Product Manager, Reagents

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At Leica Microsystems, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. 

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

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At Leica Microsystems, we have been shaping the future for over 175 years with groundbreaking optical and digital solutions.  With a culture rooted in customer focus, innovation, and teamwork, we lead the market in microscopy, imaging, and analysis, unveiling the invisible and empowering our customers to build a better, healthier world.

Joining Leica Microsystems means contributing to scientific discoveries and supporting surgeons in making critical decisions. Our advanced microscopes and AI-based image analysis solutions enable users to gain profound insights into development and engineering challenges. Here, you will work on meaningful projects alongside passionate colleagues, driving progress and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

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The Product Manager - Reagents is responsible for the development, success, and growth of the reagents business within Leica Microsystems. The Product Manager Reagents will lead LMS’s efforts to establish reagent capabilities and solutions that, in conjunction with LMS hardware and software products, will provide Leica customers with full workflow solutions and create a robust recurring revenue stream for LMS globally.

This position reports to the Senior Director, End-to-End Solutions and is part of the Life Sciences and Applied business unit located in Wetzlar, Germany and will be an on-site role. 

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Drive the innovation process for reagent products in cooperation with Hardware/Software Product Managers, R&D, Strategic Marketing, and Regional Units based on customer needs, workflow solution approaches, and adapting technical and scientific trends including reference points of market and competitors.
• Develop product business plans for the reagent product portfolio.  Create business plans for development projects that translate product ideas into commercially effective solutions.
• Establish, in conjunction sales and marketing, a commercial infrastructure to support the reagents business and generate recurring revenue. 
• Scout for partnerships with external companies that fill gaps within the LMS product line.  Build relationships and negotiate with external companies that possess the potential to become partners and/or acquisition targets to further LMS’s reagents business.
• Analyze product portfolio positioning, markets, and global pricing.  Obtain voice of customer market feedback to evaluate customer experience.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in product management for reagent products
• Bachelors degree (or equivalent) in life sciences or engineering required. Advanced degree in science or business preferred (e.g. MSc, PhD, MBA)
• Ability to generate complete business cases, define key performance indicators, and critically analyze numerous metrics in order to make well founded development and business decisions
• Experience identifying, negotiating with, and managing external partners

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements: if applicable for role

• Approximately 20% travel is required

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Spatial biology and microscopy
• Development of product portfolio strategic plans
• Danaher Business Systems

Leica Microsystems, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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