Description

At Vitalant, we are driven by a mission: to advance healthcare and save lives through the power of blood and innovative transfusion solutions. We're seeking a Product Management Senior Director - Platelet Portfolio to shape the future of platelet therapies and make a measurable difference in emergency care, trauma response, and transfusion medicine.
Why Join Us?

• Mission with Impact: Every decision you make directly improves patient care in high-acuity settings like EMS, trauma centers, and hospitals.
• Innovation at Scale: Lead growth and strategy for a diverse portfolio of platelet products, introducing new solutions that transform clinical outcomes.
• Entrepreneurial Leadership: Own the full product lifecycle - from strategy and development through launch, commercialization, and continuous improvement.
• Collaboration That Matters: Work with clinical leaders, operational experts, and regulatory stakeholders while building strong partnerships with hospitals and healthcare coalitions.
• Industry Leadership: Represent Vitalant across healthcare forums, advancing thought leadership in transfusion medicine and emergency care.

What You'll Do

• Lead the strategy, growth, and innovation of the platelet product portfolio (3+ products with significant clinical and operational impact).
• Translate market intelligence and clinical workflows into actionable strategies for new and existing solutions.
• Collaborate across clinical, operational, and regulatory teams to ensure successful adoption and lifecycle management.
• Drive financial sustainability and customer value through smart pricing, margin analysis, and operational efficiency.
• Engage with external partners - including EMS, hospitals, fire departments, and trauma networks - to advance platelet therapies in high-acuity environments.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience in healthcare product management, ideally with FDA-regulated or acute care products.
• Deep expertise in blood products, transfusion protocols, and emergency medicine workflows.
• Strong operational and financial acumen with a track record of scaling complex healthcare solutions.
• Skilled in cross-functional leadership, aligning clinical, operational, and regulatory stakeholders.
• Preferred: Exposure to Terumo, Cerus, Macopharma, Octapharma, or large blood operators.
• Preferred: Certification/exposure to forecasting or demand planning (IBF, Demand Driven).

Why Vitalant?

Joining Vitalant means more than just a career move - it's a chance to make a national impact in transfusion medicine while working for one of the most respected blood service organizations in the U.S. Here, your leadership will fuel life-saving innovation, operational excellence, and customer trust.

Compensation for this role will be commensurate with your years of relevant experience and geographic location in alignment with our compensation structure.

Salary range shown corresponds to National Office.

Requirements

Education: Bachelors Degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, Public Health or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience required. Master's degree (MBA, MHA) preferred.

Knowledge: Healthcare product development, hospital or blood banking operations, transfusion medicine, treatments or emergency patient care, required.

Familiarity with supply chain and operational processes, preferred.

Licenses/Certifications: Certification from the Institute of Business Forecasting and Planning or Demand Driven, preferred.

Summary

About Us

Vitalant is one of the nation's largest nonprofit blood and biotherapies healthcare organizations, providing hospitals and patients across the U.S. a safe blood supply, specialized laboratory services, transfusion medicine expertise and world-renowned research. We have a network of 115 donation centers across the U.S. and host approximately 60, 000 bl ood drives annually. Vitalant provides blood and special services to patients in more than 900 hospitals across the U.S. where millions of people depend on blood donations from our generous donors.

Job Posting Disclaimer

Please note: Vitalant does not currently hire individuals who reside in the following states - Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Utah, and Vermont.

Vitalant is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace built on a foundation of respect, integrity, teamwork, and excellence. We create opportunities for employees of all backgrounds to feel valued, seen and heard. We believe this mission drives creativity and innovation, as employees experience an environment conducive to personal growth and career development.

EEO/Disabled/Veterans

Our organization is an equal employment/affirmative action employer. If you need accommodation for any part of the employment process because of a medical condition or disability, please send an e-mail to Careers@vitalant.org to let us know the nature of your request.

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