Product Manager, Single Use Assemblies

Avantor; Netherlands; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Avantor is seeking a Senior Product Manager to optimize the Single Use and Systems Product Management organization remotely. The role focuses on leading the single-use portfolio for biopharma production, including strategy, pricing, lifecycle management, and top/bottom-line growth.

Travel up to 25% may be required as part of global responsibilities. The ideal candidate has 6+ years in product management, sales or marketing within life sciences, with preference for experience in single-use

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree; Master’s preferred.
• Up to 25% travel domestically and globally.
• 6+ years of product management, sales or marketing in life sciences.
• Experience with single-use technologies is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the single-use portfolio for biopharma production applications.
• Develop portfolio strategy, pricing, lifecycle management and growth.
• Establish external partnerships for bag assemblies and single-use components.
• Own P&L for the single-use bag portfolio and drive revenue/gross margin targets.
• Provide market, competitor and capability data to guide pricing and priorities.
• Develop long-range product strategies and guide fiscal planning for future SU products.
• Collaborate with sales and marketing to implement go-to-market plans.
• Represent Avantor at conferences and tradeshows.
• Communicate product strategy and tactics to the market.

Skills

Product management

Sales & Marketing experience

Life sciences

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

The Opportunity

Avantor, a Global Fortune 500 company is looking for a dedicated Senior Product Manager to optimize our Single Use and Systems Product Management organization. This role is full-time, remote. If you have life sciences experience – let’s talk!

Requirements and Qualifications

• Minimum Education Requirement: Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree preferred
• Travel: Up to 25% both domestic and global
• Required Experience (6+ YRS): Product management, sales and/or marketing experience in the life sciences industry
• Preferred Experience: With single use technologies for bioprocessing applications Technical or commercial experience with single use products and applications.
• Financial (P&L).
• Business case development/ articulation.
• Guiding objective decision making processes.
• Analytical experience.
• Technical experience /competence with bioproduction.
• Project management and planning skill experience.
• Decision making as well as experience adopting to change.
• Business level written and verbal communication skills.
• Working in a matrixed organizational structure.

Responsibilities

• Lead the single use portfolio for use in biopharma production applications.
• This will include portfolio management, strategy development, pricing, life cycle management and top/bottom line growth management.
• Be responsible for a unique combination of external partnership development for bag and single use assembly and traditional product life cycle management to differentiate Avantor’s position in single use bioprocessing.
• Function as the business owner, Lead the single use bag assembly’s portfolio of products with P&L responsibility, including meeting or exceeding revenue and gross margin targets, lead all aspects of business.
• Provide data related to competitors, the market, product and capability positioning, revenue and unit or capacity forecasting working with planning functions, identifying key business priorities, and pricing strategies.
• Develop long-range product strategies and guide fiscal planning for future positioning, growth, and evolution of the SU products.
• This includes identifying, establishing, and leading strategic collaborations, customers, suppliers, and industry opinion leaders.
• Partner with sales to define go‑to‑market effort and work hand‑in‑hand with our commercial teams to implement commercial strategies.
• Enhance market share gain and customer satisfaction for single use products.
• Drive demand through impactful sales and marketing campaigns.
• Participate in senior leadership team meetings and strategic planning, including setting objectives and strategies as well as taking accountability for implementation and results.
• Work collaboratively in a highly matrixed organization to achieve results including driving cross‑business unit and divisional initiatives.
• Be a single use subject matter expert for the single use portfolio to build broad based expertise in sales and marketing functions.
• Represent Avantor at conferences and tradeshows.
• Effectively communicate product strategy and tactics to the market.

Why Avantor?

Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science. The work we do changes people’s lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom’s voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor. We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties or skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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About Avantor

Avantor®, a Fortune 500 company, is a leading global provider of mission‑critical products and services to customers in the biopharma, healthcare, education & government, and advanced technologies & applied materials industries. Our portfolio is used in virtually every stage of the most important research, development and production activities in the industries we serve. One of our greatest strengths comes from having a global infrastructure that is strategically located to support the needs of our customers. Our global footprint enables us to serve more than 225,000 customer locations and gives us extensive access to research laboratories and scientists in more than 180 countries. We set science in motion to create a better world.