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As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
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Microbiology Division

We are offering this role as hybrid/ remote (working from home), preferably based in the nearby of Lenexa, Kansas, US. 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 Product specialist C&T, AGS, Liquid media to join our Culture Media team, within the Microbiology Division (MBD) of Thermo Fisher Scientific, accountable for an important portion of the culture media portfolio.

As Product Manager, you will hold end-to-end accountability for the growth and commercial success of the products, functioning as a business leader for your product portfolio.

The Product Manager leads the product strategy for the assigned portfolio and is responsible for product life-cycle management while acting as the liaison between Sales, Regional Marketing, R&D, Manufacturing, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Affairs, Technical/Customer Support and Supply Chain.

This role offers the opportunity to actively craft and influence our product development and innovation strategies for the Culture Media portfolio driving towards significantly increased market share.

What will you do?

·       Full business ownership and accountability for delivering financial results for the C&T, AGS and culture media liquid media

·       Translate deep understanding of customer workflows and customer needs into sharp customer insights. Use these insights to shape product development pipelines

·       Develop the product portfolio, product roadmaps, and New Product Initiatives in collaboration with the marketing team and R&D, ensuring robustness of business cases.

·       Develop the global go-to-market strategy plans for areas of responsibility, including customer segmentation, competitor analysis, business trends, market opportunities, product positioning and pricing.

·       Provide strategic direction for C&T, AGS and culture media liquid media related projects to other Marketing, R&D & Commercial groups. These include product briefing documents, go-to-market plans, campaigns etc.

·       Manage total product lifecycle, setting organizational cadence for retirement, refresh or enhancement of existing products.

·       Understand customer needs, perform voice of customer (VOC), and define product requirements with corresponding business or financial justification.

·       Visit key customers, developing trusted partner relationships to deeply understand their workflows, and current and future business needs.

·       Provide indirect/collaborative leadership with professionals in a cross-functional matrix and international organization (e.g. Marketing Communication, Regional Marketing, R&D, Regulatory Affairs, Operations and Commercial teams)

How will you get here?

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology or similar requiredundefined·       2+ years experience within Microbiology – either as a scientist, salesperson, or marketeer·       2–3 years of experience in Marketing or Product Management of life science or technical products and services is considered a strong advantageKnowledge, 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·       Strong analytical and problem-solving skills·       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 plusWhat’s 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 safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team of more than 100,000 colleagues delivers 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 www.thermofisher.com.