
Strategic Product Manager – Filtration & TFF Systems
Sartorius
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Göttingen • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Own portfolio vision and roadmap, setting priorities based on customer insights, market data, and financial impact
- Lead end-to-end product execution, from idea to launch and lifecycle management, driving growth and profitability
- Translate customer and market intelligence into actionable business cases and strategic decisions
- Expand into new markets, identifying opportunities, defining entry strategies, and mitigating scale-up risks
- Define value proposition and strategic pricing, ensuring clear differentiation and competitive positioning
- Monitor performance and forecast demand, aligning operations on volumes, mix, and exceptions
- Influence senior stakeholders, managing complex networks, delivering executive-ready recommendations
- Mentor Product Managers, strengthening processes and portfolio governance
Requirements
- Successfully completed Master's degree in Business Administration, Life Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Extensive Life Science experience, including several years in complex customer-facing roles and multi-functional exposure (R&D, Operations, Sales, Marketing)
- Proven track record and long-term experience in Product Management with strong drive for innovation and growth
- Successful execution of at least one major product launch end-to-end, including market introduction, life-cycle management, and post-launch support
- Strong strategic thinking and commercial acumen, able to make timely, data-driven decisions
- Exceptional relationship-building and stakeholder engagement skills across internal and external networks
- Business fluent in English, German skills will be a plus
- Willingness to travel (up to 50%)
- Identification with our core values: Sustainability, Openness & Enjoyment
Benefits
- Personal and Professional Development: Mentoring, leadership programs, Talent Talks, internal seminar offerings, coaching for managers
- Work life balance: Remote options, flextime, flexible work schedules, sabbaticals
- Large, modern campus: Open office spaces, terraces, company restaurant with vegetarian and vegan options, cozy Italian bistro with ice cream sales, fitness studio and daycare center
- Making an impact right from the start: Comprehensive onboarding, including a virtual online platform even before joining, Welcome Workshops, "buddy" as point of contact
- Travel benefits: Company car, car leasing, bike leasing, large free parking garage, good bus connections
- This is on top: Home office workstation, rent subsidy and collective accident insurance
- Welcoming Culture: Mutual support, teamspirit and international collaboration; communities on numerous topics, such as coaching, agile working and business women network
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
Product ManagementMarket IntroductionLifecycle ManagementData-Driven Decision MakingStrategic PricingPerformance MonitoringForecasting DemandBusiness Case DevelopmentInnovationGrowth Strategy
Soft skills
Strategic ThinkingRelationship BuildingStakeholder EngagementMentoringCommunicationLeadershipCollaborationInfluencingProblem SolvingAdaptability
Certifications
Master's Degree in Business AdministrationMaster's Degree in Life ScienceMaster's Degree in Engineering