Sr. Product Specialist (Model N)

 

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Sr. Product Specialist (Model N) 

 

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role, Sr Model N Product Specialist, are to:

• Perform support of Model N regulatory modules (Government Pricing, Medicaid);
• Participate in the implementation of Model N for requirements gathering, design, and testing;
• Designs, develops and executes test scripts to ensure the developed system(s) meet the technical and functional specifications; conducts functional testing, integration testing; plans and coordinates user acceptance testing; documents the results of all tests;
• Provides a point of contact for supporting the applications in support of Government Pricing and Medicaid business processes or areas;
• Support business users with questions, issues, and resolution of problems;
• Manage stakeholder expectations by effectively collaboration with other product specialist, technical teams, Model N, and IT Digital leads on executing and aligning roadmaps, delivery dates and integration efforts;
• Leads change management initiatives to deliver customer-centric solutions for multiple products/platforms;
• Hold third party vendors accountable for service delivery and issue resolution;
• Engage in continuous optimization of solution, introducing best practices as well as initiates discussions around new technologies to enhance product roadmap to deliver better business outcomes;
• Ensure appropriate documentation is created to launch and support the digital product;
• Ensures deep knowledge on basic and advanced revenue management processes;
• Works within complex organizations and has knowledge and insights into relevant and complex markets of our customers;
• Develop both system and technical documentation;
• Perform yearly upgrades to include requirements, training, and documentation;
• Coordinates global end-user testing scenarios and acceptance criteria ensuring alignment with defined acceptance criteria and business objectives;
• Ability to solve complex data issues with attention to detail;
• Technical ability to understand underlying data structures and deal with large amounts of data;
• Identify opportunities to improve the systems process flow, performance, and technical efficiencies;
• Acts as a strategic liaison between users, business stakeholders, and development teams, ensuring alignment and transparency throughout the product lifecycle;
• Communicates complex product concepts and performance insights effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences;
• Identifies and influences future product development opportunities;
• Defines and analyses advanced user experience metrics in alignment with overall strategic direction;
• Mentors junior specialists;
• The preferred location for this role is Whippany, NJ, but Residence-Based candidates in the US will also be considered.

WHO YOU ARE

Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 7 years of revenue management experience;
• At least 7 years of experience working in the Government Pricing and Medicaid areas;
• 5+ years of experience as a product specialist or similar;
• Experience in participating in the build and support of Model N;
• Ability to identify critical issues, prioritize and assess trade-offs;
• Good interpersonal skills and abilities to build and foster internal and external networks by instilling trust, collaborating with others, and driving innovative topics;
• Proficiency in working with relational databases such as MySQL, etc.;
• Strong interpersonal skills and desire to work in a highly collaborative environment;
• Familiarity with the relevant industry trends.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in project management;
• Model N Upgrade experience;
• Experience in Integrations with SAP;
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams;
• Experience in global or multi-platform environments.

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