Product Portfolio Manager

For over 75 years, Medavie Blue Cross has been a leading health and wellness partner for individuals, employers and governments across Canada. As a not-for-profit organization, we proudly invest in communities to help address some of Canada’s most pressing health care challenges. We are one of Canada's Most Admired Corporate Cultures, one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Canada’s Life & Health Insurer of the Year for 2021 and an Imagine Canada Caring Company.

Our 2,400 professionals work across six provinces, united by our shared values of being caring, accountable, responsible, innovative and community-minded. We’re committed to ensuring our employees thrive in our award-winning, collaborative culture focused on ensuring health, wellness, and personal and professional growth through a variety of programs and support across our organization.

Together with Medavie Health Services, we are part of Medavie — a national health solutions partner with over 7,200 employees. Our mission is to improve the wellbeing of Canadians.

**Job Title**:

- Product portofolio Manager**Department**:

- Marketing & Product Development**Competition**:

- 86072**Internal/External**:

- Both**Employment Type**:

- Permanent, full time**Location**:

- Quebec (Remote)**Salary**:

- Comprehensive Compensation**Reports To**:

- Manager, Pharmacy Benefit Management**Referral Bonus Amount**:

- 1000$ As the
**Product Portfolio Manager** you will be responsible for defining, positioning, augmenting and promoting the a specific product line including all the product within the category, as well as the managing of the market adoption and product life cycle.

The Product Portfolio Manager “owns” the products within the portfolio and is ultimately responsible for its overall success, including understanding the products’ performance and competitor analysis.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Manage end-to-end product performance throughout the product lifecycle process;
- Ensure product documentation, service agreements, training tools and promotional materials are updated on a regular basis;
- Provide hands-on product assistance and lead training sessions to support product awareness to Sales teams and other stakeholders;
- Support Marketing and Communication teams in the development of promotional materials and sales tools that support the product line;
- Balance and prioritize customer needs with the infrastructure and operational process development that would be necessary to deliver high quality service;
- Build ongoing awareness of the competitive landscape and the impact on product positioning, marketing and promotional efforts;
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders in all regions while continually analyzing potential product enhancements with external partners;
- Maintain clear and frequent communications with key stakeholders, both internal and external, to ensure the success of the product portfolio;
- Provide guidance to Product Specialists who are instrumental in the maintenance of the product line;
- Participate in initiatives with various stakeholders at all levels (i.e. VP’s and Directors in all areas of the company;
- Assist in the development of the vision for new products, ensuring alignment with the company’s overall vision and goals; and
- Identify opportunities for new products and/or product enhancements that create new client value and generate new revenue.
- From time to time, conduct industry/client presentations as an expert in the field.
- Provide a balanced perspective on drug plan management corporately as well, act as an advisor to our clients.

**Qualifications**:
Education: Post-secondary education in healthcare, business or human resources with a focus on employee benefits or health sciences

Work Experience: Experience in project management, marketing or product development. Experience working in the area of health and wellness, sales or operations would be considered an asset

Other Qualifications: Some scheduled travel may be required

Computer Skills: Demonstrated ability in the Microsoft Office Suite of products and Sharepoint.

Language Skills: Bilingualism in French and English is a mandatory requirement.

**Core Competencies**:

- Knowledge: Knowledge permits innovative thinking as well as assessment of complex issues through the identification of linkages and longer-term organization wide impacts
- Analytical Thinking: Identifies the root cause of problems and implements the most appropriate solutions.
- Communication Skills: Superior oral, written and presentation skills. Constantly looking for innovative approaches and solutions
- Customer Orientation: Routinely asks internal customers for feedback and applies the info along with helpful suggestions to improve overall customer service levels within the area.
- Execution and Organizational Skills: Excellent time/project management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects w