The job:

As Senior Manager, Product Line Leader for our PGNAA & Minerals product line, you will own all upstream marketing functions globally, including: Product Management; Product Marketing; Field Marketing; and Applications. Additionally, the role will lead all minerals commercial activities globally. You will also influence other functions (R&D, Service, and Operations) to ensure we meet our yearly marketing, bookings, revenue, and growth targets. Our success will come from your work ethic, eye for business, relationship-building skills, understanding of key markets, and passion to drive a distributed team to achieve ambitious targets. You will lead a team of 7, with 5 direct reports, all based globally.

This role will be fully remote (working from home) and we are happy to consider qualified candidates based anywhere globally, except China. Global travel - up to 25% per annum - will be required (when safe to do so), with a particular focus on North America, Europe and Australia.

A crucial member of the marketing leadership team, together we will enable our customers to accelerate production, improve product quality, make process decisions faster, and protect their brands. Join us and develop your career with a global organization which prioritizes career development, allowing you to achieve your best ? both personally and professionally.

Our Organisation:

Our Chemical Analysis Division (CAD) provides a diverse mix of analytical instruments and associated services to a broad range of end user markets including Safety & Security, Environmental, Food Safety, Energy, Mining, Life Science Manufacturing and Recycling, to name a few. Its instruments are deployed in the field and on the line, in challenging environments where customers put a premium on robustness, reliability and ease of use. They allow them to make decisions where they operate and streamline their businesses. CAD is a complex division with a global footprint, broad product portfolio and diverse customer base.

The Material and Minerals (M&M) business, where this role sits, is a part of CAD. M&M has over 700 employees globally with historical revenues in excess of $200 million dollars.

Within our PGNAA & Mineral product line, we manufacture x-ray, x-ray fluorescence, and prompt-gamma neutron activation analyzers for the measurement of elemental composition of a wide range of materials in production and process control environments; including cement, copper, gold, iron ore, phosphate, and other minerals. www.thermofisher.com/PGNAA & www.thermofisher.com/minerals

What will you do?

• Own the revenue, bookings, and gross margin for the PGNAA & Mineral product line
• Be responsible for the execution of initiatives to drive profitability including: product mix management; cost-down projects; and driving business-case for high-margin R&D projects
• Own the product roadmap and be accountable for product lifecycle management from concept through to discontinuation
• Define pivotal initiatives to improve results and deliver growth
• Deliver monthly updates to the business unit and divisional leadership on progress towards annual operating plan goals and strategic priorities
• Be responsible for the development of business cases to encourage investment in new products, or initiatives to achieve growth in exciting new or adjacent markets
• Directly lead, develop, and provide direction to your product line marketing team
• Work in partnership with our downstream marketing and regional marketing organization to implement campaigns that deliver awareness and demand for your products
• Your success will be judged on bookings, customer-allegiance score (CAS), revenue, vitality, and profitability

Who we are looking for:

• A Degree in Marketing or Business (MBA preferred)
• Significant experience within Product Management and/or Product Marketing
• Experience with capital equipment sales and long lead time operations
• Some scientific and product line/market knowledge of PGNAA & Minerals, with a solid understanding of relevant markets (mining & cement industries) and key drivers would be beneficial (but not essential)
• An experienced people leader, with the ability to coach, mentor, and influence in distributed (remote) team settings
• A strong business discernment, with a good understanding of financial reporting
• Driven and self-motivated; adventurous, with a bias for action that achieves results. You will have strong interpersonal skills and be an outstanding teammate
• Confident presentation skills
• Experience working in a matrix structured organization
• Flexibility with your working hours (to accommodate global calls and travel to different time zones)
• Ability to travel globally, up to 25% per annum (on average)
• Fluent in English (verbal & written)

What?s in it for you:

• Excellent career progression opportunities with a large and growing global employer
• Competitive salary, plus annual incentive bonus
• Generous benefits package

About us:

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $25 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or increasing productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them.

Our global team of more than 80,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services and Patheon.

With Thermo Fisher Scientific, it?s not just a career. It?s a chance to realise your best ? professionally and personally.

Apply today!

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