Product Management Director - Cell Analysis

Make an Impact Through Strategy, Innovation, and Leadership

Lead the strategy behind products that drive business growth and market leadership. As Director of Product Management/Marketing, you will translate vision into action by shaping portfolio strategy, guiding commercialization efforts, and leading talented product management and marketing teams. Working cross-functionally with executive leadership and key business partners, you will influence critical business decisions, create exceptional customer value, and help define the future direction of a growing organization.

The Director of Product Management/Marketing is responsible for translating divisional strategy into executable product and marketing initiatives that drive business growth and market leadership. The role leads multiple product management and marketing teams, builds a high-performing organization, defines strategic focus areas, and ensures effective execution against divisional revenue, profitability, and market share objectives. Through strong cross-functional leadership, the Director aligns portfolio strategy, commercialization activities, and organizational capabilities to achieve long-term business success.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate divisional and corporate strategic objectives into clear, actionable product and marketing strategies.
• Develop and communicate long-term product portfolio plans aligned with business growth objectives.
• Monitor market trends, customer insights, and competitive dynamics to refine strategies.
• Establish market segmentation, targeting, positioning, and value proposition strategies.
• Ensure product launches are aligned with business priorities and customer needs.
• Lead and develop multiple product management and/or product marketing teams. Define organizational structures, roles, responsibilities, and governance processes that enable efficient execution.
• Foster a high-performance culture focused on accountability, collaboration, customer-centricity, and continuous improvement.
• Establish scalable processes, performance metrics, and best practices for product management teams.
• Drive efficiency and effectiveness through prioritization, resource optimization, and process improvement.
• Partner closely with R&D, Sales, Commercial Operations, Finance, and Executive Leadership teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Life Sciences, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in product management, product marketing, strategic marketing, or related commercial leadership roles in the Cell Analysis field.
• 5+ years of people leadership experience, including management of managers and multiple functional teams.
• Direct Cell Analysis industry experience. Experience limited to adjacent life science markets without significant Cell Analysis responsibility will not be considered.
• Proven track record of developing and executing successful product portfolio and marketing strategies that deliver measurable business growth.
• Demonstrated success building, leading, and developing high-performing teams and future leaders.
• Experience driving organizational transformation, process optimization, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities and lead through ambiguity in a dynamic business environment.
• Experience in global or regional leadership roles within a matrix organization preferred.
• Strong experience working cross-functionally with R&D, Sales, Commercial Operations, Finance, and Executive Leadership.