Director, Product Management — Digital Lab Operating System

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Job Description

Thermo Fisher aims to accelerate customers Lab-of-the-Future journeys by unifying our instrument reagent and software portfolio into a connected Digital Lab Operating System.
As Director Product Management you will own product-market fit vision and commercial success for this platform. Partnering with R&D commercial and service teams worldwide you will turn fragmented capabilities into a single differentiated solution that creates a unique customer experience through compelling laboratory software.

What will you do:
Strategic Vision: Define and maintain a 3-year product vision and investment thesis for the Digital Lab of the Future grounded in Thermo Fishers mission and 4i Values. Prioritize where to build buy or partner to close capability gaps and maximize ROI.
Customer & Market Insight: Segment the global lab-software market (biopharma CDMO academia industrial etc.) and validate product-market fit through direct customer discovery across regions (AMER EMEA APJ). Translate insights into business-case-backed epics that tie software adoption to increased scientific activity.
Portfolio Governance: Own the end-to-end lifecycle for a portfolio of modules and APIsfrom concept to retirementensuring cohesive UX data model and commercial packaging. Set and track OKRs (ARR NPS attach rate to hardware cost-to-serve).
Cross-Functional Leadership: Drive a unified roadmap across multiple product managers engineering teams UX commercial and support teams; resolve trade-offs and dependencies. Facilitate architecture and standards alignment so modules integrate out of the box.
Go-to-Market & Adoption: Partner with Marketing & Sales Enablement to craft value propositions and pricing / bundling strategies spanning software instruments reagent and consumables. Support Design Consulting and Customer Success teams to execute change-management programs at customer sites.
Executive Communication: Deliver crisp data-driven updates on progress risks and investment needs; influence decisions across divisional boundaries.

How will you get here:

Education
Bachelors in Engineering Computer Science Life Sciences or related field preferred; MBA or advanced technical degree preferred.

Experience
Experience: 10 years in digital product management including 35 years leading platform/ecosystem products in biopharma or adjacent scientific markets.
Proven track record of commercializing SaaS or hybrid software that drives pull-through of capital equipment or consumables.
Demonstrated success managing global roadmaps and virtual teams > 50 people including external partners.
Strong financial and analytical acumenable to size markets model business cases and manage P&Ls.
Familiarity with modern cloud architectures micro-services and laboratory informatics (LIMS ELN CDS IoT).
Excellent storytelling and influencing skills with both technical audiences and C-suite stakeholders.
Comfortable traveling internationally up to 25 %.
Core & Leadership Competencies
Customer Focus anchors every decision in measurable customer value.
Innovation Mindset cultivates experimentation and iterative learning.
Collaboration integrates diverse viewpoints across geographies and functions.
Results Orientation delivers on commitments with a bias for action and data.
Strategic Agility anticipates market shifts and adjusts course proactively.
Change Leadership drives adoption of new ways of working internally and at customer sites.
Talent Builder mentors and empowers cross-functional teams to excel.

Why Thermo Fisher
You will shape the software backbone that connects the industrys broadest instrument and reagent portfolio helping scientists worldwide make the world healthier cleaner and safer. If you thrive at the intersection of product innovation digital transformation and scientific impact we want to meet you.

Compensation and Benefits

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

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