UV Operations Product Manager (Lifecycle & Execution)

PerkinElmer; High Wycombe; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

PerkinElmer is seeking an Operations Product Manager - UV to support the day-to-day execution of the UV instrument product line. Hybrid role split between home and our High Wycombe offices, reporting to the VP Product Line and working under the Strategic PM.

You will own SKU and lifecycle management, pricing administration, and supplier and quality coordination. This junior-to-mid-career role develops toward broader product management responsibilities while ensuring portfolio competitiveness.

Qualifications

• 2–7 years of experience in product management, technical marketing, product operations, or a closely related commercial or operational role within scientific instrumentation, analytical instruments, or laboratory equipment
• Familiarity with product lifecycle management concepts: SKU management, pricing administration, and product change management
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail — able to manage multiple concurrent operational workstreams without losing accuracy or follow-through
• Experience working cross-functionally with Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, and commercial teams in a matrixed organisation
• Proficiency with ERP systems (SAP preferred) for product data management, pricing, and order management
• Understanding of UV technology

Responsibilities

• Maintain UV product line SKU catalogue—adding new configurations, managing change notifications, and retiring discontinued products in coordination with Operations and Supply Chain
• Support UV product lifecycle decisions (introduce, sustain, end-of-life) by preparing the operational analysis that informs the Strategic PM's recommendations to the VP
• Own end-of-life communications and phase-out execution for discontinued products — coordinating inventory rundown, customer notification, and field communication
• Maintain live escalation tracker for the product line; provide regular status updates to the Strategic PM and VP Product Line

Skills

SKU management

Pricing administration

Product change management

Cross-functional collaboration

ERP SAP familiarity

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

UV technology

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline

Tools

ERP SAP

Job description

PerkinElmer is seeking an Operations Product Manager - UV to support the day-to-day execution of the UV instrument product line. Hybrid role split between home and our High Wycombe offices, reporting to the VP Product Line and working under the Strategic PM.

You will own SKU and lifecycle management, pricing administration, and supplier and quality coordination. This junior-to-mid-career role develops toward broader product management responsibilities while ensuring portfolio competitiveness.