What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Manager- Fluidics Connections position at Planet Pharma?
Key Responsibilities
Product Strategy & Portfolio Management
Education
Experience in one or more of the following markets:
Product Strategy & Portfolio Management
- Own the full product lifecycle for assigned fluidic component and connection product lines.
- Develop and maintain product roadmaps aligned with market opportunities and business objectives.
- Define product requirements, prioritize initiatives, and drive execution across functional teams.
- Lead portfolio reviews, SKU rationalization efforts, segmentation exercises, and profitability initiatives.
- Support long-term strategic planning through market, customer, and technology insights.
- Conduct Voice of Customer (VOC) research to identify unmet needs and emerging opportunities.
- Analyze market trends, industry developments, and competitive offerings to inform product strategy.
- Develop business cases and value propositions for new product development opportunities.
- Act as the voice of the customer within the organization, ensuring market needs are reflected in product decisions.
- Partner with Engineering, Project Management, Operations, Quality, and Finance throughout the product development process.
- Support product concept development, business case creation, pricing strategies, and commercialization planning.
- Collaborate with Sales and Marketing on go-to-market strategies, product launches, training, and sales enablement materials.
- Ensure successful market introduction and adoption of new products.
- Monitor product performance metrics including revenue, margin, pricing, forecast accuracy, quality, and customer satisfaction.
- Recommend and implement actions to improve product and portfolio performance.
- Maintain product documentation including technical literature, product specifications, application content, and commercialization materials.
- Provide ongoing support to Sales, Applications, Customer Service, and Operations teams.
- Drive alignment among stakeholders across Commercial, Engineering, Operations, Quality, and Finance organizations.
- Facilitate decision-making, resolve competing priorities, and communicate project status effectively.
- Maintain project documentation, risk assessments, decision logs, and portfolio records.
- Ensure transparent communication and accountability across teams.
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Chemistry, Physics, or another technical discipline preferred.
- 4 years of Product Management experience, including ownership of at least one successful product launch.
- Experience within life sciences, analytical instrumentation, diagnostics, laboratory technologies, or related technical markets.
- Prior experience with fluidic analytical instrumentation, fluid handling technologies, chromatography systems, mass spectrometry systems, laboratory automation, or related fluidics applications strongly preferred.
- Additional experience in technical sales, applications engineering, product development, or engineering is a plus.
Experience in one or more of the following markets:
- Chromatography
- Mass Spectrometry
- Genomics
- Bioprocessing
- Molecular Diagnostics
- Life Science Research Tools
- Laboratory Automation
- Spatial Biology
- Analytical Instrumentation