Product Manager HPLC (f/m/d)

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or growing efficiency in their laboratories, we are here to support them. Our distributed team of more than 100,000 colleagues delivers an outstanding combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD. With Thermo Fisher Scientific, it’s not just a career. It’s a chance to realise your best – professionally and personally.
The Thermo Fisher Scientific HPLC business has been setting significant and innovative trends for many years in the development, manufacturing and marketing of instruments and software for High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). The expertise of our highly qualified staff is driving our economic success, enabling us to continuously expand our business. Product Management plays a pivotal role on the road of turning ideas into groundbreaking products. We condense customer needs into new product requirements, bring these concepts to life in close collaboration with our R&D engineering group, and maintain our products across all phases of the product lifecycle. To support the rapid expansion of our HPLC business, we are seeking a passionate and committed individual to join.
For the support of our team we are looking for a

PRODUCT MANAGER HPLC (F/M/D)

We are looking for an expert individual with passion and knowledge to join the HPLC/UHPLC Product Management team. The Product Manager will define, handle and evaluate innovative HPLC products, helping to advance HPLC technology development and make a significant impact for our customers in various markets around the world. This position reports to a Senior Manager in the Product Management Team and will be responsible for crucial parts of our portfolio together with a team of highly qualified and motivated peers.

What will you do?

• Apply your knowledge and experience on defining and evaluating innovative products that drive HPLC development and make an impact for our customers around the globe
• Own requirements and business plans for new product introductions
• Lead development projects with R&D engineers and application scientists for the next generation of instruments serving the needs of our customers
• Coordinate the lifecycle process of HPLC products from the initial idea to the end of supported life
• Observe trends, analyze the competition, and identify customer needs and opportunities.
• Build trainings and marketing material together with our marketing team with a focus on data sheets, publications in scientific journals, brochures, content for websites, and presentations.
• While our main HPLC factory site is in Germering, Germany (near Munich), we also encourage candidates to apply that are based in EMEA working remotely.
• Travel worldwide to present our products to customers and support the success of our sales organization at approximately 10% max. of time (for remote employees, additional travel time to the Germering site may be required).

How will you get there?

• Master or university degree (PhD) in chemistry, biochemistry or related life science
• Preferably 3 years of relevant job experience in (U)HPLC with an instrument vendor, pharmaceutical industry or any other test lab, or other relevant background.
• Solid knowledge of HPLC theory and practice, technology, and markets, as well as consumables, applications and adjacent analytical techniques
• Customer-centric mentality and the ability to translate customer requirements into business plans and product definitions
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English also speaking at scientific conferences.
• Experience with documenting and managing projects, writing scientific content and debating those with a high-level audience
• A natural teammate, capable of collaborating with global, cross-functional teams
• Experience in the field of Product Management and/or Business Management is a plus.

What we offer

• Employment with an innovative, future-oriented organisation
• Outstanding career and development prospects
• Company pension scheme and other fringe benefits
• Exciting company culture which stands for integrity, intensity, involvement and innovation

If you are interested, please apply online with your CV and Motivation Letter including possible start date and salary expectations.
At Thermo Fisher Scientific, each one of our 100,000 extraordinary minds has a unique story to tell. Join us and contribute to our singular mission—enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.
Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or any other legally protected status.
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• Apply your knowledge and experience on defining and evaluating innovative products that drive HPLC development and make an impact for our customers around the globe
• Own requirements and business plans for new product introductions
• Lead development projects with R&D engineers and application scientists for the next generation of instruments serving the needs of our customers
• Coordinate the lifecycle process of HPLC products from the initial idea to the end of supported life
• Observe trends, analyze the competition, and identify customer needs and opportunities.
• Build trainings and marketing material together with our marketing team with a focus on data sheets, publications in scientific journals, brochures, content for websites, and presentations.
• While our main HPLC factory site is in Germering, Germany (near Munich), we also encourage candidates to apply that are based in EMEA working remotely.
• Travel worldwide to present our products to customers and support the success of our sales organization at approximately 10% max. of time (for remote employees, additional travel time to the Germering site may be required)