Sartorius is a growing global life science company focused on translating scientific discoveries into real-world medicine. They are seeking a Product Manager for their high-throughput flow cytometry portfolio, responsible for driving product success, collaboration across teams, and leveraging insights to guide product lifecycle and strategy.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the success of products within the flow cytometry instrument portfolio, from conception through launch and commercialization
- Define and execute a clear product vision, strategy, and roadmap aligned with company goals and BioAnalytics growth priorities
- Drive cross-functional collaboration to ensure products meet customer needs and deliver strong business outcomes
- Leverage deep customer workflow insights, market research, and competitive intelligence to identify unmet needs and growth opportunities—particularly in high-throughput screening applications
- Develop strong business cases to support investment decisions and stakeholder alignment
- Serve as the primary advocate for your product portfolio internally and externally, engaging with key opinion leaders (KOLs) and representing Sartorius in the scientific community
- Partner closely with R&D, Operations, Marketing, and Sales to ensure successful launches, market adoption, and lifecycle management
- Define value propositions, competitive positioning, and pricing strategies that communicate clear market differentiation
- Guide Operations on forecast volumes, margin expectations, and regional strategies supported by competitor benchmarking
- Continuously adapt portfolio strategy to evolving customer needs, workflows, and emerging technologies
- Monitor product performance and champion continuous improvement to sustain competitive advantage
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related field
- 8+ years of professional experience in the Life Science industry, including at least 2+ years in a customer-facing or commercial role (e.g., sales, field applications, or within a pharma environment)
- Experience in instrument product management, preferably in high-throughput screening or flow cytometry
- Experience in strategy and development for software, reagents and consumable is a plus
- Experience in development or research in high-throughput screening or flow cytometry is highly valued
- Understanding of drug discovery and/or clinical research workflows
- Willingness to travel up to 50% for product development, customer engagement, and market initiatives
- Proven ability to collaborate and lead cross-functional teams to achieve business goals
- Strong communication, influencing, and presentation skills to engage diverse stakeholders
- Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with customers, partners, and internal teams
- Deep understanding of customer workflows, market dynamics, and competitive trends, with the ability to translate insights into actionable strategies
- Strategic thinker with strong commercial acumen and sound decision-making in dynamic environments
- Skilled in decision-making under complexity, balancing strategic priorities with operational execution
- Identification with our core values: Sustainability, Openness, Enjoyment
- Master's degree a plus