Sr Manager, Product Management

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

JOB DESCRIPTION

When you are part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work that will have real-world impact, and you’ll be supported in achieving your career goals. As the world leader in serving science, we empower our people to advance innovative technologies, develop meaningful solutions, and build exciting careers. With revenues of $43 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our 100,000 outstanding minds the resources and chances to create meaningful contributions to the world.
The Senior Manager, Cell Therapy Instrumentation will lead a product management team that is passionate about developing and driving a multi-generation product portfolio strategy to commercialize instrument solutions that support the development and manufacturing of cell therapies.

EDUCATION

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in life science or engineering. Advanced degree(s) and/or MBA preferred.

EXPERIENCE

• 7+ years of relevant product management experience including the development and commercialization of life sciences or medical device instrumentation.
• 5+ years of experience in team leadership
• Experience in developing instrumentation for regulated markets.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross functional teams.
• Consistent track record of crafting a premier customer experience.
• Broad technical understanding consistent with the life sciences/cell therapy market.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

• Knowledge of standard processes for instrumentation and consumables development.
• Knowledge of the existing and emerging cell therapy market, and familiarity with Thermo Fisher Scientific’s life sciences products a plus.
• Validated relationship building skills in a multinational/multicultural environment.
• Global mentality and strategic agility.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of time.

• Lead the development and execution of a multigenerational product portfolio strategy through coordination with cross functional teams within a matrixed organization.
• Analyze organizational readiness to implement strategy and work with sales, manufacturing, quality, regulatory, operations, and logistics partners to ensure an extraordinary customer experience.
• Lead a product management team that supports entire product life cycle:
• Build, lead, and supervise business plans & product road maps for existing products.
• Establish product positioning recommendations and work with marketing development functions to develop and implement product strategies.
• Drive growth of product portfolio through direct and indirect customer interactions.
• Conduct and present comprehensive internal and external product training.
• Ensure appropriate technical support for sales and field applications teams, including assistance with communicating and positioning products, product demos and service solutions.
• Assess inorganic opportunities to accelerate strategy execution.
• Analyze, interpret, and report out to executive leadership regularly on sales forecasts, programs, market and channel trends and competition.