Sr Product Manager

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Discover Impactful Work

A passionate Sr Product Manager will grow the 1-step RT-qPCR Reagent portfolio, serving as the business’s internal champion. This person will drive the business to achieve revenue, margin and customer satisfaction objectives. This person will introduce new products and capabilities, work cross functionally with Marketing and Sales to develop and implement effective go to market strategies, and own all product management responsibilities for a growing portfolio of qPCR products. Responsibilities include identifying, establishing and maintaining strategic relationships with customers, suppliers, commercial team members, and industry opinion leaders, as well as driving projects through to completion with internal team members including R&D, operations and customer service.

A day in the life

Define product lifecycle, positioning, pricing, go-to-market, and new product strategies based on a deep understanding of market trends, market segmentation, customer needs, technologies, competitor products and business unit goals

Collect voice of customer information and maintain relationships with key external and internal customers to inform new product introduction and go-to-market strategies

Understand and elucidate internal and external customer requirements then translate those to new product requirements

Work cross-functionally to ensure that revenue, margin, customer satisfaction, and growth goals are achieved

Forecast sales and prepare budgets to guide operations planning and build financial models for new product introductions and initiatives

Train commercial teams on our product features and benefits as needed and provide ongoing support for customers

Work effectively with R&D, program management, operations, business development, market development and other key functional team members across the organization to achieve business goals

Keys to Success

Education

Bachelors Degree (B.S./B.A.) in a scientific field (molecular biology, genetics or biochemistry preferred)

Experience

5 years of experience in product management, marketing or similar role within the life sciences industry

Familiar with life sciences markets, customers, and customer segments, and molecular biology tools

Experienced in defining customer and product requirements, product positioning, pricing, and product life cycle.

Analyzes, synthesizes and makes decisions based on complex technical, financial, market and research information.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

Excellent communication and presentation abilities

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Generates outcomes and works effectively in a matrixed management structure.

Ability to create and develop a successful, strong team. Strategic. Recognizes opportunities and challenges the status quo. Able to create strategy and translate strategy to action.

Greets challenge and change as opportunity

Ability to travel up to 20% of the time

Benefits

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in California is $155,900.00–$215,000.00.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards

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, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.