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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.
DESCRIPTIONJoin our collaborative team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where you'll help shape the future of digital solutions for bioprocessing. As Senior Manager, Product Management – Connected Bioprocess Solutions, you will lead the strategy and execution of a portfolio of software, automation, and digital products that help customers improve productivity, process performance, and operational efficiency.
This is a highly visible leadership role responsible for defining product strategy, developing long-term roadmaps, and delivering innovative solutions that address evolving customer needs. You will identify market opportunities, guide portfolio investments, and partner across the organization to deliver differentiated solutions that support both customer success and business growth.
Reporting to the Director of Product Management, you will lead a team of Product Managers while working closely with R&D, Software Engineering, Commercial, Marketing, Operations, Manufacturing, and Strategic Business Development. Success requires balancing customer needs, technical feasibility, and commercial priorities while influencing a global, cross-functional organization.
As the business owner for the portfolio, you will define product vision, prioritize investments, and guide products throughout their lifecycle—from concept through commercialization. You will translate customer insights into product strategies that create meaningful customer value while supporting long-term business objectives.
You will evaluate customer workflows, market trends, competitive dynamics, and emerging technologies to identify new opportunities for growth and innovation. You will develop business cases, support annual operating plans, lead new product introductions, and monitor portfolio performance throughout the product lifecycle.
The role also requires building strong relationships across internal teams and external partners to accelerate innovation and ensure solutions meet the evolving needs of customers worldwide.
As a key product leader, you will engage directly with customers, commercial teams, and industry stakeholders to gather market insights, validate product direction, and strengthen Thermo Fisher's leadership position in bioprocessing technologies.
This role offers an opportunity to influence the future direction of Thermo Fisher's digital product portfolio while helping customers improve process performance through innovative technology solutions.
REQUIREMENTSHow you will get here:
- 8+ years of experience in Product Management, Digital Products, Software, Automation, Scientific Instruments, or related technical leadership roles
- Demonstrated success developing and executing product strategies within life sciences, industrial automation, manufacturing, or related industries
- Experience managing software-enabled, automation, or connected product portfolios
- Proven success developing multi-year product roadmaps and leading products from concept through commercialization
- Strong understanding of product lifecycle management, portfolio strategy, pricing, and business case development
- Experience gathering customer insights and translating them into product requirements and commercial opportunities
- Experience working effectively across engineering, commercial, operations, and manufacturing organizations
- Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders across a global matrix organization
- Experience working in regulated industries is preferred
- Proven people leadership experience with the ability to coach and develop high-performing product teams
- Strong strategic thinking and business acumen
- Excellent communication and executive presentation skills
- Ability to influence without direct authority across diverse functional teams
- Experience with software, automation, digital technologies, or scientific instrumentation
- Understanding of manufacturing, laboratory, or bioprocessing workflows
- Experience developing customer-centric products in technically complex markets
- Experience building collaborative relationships with strategic partners and technology providers
- Strong analytical, financial, and portfolio management capabilities
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally (25–30%)
Compensation and Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in Massachusetts is $143,000.00–$214,475.00.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
- 8+ years of experience in Product Management, Digital Products, Software, Automation, Scientific Instruments, or related technical leadership roles
- Demonstrated success developing and executing product strategies within life sciences, industrial automation, manufacturing, or related industries
- Experience managing software-enabled, automation, or connected product portfolios
- Proven success developing multi-year product roadmaps and leading products from concept through commercialization
- Strong understanding of product lifecycle management, portfolio strategy, pricing, and business case development
- Experience gathering customer insights and translating them into product requirements and commercial opportunities
- Experience working effectively across engineering, commercial, operations, and manufacturing organizations
- Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders across a global matrix organization
- Experience working in regulated industries
- Proven people leadership experience with the ability to coach and develop high-performing product teams
- Strong strategic thinking and business acumen
- Excellent communication and executive presentation skills
- Ability to influence without direct authority across diverse functional teams
- Experience with software, automation, digital technologies, or scientific instrumentation
- Understanding of manufacturing, laboratory, or bioprocessing workflows
- Experience developing customer-centric products in technically complex markets
- Experience building collaborative relationships with strategic partners and technology providers
- Strong analytical, financial, and portfolio management capabilities
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally (25-30%)
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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