I’m Rob Padilla - welcome to my product management portfolio! Here you’ll find a curated selection of my experiences and achievements in digital product management and leadership.
Currently, I’m the Director of Product Management for Digital Life Science Solutions at Springer Nature. Working in digital product management for over 10 years, I’ve honed my product leadership skills by successfully managing complex, high-value, digital platforms for physical and life science researchers. My product leadership approach draws on my scientific background, international work experiences, and the product operating model. Driven by near bottomless curiosity, I love discovering and delivering great solutions while building and leading successful product teams.
Expertise and Experience
Accelerating scientific R&d
Ex-chemistry researcher and technical editor leading digital product teams delivering solutions for lab researchers
artificial intelligence
Extensive experience with AI products and platforms: ontologies, knowledge graphs, and generative AI systems
Serving Global markets
Extensive B2B experience serving top tier academic and corporate R&D organizations in the physical and life sciences
people management
Managing, coaching, and developing talent; actively involved in the product management community
Empowered product management
Successfully implementing product operating models - continuous discovery and delivery, product trios, and OKRs
leadership
Serving on business unit leadership teams to create successful product visions and strategies