Product Manager, Liquid Handling

IMI; Palmer (MA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

401K with matching

Maternity & paternity leave

PTO & holidays

Career development

Stock purchase plan

Job summary

IMI plc, a global engineering company, seeks a Life Science Product Manager for the Liquid Handling portfolio. You will own market strategy, customer discovery, portfolio decisions, and technology roadmap alignment across the full lifecycle, acting as voice of the customer and technical leader for liquid handling workflows.

You will engage with scientists and automation engineers, translating insights into requirements, partnering with R&D and operations for successful NPIs, and enabling

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field; advanced degree preferred.
• Experience in product management in a B2B, life science environment.
• Experience managing a product line across the full lifecycle.
• Strong pricing and margin understanding.
• Translate end-user workflow needs into clear product requirements and commercially sound roadmap decisions.
• Experience with liquid handling workflows and technologies.
• Experience leading cross-functional new product introduction (NPI).
• Strong market analysis and business case development skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Own product roadmap for the liquid handling portfolio, aligning priorities with customer workflow needs and growth objectives.
• Engage directly with scientists, automation engineers, lab managers, and OEM customers to capture opportunities and needs.
• Translate insights into clear product requirements informing roadmap priorities and ROI.
• Partner with R&D, engineering, operations, quality, and commercial teams to advance NPI.
• Provide technical and application support on liquid handling workflows to customers and internal teams.
• Monitor advances in liquid handling technologies and market trends to inform positioning.
• Manage the full product lifecycle: pricing, margins, obsolescence, and rationalization.
• Develop technical collateral and train sales and distribution partners.

Skills

Product management

NPI

Cross-functional leadership

Liquid handling

Stakeholder management

Pricing & margins

Voice of customer

Data-driven decisions

Project management

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Life Sciences

Job description

IMI plc We are a global specialist engineering company that creates breakthrough solutions. We are curious and like to solve problems, partnering with our customers to solve the demands of today and prepare for the challenges of tomorrow. We embrace innovation and care about outcomes that are good for business, everyday life and making a better world – creating lasting impact for everyone.

IMI plc We are a global specialist engineering company that creates breakthrough solutions. We are curious and like to solve problems, partnering with our customers to solve the demands of today and prepare for the challenges of tomorrow. We embrace innovation and care about outcomes that are good for business, everyday life and making a better world – creating lasting impact for everyone. We design, build and service highly engineered products in fluid and motion control applications. We focus on five market sectors: Industrial Automation, Process Automation, Climate Control, Life Science, and Transport. Our partnership approach breaks through problems and reduces complexity. We don’t invent in isolation – we collaborate with our customers. We listen closely and we think differently, creating space for diverse minds to innovate. We are working together to make businesses safer, more sustainable and more productive.

Role Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Life Science Sector as Product Manager for our Liquid Handling portfolio. You will own market and product strategy, customer discovery, portfolio decisions, technology roadmap alignment, and Growth Hub execution across the full product lifecycle, acting as the voice of the customer and a technical product leader for liquid handling workflows and applications.

Work Environment

This is a hybrid role, with a preference for candidates based in the Northeast USA. Travel is expected up to 25% for customer visits, trade shows, distribution partners, and manufacturing sites.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Strategy and Roadmap: Own and communicate the product roadmap for the liquid handling portfolio, aligning priorities with customer workflow needs, application requirements, product performance, and Life Science growth objectives.
• Voice of the Customer: Engage directly with scientists, automation engineers, laboratory managers, and OEM customers to capture customer opportunities - unmet needs, pain points, and desires - across diagnostic, analytical, and biotechnology workflows.
• Requirements Definition: Translate customer insights, market opportunities, and application needs into clear product requirements that inform roadmap priorities, customer value, and NPI decisions, while partnering with site engineering teams that lead technical requirements definition and execution of the technology roadmap.
• New Product Introduction: Partner with R&D, engineering, operations, quality, applications, commercial teams, and finance to advance NPI by validating customer opportunities, building business cases, and ensuring technical execution remains aligned to customer value, portfolio priorities, and commercial objectives.
• Application Support: Provide technical and application support to customers and internal teams on liquid handling workflows, helping connect product capabilities to real diagnostic, analytical, and biotechnology use cases.Competitive and Technology Analysis: Monitor advances in liquid handling technologies, workflow trends, competitor product performance, and application requirements to inform positioning and differentiation.
• Lifecycle and Portfolio Management: Manage the full product lifecycle - pricing, margin, obsolescence, and rationalization - across the liquid handling portfolio.
• Commercial Enablement: Develop technical collateral, application notes, and datasheets, and train sales and distribution partners on the workflows and applications behind the portfolio.

