Cardinal Health™ WaveMark™ Solutions, is a market leader in healthcare inventory automation and analytics providing a scalable, enterprise-level, cloud-based platform that integrates with clinical and financial systems. For more than 20 years, WaveMark™ has helped health systems automate and simplify clinical and supply chain workflows, enabling clinicians to spend less time managing supplies and more time focused on patient care.
Job Summary
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. The role defines partnership program criteria, evaluates potential partners and technologies, shapes joint value propositions and product integration approaches, and leads cross-functional execution from discovery and due diligence through pilot, launch, performance management, expansion, transition, or exit.
This individual contributor leads through influence and has no direct reports. The role works in close partnership with Engineering, Architecture, Engineering Product Operations, Legal, Procurement, Information Security, Quality, Regulatory, Finance, Marketing, Customer Success, Sales, Operations, Data & Analytics, and external partners. Marketing leads VOC orchestration, launch activities, and launch metrics; Customer Success owns SBRs and collaborates with Product Management to translate customer health and value insights into product decisions.
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 that identify expected value, investment, timing, risks, and mitigation actions before commitments.
- Define product scope, responsibilities, acceptance criteria, service expectations, data rights, and roadmap commitments for commercial agreements; Legal and Procurement retain authority for contract terms and supplier governance.
Data Capture Product Roadmap
- Own, prioritize, and maintain the data capture technology roadmap for assigned capabilities, aligned to the product portfolio strategy, customer workflows, and measurable product outcomes.
- 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, cross-product and partner dependencies, and roadmap trade-offs.
Pilot, Integration, and Launch Execution
- Lead proof-of-concept, prototype, alpha, beta, integration, validation, and usability activities with internal teams, customers, and partners.
- Define pilot hypotheses, entry and exit criteria, success measures, evidence collection, and issue management; recommend scale, iteration, pause, or termination based on results.
- Coordinate cross-functional product readiness and adoption planning with delivery teams, Customer Success, and Sales; provide product input to Marketing-led positioning, launch, enablement, and launch measurement.
Partnership Governance and Lifecycle Management
- Lead active-partner operating cadences, decision forums, performance reviews, and escalation paths, with clear roles and accountability.
- Monitor agreed customer, product, technical, operational, service, financial, and risk measures; lead corrective action planning with partners and internal stakeholders to address performance gaps.
- Recommend expansion, optimization, renewal, transition, replacement, or exit based on performance and strategic fit; maintain continuity plans for supply, support, data portability, customer communication, and end of life.
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, corporate development, technical program leadership, or closely related experience with enterprise software, healthcare technology, data capture, hardware-enabled products, integrations, or digital platforms preferred
- Demonstrated experience taking products, integrations, or partner-enabled capabilities from discovery and evaluation through due diligence, agreement, delivery, launch, adoption, optimization, and lifecycle management.
- Experience developing partner selection criteria, business cases, governance models, performance measures, and executive recommendations.
- Strong Agile product development experience and ability to work effectively with engineering, design, architecture, data, security, privacy, quality, regulatory, legal, procurement, finance, and operations.
- Technical fluency in one or more data capture domains such as RFID, barcode, machine vision, sensors, edge devices, mobile capture, IoT, APIs, cloud platforms, or healthcare system integration preferred.
- Healthcare supply chain, inventory management, clinical workflow, EHR/ERP integration, medical device, or regulated product experience preferred.
- Strong analytical, writing, facilitation, presentation, negotiation, relationship management, and stakeholder leadership skills.
- Ability to travel approximately 20–30%, based on partner, product, and customer needs.
- Customer/Vendor credentialing may be required (this may include vaccinations)--additional details will be provided if selected for the interview process.
What is expected of you and others at this level
- Applies advanced knowledge and understanding of concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to manage a wide variety of projects
- Participates in the development of policies and procedures to achieve specific goals
- Recommends new practices, processes, metrics, or models
- Works on or may lead complex projects of large scope
- Projects may have significant and long-term impact
- Provides solutions which may set precedent
- Independently determines method for completion of new projects
- Receives guidance on overall project objectives
- Acts as a mentor to less experienced colleagues
Anticipated salary range: $106,700-167,640
Bonus eligible: Yes
Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.
- 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
Application window anticipated to close: 12/05/2026 *if interested in the opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.
The salary range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographical location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity.
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