Product Management Specialist III

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Product Manager in the Culture Media team at Thermo Fisher Scientific handling growth and commercial success. Leading product strategy and lifecycle management in the Microbiology Division.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeRemote • Kansas • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Full business ownership and accountability for delivering financial results for the C&T, AGS and culture media liquid media
Translate deep understanding of customer workflows and customer needs into sharp customer insights. Use these insights to shape product development pipelines
Develop the product portfolio, product roadmaps, and New Product Initiatives in collaboration with the marketing team and R&D, ensuring robustness of business cases.
Develop the global go-to-market strategy plans for areas of responsibility, including customer segmentation, competitor analysis, business trends, market opportunities, product positioning and pricing.
Provide strategic direction for C&T, AGS and culture media liquid media related projects to other Marketing, R&D & Commercial groups. These include product briefing documents, go-to-market plans, campaigns etc.
Manage total product lifecycle, setting organizational cadence for retirement, refresh or enhancement of existing products.
Understand customer needs, perform voice of customer (VOC), and define product requirements with corresponding business or financial justification.
Visit key customers, developing trusted partner relationships to deeply understand their workflows, and current and future business needs.
Provide indirect/collaborative leadership with professionals in a cross-functional matrix and international organization (e.g. Marketing Communication, Regional Marketing, R&D, Regulatory Affairs, Operations and Commercial teams)

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology or similar required
2+ years experience within Microbiology – either as a scientist, salesperson, or marketeer
2–3 years of experience in Marketing or Product Management of life science or technical products and services is considered a strong advantage
Able to capture sharp customer insights and translate into business and product strategy and actions
Capable of driving improvement in business performance, directing initiatives that deliver short-, medium- and long-term growth
Familiar with working in a global/international business environment
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Good listener with ability to influence across teams (without direct authority)
Willing and able to travel internationally (25-35% per annum), including overnight stays
Fluent in English, additional languages a plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

Excellent career progression opportunities with a large and growing global employer
Competitive salary, plus annual incentive bonus
Full benefits package (specifics depend on country of hire)

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Hard Skills & Tools

MicrobiologyMolecular BiologyCellular BiologyProduct ManagementMarketingCustomer InsightsProduct DevelopmentMarket AnalysisProduct Lifecycle ManagementBusiness Strategy

Soft Skills

Analytical skillsProblem-solving skillsInfluencing skillsListening skillsCross-functional collaborationLeadershipCustomer relationship managementStrategic thinkingCommunication skillsAdaptability

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in MicrobiologyBachelor’s degree in Molecular BiologyBachelor’s degree in Cellular Biology