Sr Manager, Product Management

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Job Description

When you’re part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work. And you’ll have the opportunity for continual growth and learning in a culture that empowers your development. With revenues of more than $40 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources and opportunities to make significant contributions to the world.

Location/Division-Specific Information:

Pleasanton, CA. Relocation assistance is NOT provided. 

*Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screen.

Discover Impactful Work:

The Senior Manager, Product Management – Human Identification (HID), is responsible for leading the global product management organization for the HID portfolio, including instruments, consumables, assays, software-enabled solutions, workflows, and future platform innovations supporting forensic and human identification applications.

Reporting directly to the Director of Product Management, this role leads a team of Product Managers responsible for portfolio strategy, commercialization, lifecycle management, customer engagement, and business performance across the HID business.

The successful candidate will serve as a key member of the product management leadership team, partnering closely with R&D, Commercial, Marketing, Operations, Finance, Quality, and executive leadership to translate customer and workflow insights into differentiated products, workflow solutions, and sustainable business growth.

This role requires a proven product management leader with strong strategic, commercial, financial, and people leadership capabilities who can build organizational capability while driving portfolio growth, innovation, and operational excellence. The position is expected to assume increasing organizational and business leadership responsibilities over time and serves as a critical component of the product management leadership pipeline.

A Day in the Life:

Product Strategy & Lifecycle Ownership

• Lead the global product management team responsible for the Human Identification portfolio.
• Own portfolio vision, strategy, roadmap, lifecycle management, and investment priorities across HID instruments, consumables, chemistries, assays, software, workflows, and platform solutions.
• Align portfolio strategy and roadmap priorities with division strategy, customer needs, market opportunities, and financial objectives.
• Define and prioritize portfolio investments while balancing customer value, technical feasibility, operational requirements, competitive differentiation, and business impact.
• Lead strategic trade-off discussions and portfolio prioritization decisions across assigned products, workflows, applications, software, assays, and platforms.
• Drive long-term portfolio planning, growth strategies, lifecycle sustainment, and end-of-life decisions.
• Develop business cases and investment recommendations to support innovation, market expansion, and long-term business growth.

Customer & Workflow Insight Translation

• Establish and champion a strong voice-of-customer culture across the product management organization.
• Translate unmet customer needs, workflow pain points, market trends, and competitive insights into differentiated product requirements and roadmap priorities.
• Build executive-level relationships with forensic laboratories, government agencies, key opinion leaders (KOLs), strategic partners, and customers.
• Ensure customer and workflow insights are integrated into portfolio planning, innovation prioritization, and business strategy decisions.
• Represent customer and market perspectives in leadership discussions and portfolio governance processes.
• Monitor market dynamics, competitive activity, technology trends, and regulatory developments impacting the human identification market.

Innovation & Workflow Enablement

• Partner with R&D leadership to shape customer-backed new product innovation (NPI), workflow automation initiatives, software and AI-enabled solutions, and adjacent market opportunities.
• Drive innovation prioritization and investment recommendations based on customer, market, technical, and financial insights.
• Identify opportunities to improve workflow efficiency, laboratory productivity, customer experience, and portfolio differentiation.
• Support development of future platform strategies and integrated workflow solutions that strengthen market leadership and customer value.
• Ensure product management resources effectively support innovation programs from concept through commercialization.

Commercial Alignment

• Lead portfolio positioning, market segmentation, pricing strategy, value proposition development, and commercialization planning.
• Partner with Commercial, Marketing, and Regional leadership teams to ensure launch readiness, customer adoption, and market success.
• Drive competitive positioning, sales enablement, customer messaging, and go-to-market execution across the portfolio.
• Maintain accountability for portfolio revenue performance and achievement of growth objectives.
• Ensure alignment between product strategy, commercial priorities, and business objectives.

Financial Ownership

• Own portfolio business performance, including revenue growth, profitability, market share, and return on investment.
• Lead annual operating planning, portfolio reviews, forecasting, and long-range strategic planning activities.
• Develop financial analyses, investment recommendations, and business cases supporting strategic portfolio decisions.
• Monitor portfolio performance metrics and implement actions to achieve financial and strategic objectives.
• Partner with Finance and Business Leadership to drive sustainable growth and profitability.

People Leadership & Talent Development

• Directly lead, coach, and develop a team of Product Managers supporting the HID portfolio.
• Establish clear performance expectations, development plans, and career growth opportunities for team members.
• Build strong product management capabilities across customer insight generation, strategic planning, financial acumen, commercialization, and portfolio management.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, customer focus, and continuous learning.
• Develop future product management leaders through coaching, mentoring, and succession planning.
• Establish and reinforce product management standards, operating mechanisms, and best practices across the organization.
• Build organizational bench strength and leadership readiness to support future business needs.

Organizational Leadership & Cross-Functional Influence

• Serve as a key member of the HID business leadership team.
• Drive alignment across R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Commercial, Marketing, and Finance functions.
• Influence business strategy, investment priorities, and portfolio decisions through data-driven recommendations and stakeholder engagement.
• Partner closely with the Director of Product Management on portfolio governance, organizational planning, talent development, and business strategy.
• Demonstrate readiness for broader leadership responsibilities through strategic thinking, organizational influence, and business leadership.

Keys to Success:

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biotechnology, Business, Engineering, or related field required.
• MBA, MS, PhD, or equivalent advanced degree preferred.

Experience

• 10+ years of product management, portfolio management, marketing, commercial, scientific, or business leadership experience within life sciences, molecular diagnostics, genomics, analytical instrumentation, or related industries.
• 5+ years of direct people management experience, including coaching, performance management, talent development, and organizational leadership.
• Demonstrated success leading product management teams and developing high-performing talent.
• Proven experience owning portfolio strategy, roadmap development, commercialization, lifecycle management, and business performance.
• Strong financial and business acumen with experience managing revenue growth, profitability, business cases, and investment decisions.
• Demonstrated success influencing executive stakeholders and driving outcomes within complex global matrix organizations.
• Experience with forensic DNA workflows, human identification markets, molecular biology, genomics, or related technologies strongly preferred.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Deep understanding of product management principles, portfolio strategy, and lifecycle management.
• Strong leadership, coaching, and talent development capabilities.
• Excellent strategic thinking, business planning, and financial analysis skills.
• Strong executive communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to influence across organizational levels and functions.
• Experience leading global, cross-functional teams in a matrix environment.
• Customer-focused mindset with strong commercial and market orientation.
• Ability to travel globally as business needs require.

Benefits:

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!

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

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards