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Sartorius North America
Manager of Product Management Imaging Solutions
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A Director of Product Development is responsible for directing the overall product development of a business. This may include of developing the company strategy for the product, and collaborating with other directors from the engineering, marketing, sales, and operations departments in order to ensure that the strategy for the product aligns across the business.
$167,383 / year median in Michigan
+4% projected growth
Job Description
Growth and ideas that simplify progress. Join a role where strategic thinking, innovation, and leadership help shape the future of life science imaging solutions. As the Product Management leader for Imaging Solutions, this position drives portfolio strategy, product innovation, and long-term roadmap development across instruments, software, and reagents & consumables. By partnering across functions and translating market insights into differentiated solutions, the role contributes to advancing technologies that support better health outcomes while enabling business growth. Grow with us - Your Responsibilities Lead and develop a team of product managers and product owners, enabling strong execution and supporting capability growthManage the full product lifecycle across a portfolio of instruments, software, and reagents & consumables, from new product introduction through product phase-outDrive performance of existing product lines by maintaining and improving profitability and margins while executing value-based pricing strategiesDefine and execute product strategies, roadmaps, and requirements, while shaping the long-term product vision and next-generation portfolio developmentAnalyze market trends, maintain deep product and market knowledge, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement and feature enhancementsCollaborate with customers, field-based teams, and internal stakeholders to define, refine, and prioritize product requirements while ensuring cross-functional alignmentConduct competitive analyses and develop business cases to guide product development decisions, build stakeholder alignment, partner with Product Marketing on execution, and align with operations including demand planning, manufacturing, and backorder managementWhat will convince usHold a Master's degree in Cell Biology, Biology, Immunology, Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, or Bioengineering; an MBA or PhD is preferred Bring 10+ years of product management or commercial experience within life science tools or a related industry, including at least 7 years of people management experienceDemonstrate 5+ years of hands-on microscopy and image analysis experiencePossess proven product management experience developing strategies and roadmaps and leading execution for life science imaging instrumentation and software portfolios; experience with reagents and consumables is preferredApply strong strategic, business, and innovation acumen to identify and quantify market opportunities, define effective portfolio strategies, and develop and test value propositions for new products and business modelsDemonstrate experience developing successful products using stage-gate and agile methodologies while collaborating across functions to achieve resultsCommunicate and present effectively, with the ability to influence senior leadership stakeholdersIdentify with the company values of