Product Manager - Spatial Biology

By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of the Product Lifecycle Management of the assigned Spatial Biology product sub-portfolio to ensure functional monitoring, identify unique attractiveness to the market, evaluate & ensure business benefit and establish & maintain operational sustainability
• Understanding & analysis of the user needs and transformation of these into actions and portfolio improvements
• Monitoring & analysis of competitor activities and market trends to propose actions utilizing the full commercial toolset in collaboration with Sales and Marketing
• Build KOL connections and represent the company and products at conferences, interest groups, exhibitions and other marketing events
• Be an expert and go-to person for the responsible portfolio including presentations to customers and training of Sales and Customer Support
• Devise strategies to improve the portfolio, business benefit and product positioning based on market, user and competitor analysis
• Coordinate with R&D and V&V teams on development and validation activities, specifically, aligning on technical requirements, reviewing designs, risks and mitigations, maintaining product documentation, and perform user testing.
• Prepare commercial launches and releases and ensure clear value proposition, USPs and positioning in collaboration with Marketing
• Represent and advocate for the needs of the responsible portfolio within the development teams, with leadership and all stakeholders within the organization

Required qualifications

• MSc. Or PhD in biology, life sciences, bioengineering, or similar field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience as a product manager with global responsibilities
• Experience as product manager for imaging instrumentation and/or antibodies
• Solid understanding of Proteomics (automated preferred) immunofluorescence technology and multiplex experimental design including related use cases
• Good understanding of laboratory techniques such as immunohistochemistry, microscopy and image analysis.
• Proven experience in VOC gathering, validation and analysis
• Proven experience of working and collaborating in cross-functional teams in a matrix organization
• Proven user experience understanding and respective approaches to support maximum ease and safety in the use of products
• Experience in a regulated or clinical environment is a plus
• Experience in at least one of the following scientific fields: immune-oncology, immunology, neurobiology, infectious disease, cell therapy
• Experience with or understanding of project management good practice principles
• Proficiency in English (at least C1)
• Advanced skills in MS Applications, i.e. Excel (array formulas, pivot tables…) and PowerPoint

Required soft skills

• Self-starter
• Capability to identify business opportunities and analyze them for potential
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills (written and oral)
• Formulating and condensing complex strategies into concise & comprehensible outputs including KPIs
• Decisive based on good analytical skills
• Capacity to adapt in a constantly changing environment
• Ability to influence, interact and work in a team
• Creative problem solving
• Positive customer-centric attitude
• Overnight, international travel, up to 3 times a quarter

Bio-Techne is committed to product quality, customer satisfaction, continued improvement, minimising environmental impacts and conserving natural resources. Environmental and quality management is an integral core value and vital part of the Bio-Techne culture.