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Growth and ideas that simplify progress. Join a role where strategic thinking, innovation, and leadership help shape the future of life science imaging solutions. As the Product Management leader for Imaging Solutions, this position drives portfolio strategy, product innovation, and long‑term roadmap development across instruments, software, and reagents & consumables. By partnering across functions and translating market insights into differentiated solutions, the role contributes to advancing technologies that support better health outcomes while enabling business growth.

Grow with us –

• Lead and develop a team of product managers and product owners, enabling strong execution and supporting capability growth
• Manage the full product lifecycle across a portfolio of instruments, software, and reagents & consumables, from new product introduction through product phase‑out
• Drive performance of existing product lines by maintaining and improving profitability and margins while executing value‑based pricing strategies
• Define and execute product strategies, roadmaps, and requirements, while shaping the long‑term product vision and next‑generation portfolio development
• Analyze market trends, maintain deep product and market knowledge, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement and feature enhancements
• Collaborate with customers, field‑based teams, and internal stakeholders to define, refine, and prioritize product requirements while ensuring cross‑functional alignment
• Conduct competitive analyses and develop business cases to guide product development decisions, build stakeholder alignment, partner with Product Marketing on execution, and align with operations including demand planning, manufacturing, and backorder management

• Hold a Master's degree in Cell Biology, Biology, Immunology, Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, or Bioengineering; an MBA or PhD is preferred
• Bring 10+ years of product management or commercial experience within life science tools or a related industry, including at least 7 years of people management experience
• Demonstrate 5+ years of hands‑on microscopy and image analysis experience
• Possess proven product management experience developing strategies and roadmaps and leading execution for life science imaging instrumentation and software portfolios; experience with reagents and consumables is preferred
• Apply strong strategic, business, and innovation acumen to identify and quantify market opportunities, define effective portfolio strategies, and develop and test value propositions for new products and business models
• Demonstrate experience developing successful products using stage‑gate and agile methodologies while collaborating across functions to achieve results
• Communicate and present effectively, with the ability to influence senior leadership stakeholders
• Identify with the company values of Sustainability, Openness, and Enjoyment

Travel: domestic and international travel as required to meet business needs.

As a growing global life science company, with our stock listed on the German DAX and TecDAX, Sartorius offers a wide range of benefits:

• Personal and Professional Development: Mentoring, leadership programs, internal seminar offerings
• Worklife Balance: Paid vacation, sick time, corporate holidays and community service day; as well as flexible work schedules
• Making an Impact Right from the Start: Comprehensive onboarding, including a virtual online platform
• Welcoming Culture: Mutual support, team spirit and international collaboration; communities on numerous topics such as “Coaching”, “Agile Working” and a “Businesswomen’s Network”
• Health & Well Being: Wide selection of health and well‑being support such as a variety of medical plans to choose from, dental, vision, EAP, and other wellness programs.
• Intelligent Working Environment: Working in smart buildings with the latest technology and equipment.
• Retirement Savings Plan: 401 k (with generous company match)
• Flexible Spending: HSA, FSA (dependent care & healthcare spending), Transportation Commuter Account
• Company Paid Benefits: Basic Life Insurance, AD&D, EAP, Family Planning & Women’s Health, Health Advocate
• Additional/Optional: Supplemental Life Insurance (employee, spouse & dependents), Legal Services, LTD & STD, Critical Illness Insurance, Student Loan Tuition Refinance Service

Base compensation for this position is $150,000 to $193,000 depending on experience with a bonus.

Sartorius is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability or based on status in any other protected group of class. Please view equal employment opportunity posters provided by OFCCP here.

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Sartorius is part of the solution in the fight against cancer, dementia, and many other diseases. Our technologies help translate scientific discoveries into real‑world medicine faster, so that new therapeutics can reach patients worldwide. We look for ambitious team players and creative minds, who want to contribute to this goal and advance their careers in a dynamic global environment.

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