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At Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.
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As a global leader in clinical diagnostics, Beckman Coulter Diagnostics has challenged convention to elevate the diagnostic laboratory’s role in improving patient health for more than 90 years. Our diagnostic solutions are used in routine and complex clinical testing, and are used in hospitals, reference and research laboratories, and physician offices around the world. Every hour around the world, more than one million tests are run on Beckman Coulter Diagnostics systems, impacting 1.2 billion patients and more than three million clinicians per year. From uncovering the next clinical breakthrough, to rapid and reliable sample analysis, to more rigorous decision making—we are enabling clinicians to deliver the best possible care to their patients with improved efficiency, clinical confidence, adaptive collaboration, and accelerated intelligence.
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Beckman Coulter’s Clinical Informatics business unit is seeking a Staff Product Owner to work with Scrum teams, with a primary focus on delivering reliability, telemetry, modernization, and performance roadmap for its next‑generation middleware product. The role requires deep engagement in the technical aspects of product development, supported by strong leadership and proven experience in software planning, execution, and delivery.
This position reports to the Software Engineering manager of Clinical informatics product and is part of the Digital Solutions R&D group located in Bengaluru and will be an on-site role.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
- Define the product roadmap, in collaboration with business stakeholders and other product owners, with a strong initial focus on modernization, Reliability, Telemetry and Performance
- Write clear and detailed user stories with well‑defined acceptance criteria, lead backlog refinement (story grooming) sessions with Scrum teams, and own the product backlog to maximize value creation, ensuring it is well‑prioritized and sufficiently refined so that Scrum teams always have ready work to deliver.
- Drive root cause analysis for the issues identified on the field or from our own performance and aging test suites and lead the implementation of counter measures.
- Provide strong participation in Product Demo’s giving unambiguous feedback to aid effective decision making on course corrections
The essential requirements of the job include:
- Bachelor’s/Master degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field with 12+ years of overall industry experience.
- Minimum of 6+ years of demonstrated experience serving as a Product Owner in Agile/Scrum environments.
- Proven expertise in defining and executing product roadmaps, with the ability to articulate and drive both short‑term and long‑term product strategy, stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills, with a track record of delivering complex, high‑quality software products.
- Strong technical acumen and hands‑on experience with software development concepts, enabling effective collaboration with engineering teams and informed technical decision‑making.
- Strong Experience in delivering healthcare products, diagnostics platforms and Advanced experience in understanding software development processes for a regulated environment (FDA/ISO13485)
It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:
- Experience using Software development lifecycle practices, frameworks and backlog management tools (e.g. ADO/JIRA/Confluence/etc.) and testing practices
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/Master degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field
- 12+ years of overall industry experience
- 6+ years of experience as a Product Owner in Agile/Scrum environments
- Experience in defining and executing product roadmaps
- Strong technical acumen and hands-on experience with software development
- Experience in delivering healthcare products and diagnostics platforms
- Advanced experience in understanding software development processes for a regulated environment (FDA/ISO13485)
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