Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
When you're part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll do important work, like helping customers in finding cures for cancer, protecting the environment or making sure our food is safe. Your work will have real-world impact, and you'll be supported in achieving your career goals.
Location/Division Specific Information
We are offering this role as hybrid model (site based and 1-2 days working from home), preferably based in the nearby of Lenexa, Kansas, US or nearby of Perth, UK. 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 commercially driven Product Manager to lead the strategic and financial performance of the Prepared Media Plates portfolio in North America within the Microbiology Division (MBD) of Thermo Fisher Scientific.
This role has full end-to-end business ownership of a significant portion of the Culture Media portfolio. You will operate as a business leader, accountable for revenue growth, margin expansion, pricing strategy, competitive positioning, and long-term portfolio optimization.
This is not a purely technical role - it requires strong commercial acumen, financial ownership, and the ability to translate customer and market insights into measurable business results.
You will shape and execute portfolio strategy, drive go-to-market excellence, lead cross-functional teams to deliver sustained growth and market share gains.
What will you do?
Full Business & P&L Ownership
Own the end-to-end product lifecycle from strategy development through retirement
Drive revenue growth, gross margin expansion, and market share gains
Develop annual operating plans and financial forecasts aligned to division targets
Lead pricing strategy, value-based pricing initiatives, and margin optimization
Build rigorous business cases for new product introductions and portfolio investments
Ensure disciplined portfolio management, including rationalization and optimization decisions
Strategic Growth & Competitive Positioning
Define and execute portfolio growth strategies across North America
Conduct competitive analysis and translate insights into differentiated positioning
Identify whitespace opportunities and expansion levers
Lead customer segmentation and prioritize high-value growth segments
Translate Voice of Customer (VOC) insights into strategic roadmaps with financial justification
Go-to-Market & Commercial Execution
Develop and lead global and regional go-to-market strategies
Partner with Sales and Regional Marketing to ensure successful product launches
Define value propositions, positioning, and messaging to drive commercial impact
Monitor launch performance and implement corrective actions to meet growth objectives
Serve as the primary liaison between Commercial, R&D, Operations, Regulatory, Quality, and Supply Chain teams
Cross-Functional Leadership
Lead cross-functional collaboration in a complex, matrixed, and international organization
Influence stakeholders without direct authority to align behind portfolio priorities
Provide strategic direction to R&D and Marketing on innovation priorities
Visit key customers to deepen workflow understanding and identify growth opportunities
Impact of the Role
This role is critical to accelerating portfolio growth, strengthening competitive positioning, and delivering sustained financial performance. The Product Manager directly influences revenue trajectory, profitability, and long-term strategic direction of the Prepared Media Plates business.
Location & Travel
How will you get here?
Education
Experience
5+ years of product management and/or commercial experience, preferably within life sciences, diagnostics, or technical industries
Demonstrated ownership of revenue targets, pricing strategy, and margin performance
Proven experience developing business cases and driving investment decisions
Experience managing product launches and full product lifecycle strategy
Strong financial acumen, including forecasting, ROI analysis, and P&L management
Experience in microbiology or regulated environments is advantageous but not mandatory.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
What's in it for you:
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.
challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science. Our mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. With revenues of nearly $11 billion, we have approximately 37,000 employees and serve customers within pharmaceutical and biotech companies, hospitals and clinical diagnostic labs, universities, research institutions and government agencies, as well as in environmental and process control industries. We create value for our key stakeholders through two premier brands, Thermo Scientific and Fisher Scientific, which offer a unique combination of continuous technology development and the most convenient purchasing options. Our products and services help accelerate the pace of scientific discovery, and solve analytical challenges ranging from complex research to routine testing to field applications.
All of our employees share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement. Our ability to grow year after year is driven by our ability to attract, develop and retain world-class people who will thrive in our environment and share in our desire to improve mankind by enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer.
If you share in our values and if you're looking for an employer who is strongly committed to developing talent and rewarding achievement, come grow with us at Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.