Sr Product Manager - Digital Pcr Plastics

Job Description

Sr. Product Manager, Digital PCR Plastics

Requisition ID: R-0106825

When you’re part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work, like helping customers in finding cures for cancer, protecting the environment or making sure our food is safe. Your work will have real-world impact, and you’ll be supported in achieving your career goals.

Location/Division Specific Information

Without the need of standard curves for quantification, life science industry is embracing digital PCR (dPCR) for applications demanding high accuracy and precision such as Cell & Gene Therapy QA/QC, rare mutation detection, Copy Number Variation (CNV) analysis, and environmental DNA monitoring. Thermo Fisher Scientific’s dPCR business is growing with the ambition to bring absolute quantification to every bench in the world. Come join us to impact science and lives!

How will you make an impact?

A passionate and curious Product Manager who enjoys being around customers to empathize their challenges to manage the dPCR plastics product portfolio. We will teamwork to drive the strategy and product roadmap, develop innovative products built on our proprietary microfluidic array plate technology, and enable commercial success to grow the dPCR franchise. Working closely with Key Opinion Leaders and customers to deliver great customer experience, you will become our internal product champion by articulating why the plastics play a vital role in the success of our business and to our customers.

What will you do?

• Own dPCR plastics P&L, product roadmap, and product life cycle management.  
• Understand customer needs by conducting meaningful VOC (Voice of Customers), translating the learning and insights into customer requirements, and building the business case with financial analysis and forecast.
• Collaborate and partner with the cross-functional team to deliver "best-to-market" dPCR plastics products with global reach: R&D for customer requirement/product requirement synergy, finance for business case analysis, service/support for excellent customer experience, V&V and QA/QC to ensure product meeting desired specification, operation to properly forecast stocks, marketing to evangelize and generate customer interests, and commercialization to enable customers’ success.
• Identify, establish and manage strategic partnerships in focused customer and market segments to deliver impactful contents and customer testimonials.
• Support field efforts by quickly resolving customer problems, building strong customer relationships, and relaying frontline market intel back to broader teams for continuous product improvement.
• Domestic and International travel up to 20% of the time

Education

• Bachelor's Degree (B.S./B.A.) required in a scientific major (molecular biology, genetics, bioengineering, or biochemistry).
• MBA with work experience in the life science industry preferred.

Required Experience

• 7+ years of product management experience and/or strategic marketing in genomics, particularly in qPCR/dPCR. Hard consumable product management experience is a plus.
• Proven product launch and product care experience in life science industry.
• Owned a product portfolio, including pricing, forecasting and supply/demand responsibility.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and deliver winning products with cross-functional teams.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Confident presenter.
• Highly analytical - ability to clearly define what our customers’ success looks like.
• Strong understanding of genomic technologies – dPCR specifically.

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. A one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued. Apply today! http://jobs.thermofisher.com

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.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range estimated for this position based in California is $155,900.00–$210,000.00.

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