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OfficeJob Description
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
Bender MedSystems GmbH, a subsidiary of Thermo Fisher Scientific, is a registered Austrian company based at Campus Vienna Biocenter - an internationally renowned biotech cluster in Vienna. The company is one of the world's leading developers and manufacturers of immunological detection systems.]
Location: Vienna / Austria
Discover Impactful Work
As a Product Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you will contribute to innovation and growth for our market-leading product portfolios while enabling customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. You will manage end-to-end product lifecycle management, from strategy development through commercialization and optimization. Working in a collaborative, global matrix organization, you'll partner with R&D, Operations, Marketing, Sales, and other cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional products that solve customer challenges. You'll conduct Voice of Customer research, define product requirements, develop business cases, coordinate product launches, and implement continuous improvement initiatives. This role offers meaningful impact and visibility, with opportunities to shape product direction through data-driven insights and strategic thinking.
A Day in the Life:
Lead the development and execution of product strategies across the product lifecycle. Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to identify customer needs, define product requirements, build business cases, coordinate successful product launches, analyze market trends, and drive continuous product improvements that deliver customer value and business growth.
What to expect:
- Develop and execute product strategies and lifecycle plans.
- Gather and synthesize Voice of Customer insights to inform product decisions.
- Partner with R&D, Operations, Marketing, Sales, and other functions to deliver new products and enhancements.
- Build business cases and financial models to support strategic investments.
- Define product requirements and prioritize development initiatives.
- Coordinate product launches and go-to-market activities.
- Monitor product performance using market and business data to drive continuous improvement.
- Present product strategies and recommendations to stakeholders across the organization.
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously in a global matrix environment.
- Travel up to 15%, including international travel.
Keys to Success:
Education
- Advanced Degree plus 6 years of experience, or Bachelor's Degree plus 8 years of experience in product management, marketing, or related commercial experience.
- Preferred fields of study include Life Sciences, Business, Marketing, or a related discipline.
Experience
- Proven success managing products throughout the full product lifecycle, from concept through commercialization.
- Experience developing and executing product launch strategies and go-to-market plans.
- Experience developing business cases and financial models.
- Experience working effectively within cross-functional, matrix organizations.
- Knowledge of relevant scientific or technical domains preferred for specific product portfolios.
- Understanding of quality and regulatory requirements applicable to relevant markets.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Strong business acumen and strategic thinking skills.
- Excellent analytical and data-driven decision-making capabilities.
- Expertise in gathering and synthesizing Voice of Customer insights.
- Outstanding communication and presentation skills across all organizational levels.
- Strong collaboration and influencing skills in a matrix environment.
- Ability to balance strategic planning with tactical execution.
- Project management skills with the ability to coordinate multiple concurrent initiatives.
- Customer-centric mindset with a strong understanding of market dynamics.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
- Excellent written and verbal English language skills (fluent/professional proficiency required).
German language skills are considered an advantage.
Competencies
- Strategic thinking
- Customer focus
- Business acumen
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Influencing and relationship building
- Analytical problem solving
- Project management
- Communication and presentation skills
- Innovation and continuous improvement
- Results orientation
Benefits:
We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!
Your performance is remunerated with an attractive and market-compliant salary. For this position we provide a minimum salary of EUR 75.000,00 per year. Overpayment is possible based on your previous experience and qualifications.
Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other
Skills Required
- Advanced Degree plus 6 years of experience, or Bachelor's Degree plus 8 years in product management, marketing, or related commercial experience
- Preferred fields of study: Life Sciences, Business, Marketing, or related discipline
- Proven success managing products throughout the full product lifecycle from concept through commercialization
- Experience developing and executing product launch strategies and go-to-market plans
- Experience developing business cases and financial models
- Experience working effectively within cross-functional, matrix organizations
- Knowledge of relevant scientific or technical domains for specific product portfolios
- Understanding of quality and regulatory requirements applicable to relevant markets
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
- Excellent written and verbal English language skills (fluent/professional proficiency required)
- German language skills
- Willingness to travel up to 15%, including international travel
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 — Retirement programs include a strong company 401(k) match and an employee stock purchase plan that add meaningful long‑term value. Feedback suggests these features stand out among core financial benefits even when base pay feels average.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage offers multiple national medical options alongside dental and vision, with company‑paid life and disability coverage. This breadth is considered a solid foundation even if some costs may not be the lowest among peers.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental and caregiver leave, backup care, adoption assistance, and specialized family resources are available. Feedback suggests these supports are a notable plus for colleagues managing family and caregiving needs.
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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