Hybrid Software Product Manager — Instrument Software

PerkinElmer; High Wycombe; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus up to 15%

Pension

Private medical

Life assurance

25 days holiday

Job summary

PerkinElmer is seeking a Software Product Manager to own the software product roadmap for analytical instrument software. This role sits at the intersection of product management and software engineering—translating requirements into well-defined software product specifications and prioritising the backlog to maximise market impact.

They will partner with the R&D software team to ensure delivery meets market expectations, and drive the software agenda while aligning with the hardware strategy.

Qualifications

• Own the software product roadmap for analytical instrument software.
• Translate commercial and customer requirements into well-defined software product specifications.
• Prioritise the software backlog against commercial impact.
• Partner with the R&D software team to ensure delivery meets market expectations.
• They are accountable for the software product, not the software development — they set what gets built and why, not how.

Responsibilities

• The Software Product Manager works at the intersection of product management and software engineering — translating commercial and customer requirements into well-defined software product specifications, prioritising the software backlog against commercial impact, and partnering with the R&D software team to ensure delivery meets market expectations.
• They are accountable for the software product, not the software development — they set what gets built and why, not how.

Job description

PerkinElmer is seeking a Software Product Manager to own the software product roadmap for analytical instrument software. This role sits at the intersection of product management and software engineering—translating requirements into well-defined software product specifications and prioritising the backlog to maximise market impact.

They will partner with the R&D software team to ensure delivery meets market expectations, and drive the software agenda while aligning with the hardware strategy.