Work Schedule
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OfficeJob Description
About the Role
We are seeking a Manager to lead Product Operations team members within a regulated medical device environment. This onsite role in West Hills is focused on hands-on leadership, execution excellence, and close collaboration with cross-functional teams including R&D, Quality, Regulatory Affairs (QARA), Operations, and Finance.
This is primarily a product operations and execution leadership role, responsible for driving product lifecycle execution including launch readiness, design transfer, lifecycle changes, and obsolescence while ensuring alignment with regulatory and quality requirements. You will own portfolio execution cadence (roadmaps, reviews, milestone tracking) and translate product strategy into coordinated, cross-functional execution plans.
Reporting to the Director of Product Management, who owns portfolio strategy and prioritization, this role is responsible for delivering against that strategy through disciplined, predictable execution across the team.
Location: West Hills, CA. Relocation assistance is NOT provided.
What You’ll Do
- Lead day-to-day execution across the product portfolio, ensuring alignment to product roadmaps, timelines, and quality standards
- Translate portfolio strategy into clear execution plans, milestones, and cross-functional deliverables
- Oversee product lifecycle execution, including new product introductions (NPI), design transfer, sustaining changes, and end-of-life activities
- Ensure execution complies with applicable quality systems, regulatory requirements, and internal processes
- Proactively identify and resolve execution risks, resource constraints, and cross-functional dependencies
- Drive operational rigor through standardized processes, governance, and tools to improve delivery predictability
- Partner closely onsite with R&D, QARA, Operations, and other stakeholders to enable rapid issue resolution and effective decision-making
- Track success through execution metrics and business outcomes, including on-time product launches, reduced delays, and improved portfolio predictability
- Manage team capacity and performance to consistently meet delivery commitments
- Lead and develop team members, including Associate Product Managers responsible for lower-complexity and mature products, ensuring execution within established portfolio strategy and decision-making guardrails
What We’re Looking For
- 5+ years of experience in product management, product operations, or related roles within a regulated industry (medical device, diagnostics, life sciences, or similar)
- 2+ years of people management experience, with a track record of leading teams, developing talent, and operating independently
- Strong experience in execution-focused roles, with demonstrated ownership of delivery, cross-functional coordination, and operational rigor
- Strong understanding of product lifecycle management in a regulated environment (e.g., NPI, design controls, change management)
- Proven ability to translate strategy into execution across cross-functional teams
- Excellent communication and coaching skills
- Ability to work onsite and collaborate closely with R&D, Quality, Regulatory, and Operations partners
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
- Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screening.
Nice to Have
- Experience leading product operations or execution-focused teams
- Familiarity with FDA, ISO 13485, or similar regulatory frameworks
- Experience improving execution rigor, delivery predictability, or scaling processes in a regulated environment
Compensation and Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in California is $113,500.00–$170,200.00.This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:
A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience in product management, product operations, or related roles within a regulated industry
- 4+ years of people management experience
- Strong experience in execution-focused roles with demonstrated ownership of delivery
- Strong understanding of product lifecycle management in a regulated environment
- Excellent communication and coaching skills
Thermo Fisher Scientific Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Thermo Fisher Scientific and has not been reviewed or approved by Thermo Fisher Scientific.
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Retirement Support — The package includes a 401(k) with a strong company match and an employee stock purchase plan, which are viewed as meaningful components of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Starting paid time off around three weeks, along with paid holidays, sick time, bereavement, volunteer time, and options to add more, is consistently highlighted as a strength.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave for primary caregivers plus additional bonding time, together with adoption/fertility assistance and childcare benefits, provides robust family support.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Insights
What We Do
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 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 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.
Why Work With Us
You will join a company which every colleague has the opportunity to create possibilities, for oneself, for our customers and patients. There is no more exciting place to be than at the forefront of solving problems which help improve lives around the world. As a company, we are committed to supporting your career aspirations and your journey.
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