Jobs at Spectris plc

Leads enterprise strategy, strategic planning, value creation, transformation governance, and M&A evaluation for a global technology business. Advises executive leadership, aligns divisional strategies, analyzes market and competitive trends, tracks strategic performance, and translates priorities into coordinated execution across the organization.

Provides scientific and technical leadership in developing analytical instrumentation and optical measurement systems. Designs and tests laser-based optical arrangements, builds models, plans experiments, analyzes results, and develops algorithms for measurement interpretation and instrument control. Collaborates across R&D, engineering, product management, and applications teams, supports product development and design transfer, mentors colleagues, and contributes to intellectual property.

Leads China’s aftermarket sales team and strategy for service contracts, warranty conversions, renewals, accessories, upgrades, and new service opportunities. Owns revenue, forecasting, strategic accounts, pipeline growth, order targets, and commercial KPIs. Develops team members, drives new ways of working, and collaborates with marketing, field service, back office, and sales stakeholders to improve customer engagement and service revenue.

The job description provides company background but does not specify responsibilities, qualifications, compensation, travel, or location details for the Product Manager – Reactivity role. The company develops material characterization technologies and workflows serving commercial, academic, and government laboratory customers across multiple countries.

Drive after-sales revenue across LATAM by selling service agreements, digital services, upgrades, software, and lifecycle offerings to existing customers. Manage the full sales cycle, renewals, customer relationships, pipeline, forecasting, CRM data, and revenue targets. Collaborate with service, support, marketing, digital, supply, and product teams to improve customer retention and service offerings. The role requires analytical instrumentation or service-sector experience, strong sales skills, and fluency in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Manage customer ledgers and collect outstanding payments across a global business. Conduct credit checks and reviews, maintain accurate account records, resolve payment queries, and ensure compliance with credit policies. Support accounts receivable activities including cash posting and administration while collaborating with Finance, Sales, Operations, and Customer Support teams.

Leads the strategy, architecture, development, and operation of enterprise digital platforms spanning IoT, AI, analytics, cloud, customer applications, and digital services. Establishes engineering standards, governance, security, reliability, automation, and modernization roadmaps. Builds high-performing engineering teams, drives Agile and DevOps practices, and partners with senior business and technology leaders to deliver digital transformation, customer value, and scalable technology capabilities.

Lead strategy, development, commercialization, and lifecycle management for a physisorption and chemisorption product portfolio. Responsibilities include roadmap ownership, business cases, customer and market research, competitive analysis, pricing, product launches, sales enablement, portfolio optimization, and global growth strategy. The role partners with R&D, Sales, Marketing, Applications, Finance, Service, and Operations teams to translate customer needs into technical products and commercial strategies.

Develops and executes integration and testing procedures for electro-mechanical systems with embedded software. Builds test infrastructure and software tools using Python, Lua, and HTML for data collection, analysis, and plotting. Supports prototyping, troubleshooting, root-cause investigations, production handover, quality assurance, and field-service training. The role requires hands-on mechatronics skills spanning mechanical, electrical, electronic, and software components, along with CAD and measurement-equipment experience.

Lead the global Particle Analyzer product portfolio, owning long-term strategy, roadmap, lifecycle management, portfolio performance, investment priorities, and commercialization. Develop market-driven product requirements, value propositions, pricing, and go-to-market plans while collaborating with R&D, Commercial, Marketing, Applications, Service, and Operations. Influence global matrix teams, lead governance and stage-gate reviews, support P&L management, and represent the portfolio with customers and industry stakeholders.

Designs, develops, prototypes, tests, and optimizes mechanical systems and components for scientific instruments. Responsibilities include mechanical analysis, subsystem integration, technical documentation, PLM and BOM management, supplier collaboration, production transfer, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis. The role collaborates with multidisciplinary R&D, manufacturing, procurement, electronics, and software teams while supporting innovation and new product development.

Develop and maintain modern UI/UX applications in C# and .NET for R&D products. Responsibilities include defining user workflows, creating prototypes, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, reviewing and testing code, optimizing performance, security, and accessibility, evolving software architecture, and improving development processes.

Leads HR operations across China and APAC, including employee relations, compliance, talent processes, workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, HR programs, and change initiatives. Manages the China HR team, coordinates regional HR service delivery with Spectris partners, ensures local legal compliance, supports global HR strategy implementation, and uses workforce metrics to improve employee experience and organizational performance.

Leads deployment of the Spectris Business System across global commercial functions, driving continuous improvement in sales, marketing, service, pricing, pipeline management, and customer outcomes. Facilitates Kaizen events, coaches leaders, manages deployment roadmaps, tracks financial impact, develops improvement capabilities, and embeds data-driven operating practices across a global matrix organization. The role is remote within Europe and requires 30–50% international travel.

Participate in projects and meetings related to systems and processes, supporting the organization’s customer-focused operations.

Leads geographically distributed regional Customer Success teams, overseeing customer satisfaction, service delivery, escalations, revenue, utilization, compliance, and operational performance. Sets objectives, manages managers, develops team capabilities, implements global policies, drives continuous improvement, and reports KPIs, revenue, and action plans to senior leadership. Partners with Sales, Finance, and international service organizations to improve after-sales results, customer retention, efficiency, and profitability.

Lead Site Reliability Engineering for Azure cloud platforms: define SLOs/SLIs, improve observability, drive automation, manage incidents and root-cause analysis, collaborate with engineering and product teams to ensure scalable, reliable deployments and operational excellence.

Design and develop electronic production equipment and machine controls for X-ray tubes and detectors. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, support production troubleshooting (~25% time), lead or grow into project leadership, and build data-driven Factory 4.0 infrastructure to optimize processes.

Support EMEA inside sales by qualifying leads, preparing budgetary quotes, nurturing prospects to sales-ready status, maintaining customer relationships for particle-characterization products, and meeting Inside Sales targets using Salesforce and other tools.

Lead the Particle & Biophysical Solutions business unit: set strategy, oversee product and commercial teams, align R&D and operations, drive customer partnerships and profitability for instrument and solution offerings.