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The Product Manager, Applied AI is a senior individual contributor responsible for defining and delivering high‑impact AI‑enabled products and capabilities across Cytiva’s data ecosystem. The role focuses on turning complex business and customer problems into production‑grade, trusted AI solutions that scale across teams and use cases.
This position reports to the Director, Product Management – Data Products and is part of the Digital, Data & AI team located in Krakow, Poland and will be an on-site role.
What you will do:
Own the product strategy and roadmap for applied AI capabilities within the Data Products portfolio, aligned to business and customer outcomes.
Identify, frame, and prioritize high‑value AI use cases, translating them into clear product requirements, success metrics, and delivery plans.
Lead end‑to‑end product discovery and delivery, using experimentation, analytics, and customer feedback to drive continuous improvement.
Partner with engineering and MLOps to deliver production‑ready AI solutions, including evaluation, monitoring, model lifecycle management, and operational readiness.
Influence and align cross‑functional and senior stakeholders, clearly communicating tradeoffs, risks, and decisions to drive execution.
Who you are:
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., computer science, engineering, life sciences) or equivalent practical experience.
Extensive product management experience, including ownership of complex data‑ or AI‑enabled products from discovery through scaled production.
Strong product judgment and craftsmanship, including problem framing, prioritization, metrics definition, and clear communication of strategy and decisions.
Experience building platform or capability‑based products (e.g., shared services, APIs, reusable components) used by multiple teams or business units.
Working knowledge of applied AI product patterns, including model integration, orchestration, retrieval/grounding, evaluation, and safety considerations.
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Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.
For more information, visit www.danaher.com.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or life sciences
- 8+ years of product management experience with AI-enabled products
- Experience building platform or capability-based products
- Working knowledge of applied AI product patterns
Cepheid Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cepheid and has not been reviewed or approved by Cepheid.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO and paid holidays are portrayed as robust, with formal programs and mentions of generous time off and rollover in some cases. This breadth supports a positive view of time-off availability.
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Healthcare Strength — Core medical, dental, and vision coverage is highlighted repeatedly and is viewed as comprehensive for regular full‑time employees. Descriptions such as “good” or “great” benefits reinforce the strength of the health coverage.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with company matching is consistently included as part of the package. The presence of matching contributions strengthens perceived retirement readiness.
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