Product Manager, Reagents

Bring more to life. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology? At Leica Microsystems, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. By harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact—innovating at the speed of life. Shape the future with us! Over 175 years of groundbreaking optical and digital solutions position us as leaders in microscopy, imaging, and analysis, unveiling the invisible and empowering our customers to build a better, healthier world.

Joining Leica Microsystems means contributing to scientific discoveries and supporting surgeons in making critical decisions. Our advanced microscopes and AI-based image analysis solutions enable users to gain profound insights into development and engineering challenges. Here, you will work on meaningful projects alongside passionate colleagues, driving progress and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

In This Role, You Will Have The Opportunity To

• Drive the innovation process for reagent products in cooperation with Hardware/Software Product Managers, R&D, Strategic Marketing, and Regional Units based on customer needs, workflow solution approaches, and adapting technical and scientific trends including reference points of market and competitors.
• Develop product business plans for the reagent product portfolio. Create business plans for development projects that translate product ideas into commercially effective solutions.
• Establish, in conjunction with sales and marketing, a commercial infrastructure to support the reagents business and generate recurring revenue.
• Scout for partnerships with external companies that fill gaps within the LMS product line. Build relationships and negotiate with external companies that possess the potential to become partners and/or acquisition targets to further LMS’s reagents business.
• Analyze product portfolio positioning, markets, and global pricing. Obtain voice of customer market feedback to evaluate customer experience.

The Essential Requirements Of The Job Include

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in product management for reagent products
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in life sciences or engineering required. Advanced degree in science or business preferred (e.g., MSc, PhD, MBA)
• Ability to generate complete business cases, define key performance indicators, and critically analyze numerous metrics in order to make well‑founded development and business decisions
• Experience identifying, negotiating with, and managing external partners

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements

• Approximately 20% travel is required

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in

• Spatial biology and microscopy
• Development of product portfolio strategic plans
• Danaher Business Systems

Leica Microsystems offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

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