• Partner Evaluation and Due Diligence:
  • Lead evidence-based evaluation of prospective partners for customer value, product maturity, technical and operational fit, scalability, security, privacy, quality, regulatory compliance, and financial viability.
  • Coordinate cross-functional due diligence and develop partner, build, buy, or defer recommendations.
  • Define product scope, responsibilities, acceptance criteria, service expectations, data rights, and roadmap commitments for commercial agreements.
• Data Capture Product Roadmap:
  • Own, prioritize, and maintain the data capture technology roadmap for assigned capabilities.
  • Translate customer and operational needs into product requirements, workflows, user stories, acceptance criteria, and integration requirements.
  • Align Engineering, Architecture, Core Product Management, and Platform Product Management on technical approaches.
• Pilot, Integration, and Launch Execution:
  • Lead proof-of-concept, prototype, alpha, beta, integration, validation, and usability activities.
  • Define pilot hypotheses, entry and exit criteria, success measures, evidence collection, and issue management.
  • Coordinate cross-functional product readiness and adoption planning.
• Partnership Governance and Lifecycle Management:
  • Lead active-partner operating cadences, decision forums, performance reviews, and escalation paths.
  • Monitor agreed customer, product, technical, operational, service, financial, and risk measures.
  • Recommend expansion, optimization, renewal, transition, replacement, or exit based on performance and strategic fit.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, technology, healthcare, engineering, supply chain, analytics, or equivalent work experience, preferred.
• 8+ years of product management, partnership strategy, ecosystem development, or closely related experience preferred.
• Demonstrated experience taking products, integrations, or partner-enabled capabilities through their lifecycle.
• Experience developing partner selection criteria, business cases, governance models, and performance measures.
• Strong Agile product development experience.
• Technical fluency in one or more data capture domains such as RFID, barcode, machine vision, etc., preferred.
• Healthcare supply chain, inventory management, or regulated product experience preferred.
• Strong analytical, writing, facilitation, presentation, negotiation, and relationship management skills.
• Ability to travel approximately 20–30%, based on partner, product, and customer needs.
• Customer/Vendor credentialing may be required.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Paid time off plan
• Health savings account (HSA)
• 401k savings plan
• Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Work-Life resources
• Paid parental leave
• Healthy lifestyle programs