Product Manager

Work Schedule

Environmental Conditions

Job Description

When youre part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific youll 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 youll be supported in achieving your career goals.

Location/Division Specific Information

We are offering this role ashybrid model (site based and 1-2 days working from home) preferably based in the nearby of Lenexa Kansas US or nearby of Perth UK. Some international travel (25-35% per annum) will be required with a focus on our sites in Basingstoke (UK) Wesel (Germany) and Lenexa (USA). Ideally you will live within commuting distance of an international airport.

How will you make an impact

We are seeking a commercially driven Product Manager to lead the strategic and financial performance of the Prepared Media Plates portfolio in North America within the Microbiology Division (MBD) of Thermo Fisher Scientific.

This role has full end-to-end business ownership of a significant portion of the Culture Media portfolio. You will operate as a business leader accountable for revenue growth margin expansion pricing strategy competitive positioning and long-term portfolio optimization.

This is not a purely technical role it requires strong commercial acumen financial ownership and the ability to translate customer and market insights into measurable business results.

You will shape and execute portfolio strategy drive go-to-market excellence lead cross-functional teams to deliver sustained growth and market share gains.

What will you do

Full Business & P&L Ownership

• Own the end-to-end product lifecycle from strategy development through retirement

• Drive revenue growth gross margin expansion and market share gains

• Develop annual operating plans and financial forecasts aligned to division targets

• Lead pricing strategy value-based pricing initiatives and margin optimization

• Build rigorous business cases for new product introductions and portfolio investments

• Ensure disciplined portfolio management including rationalization and optimization decisions

Strategic Growth & Competitive Positioning

• Define and execute portfolio growth strategies across North America

• Conduct competitive analysis and translate insights into differentiated positioning

• Identify whitespace opportunities and expansion levers

• Lead customer segmentation and prioritize high-value growth segments

• Translate Voice of Customer (VOC) insights into strategic roadmaps with financial justification

Go-to-Market & Commercial Execution

• Develop and lead global and regional go-to-market strategies

• Partner with Sales and Regional Marketing to ensure successful product launches

• Define value propositions positioning and messaging to drive commercial impact

• Monitor launch performance and implement corrective actions to meet growth objectives

• Serve as the primary liaison between Commercial R&D Operations Regulatory Quality and Supply Chain teams

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Lead cross-functional collaboration in a complex matrixed and international organization

• Influence stakeholders without direct authority to align behind portfolio priorities

• Provide strategic direction to R&D and Marketing on innovation priorities

• Visit key customers to deepen workflow understanding and identify growth opportunities

Impact of the Role

This role is critical to accelerating portfolio growth strengthening competitive positioning and delivering sustained financial performance. The Product Manager directly influences revenue trajectory profitability and long-term strategic direction of the Prepared Media Plates business.

Location & Travel

• Hybrid model (site based and 1-2 days working from home) preferably near Lenexa Kansas US or nearby of Perth UK International travel (2535% annually) required including UK and Germany

How will you get here

Education

• Bachelors degree required (Life Sciences Business Marketing or related field)
• Life sciences background preferred but not required
• MBA or advanced business qualification is a plus

Experience

• 5 years of product management and/or commercial experience preferably within life sciences diagnostics or technical industries

• Demonstrated ownership of revenue targets pricing strategy and margin performance

• Proven experience developing business cases and driving investment decisions

• Experience managing product launches and full product lifecycle strategy

• Strong financial acumen including forecasting ROI analysis and P&L management

• Experience in microbiology or regulated environments is advantageous but not mandatory.

Knowledge Skills Abilities

Able to capture sharp customer insights and translate into business and product strategy and actions.

Capable of driving improvement in business performance directing initiatives that deliver short- medium- and long-term growth

Familiar with working in a global/international business environment

Strategic thinker with data-driven decision-making approach

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

Confident communicator able to influence senior stakeholders

Good listener with ability to influence across teams (without direct authority)

Willing and able to travel internationally (25-35% per annum) including overnight stays

Fluent in English additional languages a plus

Whats in it for you:

Excellent career progression opportunities with a large and growing global employer

Competitive salary plus annual incentive bonus

Full benefits package (specifics depend on country of hire)

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and our customers are accelerating life sciences research solving complex analytical challenges increasing productivity in their laboratoriesimproving patient health through diagnostics orthedevelopment andmanufacture of life-changing therapies we are here to support them. Our global teamofmore than 100000colleaguesdelivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands including Thermo Scientific Applied Biosystems Invitrogen Fisher Scientific Unity Lab Services Patheon and PPD. For more information please visit .

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