Senior Product Manager, Core Histology

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Job Summary

The **Senior Product Manager – Core Histology** is responsible for driving global product strategy, lifecycle management, and commercial success across a portfolio of consumables within Leica Biosystems’ Core Histology business. This role will serve as a key driver of product competitiveness, customer insight integration, and cross-functional alignment across R&D, commercial, and operations teams and is ideal for a high-energy, strategic thinker who thrives in a matrixed environment and is passionate about delivering impactful solutions that improve cancer diagnostics.

This position reports to the **Sr Director, Global Product Management** and is part of the**Core Histology** Global**Product Management team** located in **Deer Park, IL** and will be an **onsite role**.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Own and optimize the global product portfolio. Act as the “CEO” of your product lines, driving strategy and performance across instruments and consumables. Refine pricing, positioning, and SKU mix to ensure sustainable, profitable growth, while rationalizing offerings to maintain a cohesive and competitive portfolio.
• Provide strategic product leadership. Set the vision and direction for portfolio success, ensuring accountability across teams. Use data-driven insights to balance short-term execution with long-term growth, guiding investment decisions and prioritization.
• Drive customer and market insight. Leverage competitive intelligence, market research, and voice-of-customer feedback to inform differentiated strategies. Build deep market and clinical understanding through continuous engagement and maintain strong relationships to support lifecycle decisions.
• Lead global commercialization efforts. Develop and execute tailored go-to-market strategies for successful product launches. Partner with commercial teams to ensure effective positioning, training, and post-launch performance, while sustaining momentum through close collaboration with customer-facing teams.
• Execute cross-functional alignment. Collaborate with Sales, Operations, Engineering, Quality, and Regulatory to ensure seamless execution from roadmap planning through end-of-life. Apply structured processes and daily management to proactively identify and address portfolio risks and opportunities.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Marketing, or a related field; MBA or Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in product management with strong preference for experience in medical device, diagnostics, or life sciences industry.
• Demonstrated experience managing global portfolios of consumables or high SKU count products, including responsibility for pricing, margin, and SKU optimization.
• Experience leading global product commercialization efforts, including launch planning, sales enablement, and post-market performance tracking, with a strong emphasis on applying data-driven insights to guide strategy and prioritization.
• Proficiency with product lifecycle management systems and tools; experience working with SAP or similar ERP systems, and leveraging data to inform lifecycle decisions and portfolio performance.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Travel : Up to 25% travel may be required, including domestic and occasional international trips to support product launches, customer engagement, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Motor Vehicle Record : A valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record may be required if travel includes customer site visits or regional field support.
• Physical/Environment : This role is primarily office-based with standard working conditions. Occasional time may be spent in laboratories or clinical environments, requiring adherence to site-specific safety protocols. The ability to lift to 25 pounds and stand or walk for extended periods during site visits or trade shows may be necessary.

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

• Working within histology, pathology, or adjacent diagnostic markets, particularly with consumable or high SKU count portfolios.
• Navigating matrixed global organizations with distributed teams and cross-regional product ownership.
• Contributing to commercialization strategies that involve KOL engagement, competitive storytelling, or solution-based selling approaches.

Benefits

Leica Biosystems, a Danaher operating company, 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.

The salary range for this role is $150,000 - $175,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future. This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.