Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Thermo Fisher Scientific is seeking a strategic Senior Product Manager to lead the development and commercialization of Autonomous Scientific Instrumentation designed to operate seamlessly within next-generation autonomous laboratory workflows. This role will define how core analytical and life sciences instruments evolve to become intelligent, self-optimizing, and interoperable components of integrated scientific ecosystems.
Responsibilities
- Define long-term platform strategy for autonomous-ready scientific instrumentation aligned to corporate and business unit priorities
- Develop structured market analyses, competitive landscapes, and investment theses to support portfolio decisions
- Build multi-year roadmaps supported by data-driven prioritization and clear financial business cases
- Collaborate with technology partners to align instrument architectures with advanced computing and acceleration platforms
- Engage strategic external customers as co-innovation partners to validate autonomous instrument capabilities in real-world workflows
- Represent Thermo Fisher in ecosystem discussions shaping future standards for intelligent laboratory systems
- Lead structured voice-of-customer initiatives to identify high-impact workflow pain points and autonomy use cases
- Translate customer insights into prioritized product requirements and differentiated value propositions
- Balance near-term commercial opportunities with long-term autonomous platform strategy
- Define new go to market models for autonomous instrumentation, including hardware, software, analytics, and service
- Develop compelling customer value creation and workflow performance improvements
- Drive adoption strategies that accelerate broad ecosystem development
- Align business units on common architectural standards and shared development priorities
- Partner with R&D, engineering, regulatory, and operations teams to execute stage-gate development programs
- Define KPIs including interoperability adoption, workflow integration success, instrument intelligence utilization, and revenue growth
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, or related field with 5+ years of experience; advanced degree (MBA, MS, or PhD) preferred
- Demonstrated experience driving cross-functional product strategies for life sciences
- Strong understanding of analytical and life sciences instrumentation architectures
- Proven ability to develop business cases, financial models, and commercialization strategies for advanced technology platforms
- Executive presence and ability to influence across global business units and external partners
- Strategic systems thinker with disciplined execution capability
- Strong collaboration and stakeholder alignment skills in matrixed organizations
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
- Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screening
- Advanced degree (MBA, MS, or PhD)
Benefits
- Annual incentive plan bonuses
- Healthcare coverage
- A comprehensive range of employee benefits
- A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
- Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
- At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
- Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
- Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
Company Overview
Thermo Fisher Scientific is a biotechnology and laboratory equipment company that provides a wide range of scientific products and services. It was founded in 1956, and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.thermofisher.com.