Danaher Corporation Hiring for Product Management Specialist at Los Angeles, California Full Time

You may not have heard of chromatography, the science of separation, but it’s likely affected your life. Phenomenex’s chromatography products advance the future of scientific analysis and investigation, ensuring the quality of essentials like your food, water, shampoo, and even cold medication. We strive to provide the best tools and resources possible to help researchers improve global health and well-being, including award-winning liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, and sample preparation products. Be part of our global success, centered on a commitment to developing novel analytical chemistry solutions, unique marketing, and exceptional customer service and support.

Phenomenex is proud to work alongside a community of nine fellow Danaher Life Sciences companies. Together, we’re pioneering the future of science and medicine, developing products that enable researchers in the fight to save lives.

The Position

We are seeking a goal-oriented, motivated individual to take on the role of Product Management Specialist. The Product Management Specialist will be key in supporting our vision of realizing growth for our separations sciences products that are utilized across the breadth of our targeted industries (e.g. Pharmaceuticals, Clinical, Forensics, Biologics, etc.). This individual works closely with Operations to ensure on time delivery to customers, supports product lifecycle and product financial health, and utilizes tools such as financial analysis and voice of customer.

The Product Management Specialist will be well organized, be able to work effectively cross-functionally with a diverse group of teams, and has solid written and oral presentation skills. A strong technical background coupled with a foundational level of business acumen are essential for success. The Product Management Specialist will report to a Senior Product Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Work cross-functionally with Operations, Marketing, Sales, and other functions to ensure on time delivery of products within the existing portfolio

• Working with Product Managers, supports the development and execution of product life cycle management, including discontinuance

• Perform on-going voice-of-customer (VOC) interactions with key internal and external customers globally to outline workflows, understand problems, obtain feedback on existing products or new, and identify potential customer solutions

• Support Product Management and Market Development Management teams in gathering, assessing, and presenting market and competitive intelligence, global trends, and displacing technologies

• Supports VIP and key customer interactions as needed

• Execute customer support functions including letters and other communications as needed

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 4+ years’ experience or MBA/Master’s degree with 2+ years’ experience or Doctorate infield

• Foundational business acumen and financial aptitude; experience in the Danaher Business System and financial analysis/modeling skills strongly preferred

• 2+ years working knowledge of practical HPLC workflows and hands-on experience in liquid chromatographic instrumentation like HPLC-UV, UHPLC-UV, and LC/MS or other chromatography and sample preparation techniques is desired

• Strong fundamental general chemistry knowledge, as well as a thorough understanding of experimental design and troubleshooting workflows

• Previous experience in product management, market development, technical customer management, or product development is desirable but not required

• Able to work as a productive member of a team in a matrix organization and cross functionally with different departments

• Travel potentially up to 15%

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When you join us, you’ll also be joining Danaher’s global organization, where 80,000 people wake up every day determined to help our customers win. As an associate, you’ll try new things, work hard, and advance your skills with guidance from dedicated leaders, all with the support of powerful Danaher Business System (https://www.danaher.com/how-we-work/danaher-business-system) tools and the stability of a tested organization.

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