Critical Competencies for Success

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, Chemistry, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, or a related technical field; advanced degree preferred.
• Proven product management or product ownership experience in a B2B, industrial, or life science environment
• Experience managing a product line across the full lifecycle
• Strong commercial acumen and understanding of pricing and margin drivers
• Ability to translate end-user workflow needs into clear product requirements and commercially sound roadmap decisions
• Demonstrated end-user, applications, or workflow experience in liquid handling, including how scientists, automation engineers, and laboratory teams use products in real workflows
• Experience leading cross-functional new product introduction (NPI)
• Strong knowledge of liquid handling workflows, applications, and technologies, including precision pumps, valves, fluidic components, automated liquid handling systems, or related laboratory instrumentation
• Strong market analysis and business case development skills
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to influence and align cross-functional teams without direct authority
• Data-driven approach to decision-making.
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Customer-focused mindset with strong curiosity about unmet needs, pain points, and application challenges
• Ability to operate as part of a collaborative Growth Hub team while maintaining clear day-to-day ownership of assigned portfolio segments

Pay range

$120,000 - $140,000

Within this range, individual pay is determined based on skills, experience, and qualifications relative to the job requirements. Base pay information is aligned with market location and may be subject to prevailing wage laws, if applicable.

Bonus eligibility

This position is also eligible for a variable incentive pay component, separate from base salary.

What IMI Can Offer You

At IMI, one of our top priorities is to create an inclusive culture of health. We strive to remove barriers to care (whether that be physical or financial) and in doing so, we offer choice for all your health and wellbeing needs.

See below for a general overview of our amazing perks and benefits:

• Multiple health plans to choose from: HMO, PPO, and High Deductible Health Plans with a low-cost share
• Best-in-class 401K plan with zero vesting and up to 6% contribution matching
• 14-week maternity leave at full pay following one year of service (Adoption benefits are equivalent)
• 4-week paternity leave at full pay following one year of service (Adoption benefits are equivalent)
• Employee Resource Groups that offer community and support, like our Pride Network and Network of Women groups
• PTO, encompassing inclusive holidays
• Career Development opportunities (IMI’s ‘Catalyst’ Program)
• Employer contribution for Health Savings Account, and in many cases free virtual telemedicine, and teletherapy.
• Mental Health and wellness programs to support you and your family
• Full suite of voluntary benefits to tap into, including but not limited to: Critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity, legal insurance, identity theft protection, and pet insurance or home & auto insurance through our discount advantage platform
• Short & long-term disability as well as basic life insurance at 2x your basic salary at no cost to the employee
• Free financial advisors, webinars, and classes through Charles Schwab
• Annual Employee Stock Purchase Plan with option to purchase IMI shares at a reduced employee only price - no opportunity to lose, only to profit or refund your investment 100%

**Benefits plans change year over year, but we have guiding principles in place to ensure our employees have the tools and resources available to stay connected and up to date**

Health & Safety

The physical demands described within the Key Duties & Responsibilities section of this job description are required to perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities. Please contact your local HR representative to discuss the specific Work Conditions and Physical Requirements of this role.

Health, Safety, and Environmental Duties – At IMI we are all personally committed to protecting our people, minimizing our impact to the environment, the communities we operate in and our company. All members of our workforce have the duty to ensure the health, safety and welfare of themselves, others, and the environment. Every employee is expected to follow all HSE operating procedures, also to challenge any observed behaviors or unsafe acts.

Code of Ethics

IMI requires the highest standard of ethics in all business dealings, particularly with customers, suppliers, advisors, employees, and the authorities. In accordance with the IMI Way: Our Code of Responsible Business.

Changes To This Job Description

IMI may amend this job description in whole or part at any time.

IMI is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran status.