Technical Product Manager (all genders)

Technical Product Manager: Bioanalytics Software & Infrastructure

Location: Germany Hybrid: Esslingen am Neckar / remote by agreement Full-time Level: Experienced individual contributor

You will be...

• Owning technical product requirements and ensuring backlog quality for CLADE’s bioanalytics software workflows, especially Sphere, QA Scan, SpecHub/data workflows and MIRA-connected software capabilities.
• Translating scientific workflows, user needs, software and deployment constraints, as well as quality requirements into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, release notes and handover documentation.
• Collaborating closely with software engineering teams on architecture trade-offs, APIs, databases, data flows, integrations, environments, testing strategies, defect triage, CI/CD implications and release preparation.
• Coordinating product input for ART/PI planning, sprint and iteration planning, backlog refinement, dependency mapping and de‑scoping recommendations.
• Understanding and documenting customer infrastructure requirements, including on‑premise deployments, cloud access, data residency, network and security constraints, server environments, user access management, backups, monitoring, update processes and supportability.
• Partnering with data science teams on model lifecycle topics such as data pipelines, model versioning, spectral databases, QA Scan workflows, residual and outlier monitoring, model limitations and retraining triggers.
• Working closely with application science and domain experts to understand sample types, analytical methods, workflow constraints, method performance, customer use cases and scientific validation needs.
• Partnering with QM/QA teams on regulated software requirements including traceability, audit trail expectations, role‑based access control, change management, validation evidence and release documentation.
• Supporting sales, service and marketing teams with accurate product knowledge — including clear communication of current software capabilities, limitations, available proof points and realistic expectations.
• Creating sustainable operating documentation to ensure product and workflow knowledge is scalable and not dependent on individual team members.

You're a good fit for us if...

Must‑have

• You have 3–6+ years of experience in technical product management, product ownership, solution engineering, software product coordination, scientific software delivery or a similar role within complex B2B software environments.
• You have a strong technical understanding of modern software development processes, including requirements engineering, user stories, acceptance criteria, APIs, databases, environments, testing, versioning, release management, defect handling and developer collaboration.
• You bring a solid understanding of infrastructure and data‑center topics such as cloud and on‑premise environments, servers, virtual machines or containers, networking fundamentals, firewalls/VPNs, identity and access management, logging, monitoring, backups, disaster recovery, patching, supportability and data residency requirements.
• You have scientific knowledge through education or professional experience in life sciences, biotechnology, chemistry, biochemistry, bioprocess engineering, pharmaceutical sciences, analytical chemistry, spectroscopy, chemometrics, pharmaceutical QC or analytical development.
• You are able to understand biopharma workflows and translate scientific requirements into product, software, data and documentation requirements.
• You have experience working with agile software teams. Experience with SAFe, Agile Release Trains, PI planning or comparable scaled delivery frameworks is a plus.
• You are skilled at creating clear technical documentation, decision logs, release notes, support handovers, workflow maps and stakeholder‑ready summaries.
• You have strong stakeholder management skills and enjoy collaborating across software engineering, data science, application science, quality, service, sales, marketing and customer teams.
• You are fluent in English. German is strongly preferred and may be required depending on the day‑to‑day internal communication setup.

Strong plus

• You have hands‑on exposure to FTIR/MIR spectroscopy, spectral data, chemometric models, analytical method development or laboratory automation.
• You have experience working in regulated or quality‑sensitive environments such as GMP, GLP, ISO, pharmaceutical manufacturing, diagnostics, medtech, 21 CFR Part 11, EU Annex 11, CSV or GAMP 5.
• You are familiar with LIMS, ELN, QMS, ERP integrations, OPC UA, REST APIs, analytical instruments, scientific data platforms or laboratory automation systems.
• You understand biologics workflows such as formulation, buffer QC, UF/DF, upstream/downstream processing, raw material testing, release testing, PS20/PS80, mAbs, ADCs, peptides, mRNA or gene therapy.
• You have hands‑on experience in startup or scale‑up environments where product roles need to stay pragmatic, execution‑oriented and adaptable.

Benefits

• Company pension scheme
• 300 EUR Feel‑Free Health Budget per year
• Kindergarten allowance up to 180 EUR per month
• Monthly internet allowance
• Vouchers worth 20 EUR per month
• Bike leasing
• Electronics leasing
• Car subscription model
• Attractive bonus model