Product Manager - Reagents
Leica Microsystems

Job Info

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Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Leica Microsystems, one of Danaher's 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives-and we're all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You'll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher's system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact - innovating at the speed of life.

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At Leica Microsystems, we have been shaping the future for over 175 years with groundbreaking optical and digital solutions. With a culture rooted in customer focus, innovation, and teamwork, we lead the market in microscopy, imaging, and analysis, unveiling the invisible and empowering our customers to build a better, healthier world.

Joining Leica Microsystems means contributing to scientific discoveries and supporting surgeons in making critical decisions. Our advanced microscopes and AI-based image analysis solutions enable users to gain profound insights into development and engineering challenges. Here, you will work on meaningful projects alongside passionate colleagues, driving progress and pushing the boundaries of what's possible.

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The Product Manager - Reagents is responsible for the development, success, and growth of the reagents business within Leica Microsystems. The Product Manager Reagents will lead LMS's efforts to establish reagent capabilities and solutions that, in conjunction with LMS hardware and software products, will provide Leica customers with full workflow solutions and create a robust recurring revenue stream for LMS globally.

This position reports to the Director of Strategic Initiatives and is part of the Life Sciences and Applied business unit located in Waltham, MA and will be an on-site role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Drive the innovation process for reagent products in cooperation with Hardware/Software Product Managers, R&D, Strategic Marketing, and Regional Units based on customer needs, workflow solution approaches, and adapting technical and scientific trends including reference points of market and competitors.
• Develop product business plans for the reagent product portfolio. Create business plans for development projects that translate product ideas into commercially effective solutions.
• Establish, in conjunction sales and marketing, a commercial infrastructure to support the reagents business and generate recurring revenue.
• Scout for partnerships with external companies that fill gaps within the LMS product line. Build relationships and negotiate with external companies that possess the potential to become partners and/or acquisition targets to further LMS's reagents business.
• Analyze product portfolio positioning, markets, and global pricing. Obtain voice of customer market feedback to evaluate customer experience.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelors degree (or equivalent) in life sciences or engineering required.
• Minimum of 5 years of market experience, including time performing scientific research in a relevant field
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in product management, business development and/or sales and service role in a relevant high-tech industry preferred
• Experience identifying, negotiating with, and managing external partners
• Ability to generate complete business cases, define key performance indicators, and critically analyze numerous metrics in order to make well founded development and business decisions

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements: if applicable for role

• Approximately 20% travel is required

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Development of product portfolio strategic plans
• Life science microscopy
• Danaher Business Systems
• Advanced degree in science or business preferred (e.g. MSc, PhD, MBA)

Leica Microsystems, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it's a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

The salary range OR the hourly range for this role is $100,000 - $150,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Join our winning team today. Together, we'll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow's science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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