Senior Product Manager, HID Sample Prep
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Summary
The Senior Product Manager, HID Sample Prep, will lead the strategy, portfolio management, and commercial execution for Human Identification (HID) sample preparation supporting forensic workflows. This role will be responsible for driving portfolio growth, innovation, customer engagement, and lifecycle management across extraction, purification, quantitation, and workflow automation solutions. The successful candidate will partner closely with R&D, operations, commercial teams, marketing, and customers to define and execute product strategies that address evolving forensic laboratory and public safety needs. The role requires a strong understanding of forensic genomics workflows, molecular biology technologies, and customer needs across the HID market. The Senior Product Manager will play a critical leadership role in shaping future portfolio investments and delivering differentiated workflow solutions globally.
Job description
Key Responsibilities
Product Strategy & Portfolio Leadership
- Define and execute the long-term strategy and roadmap for HID sample preparation and forensic products
- Drive portfolio growth through market analysis, customer insights, and competitive intelligence
- Identify unmet customer needs and prioritize innovation opportunities across extraction, purification, quantitation, and automation workflows
- Lead lifecycle management activities including product planning, positioning, pricing, forecasting, and end-of-life decisions
- Develop business cases and investment recommendations for new product development initiatives
Customer & Market Engagement
- Build strong relationships with forensic laboratories, government agencies, key opinion leaders (KOLs), and strategic partners
- Gather voice-of-customer feedback and translate insights into actionable product requirements
- Represent the business at scientific conferences, customer workshops, and industry events
- Monitor market trends, emerging technologies, and competitive developments within the forensic and HID markets
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Partner with cross-functional teams across R&D, operations, quality, regulatory, supply chain, applications, and commercial organizations
- Drive successful execution of product development programs from concept through commercialization
- Partner with regional commercial teams to support product adoption, training, and sales enablement
- Ensure alignment between portfolio priorities, operational execution, and commercial objectives
Business Performance
- Own portfolio performance metrics including revenue, profitability, market share, and customer satisfaction
- Drive successful global product launches and go-to-market strategies
- Support demand planning, forecasting, and long-range business planning
- Deliver portfolio growth while balancing customer needs, operational scalability, and profitability objectives
How will you get here?
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biotechnology, Life Sciences, or related scientific discipline required
- Advanced degree (MS, MBA, or PhD) preferred
Experience
- Minimum 7+ years of experience in product management, marketing, scientific applications, or commercial leadership within life sciences or molecular diagnostics
- Experience with DNA extraction, purification, quantitation, qPCR, or forensic genomics workflows preferred
- Demonstrated success managing product portfolios and leading cross-functional initiatives
- Experience working in a global matrix organization and with external partners
- Strong customer engagement and strategic planning experience
Preferred Knowledge & Skills
- Knowledge of forensic DNA workflows and human identification applications
- Understanding of sample preparation chemistries, quantitation technologies, and laboratory automation workflows
- Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and business planning capabilities
- Excellent communication, presentation, and influencing skills
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive organizational alignment
- Experience interacting with forensic laboratories and government customers preferred
- Ability to travel globally as required
Key Success Metrics
- Portfolio revenue growth and profitability
- Successful execution of product roadmap initiatives
- Customer satisfaction and adoption metrics
- Market share growth within HID sample prep segment
- Successful product launches and commercialization outcomes
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biotechnology, Life Sciences, or related scientific discipline required
- Advanced degree (MS, MBA, or PhD) preferred
- Minimum 7+ years of experience in product management, marketing, scientific applications, or commercial leadership within life sciences or molecular diagnostics
- Experience with DNA extraction, purification, quantitation, qPCR, or forensic genomics workflows preferred
- Demonstrated success managing product portfolios and leading cross-functional initiatives
- Experience working in a global matrix organization and with external partners
- Strong customer engagement and strategic planning experience
- Knowledge of forensic DNA workflows and human identification applications
- Understanding of sample preparation chemistries, quantitation technologies, and laboratory automation workflows
- Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and business planning capabilities
- Excellent communication, presentation, and influencing skills
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive organizational alignment
- Experience interacting with forensic laboratories and government customers preferred
- Ability to travel globally as required
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Health incentive programs
- Employee assistance program
- Family support programs
- Commuter benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Accident insurance
- Life insurance
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Employee stock purchase plan
Company overview
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. The company's mission is to enable customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. With over 100,000 employees globally, Thermo Fisher provides an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience, and pharmaceutical services through its industry-leading brands including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon, and PPD. The company serves customers across healthcare, life sciences, applied markets, and pharmaceutical sectors, offering solutions that accelerate research, solve complex analytical challenges, improve patient diagnostics, and increase laboratory productivity. Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, Thermo Fisher operates globally, delivering critical scientific products, services, and workflow solutions that support researchers, organizations, and companies in addressing some of the world's most pressing issues.