Overview:
Waters Corporation is currently seeking an individual to join our organization as Principal Consulting Product Manager supporting our software portfolio in the SDMS and Lab Management space. This role will be in Brasov (Romania), Wilmslow (U.K.) or Milford, (MA, U.S.A).
The successful candidate will bring substantial experience leading regulated laboratory software products, including both on-market and in-development offerings, together with a strong background in cloud/SaaS product strategy and delivery.
As a Principal Consulting Product Manager, you will define and lead the direction for a portfolio of SDMS and Lab Management products across their lifecycle, spanning current commercial offerings and future product development. This role requires a highly experienced product leader who can align business strategy, customer needs, technology direction, and cross-functional execution while influencing senior stakeholders across the organization.
Responsibilities:
- Act as the product management lead for on-market and in-development products in the SDMS and Lab Management space, including accountability across strategic direction, lifecycle planning, and value realization.
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Partner with Product Owners and cross-functional leaders to shape and maintain integrated roadmaps that span near-term delivery and long-term portfolio evolution.
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Develop and maintain robust business cases for product investments, new capabilities, partnerships, and portfolio extensions.
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Communicate product and portfolio vision internally and externally through executive presentations, customer engagements, analyst briefings, webinars, and other thought leadership activities.
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Provide senior product leadership across multiple product initiatives, guiding prioritization, trade-off decisions, and investment recommendations for both sustaining and new product development.
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Monitor market trends, competitive activity, customer outcomes, and portfolio performance metrics to drive continuous improvement and inform strategic decisions.
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Partner with sales, marketing, services, and customer success teams to support launch excellence, adoption, retention, and growth of the portfolio.
Qualifications:
Education:
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Degree level education, preferably in a science related discipline or computer science.
Experience:
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8+ years’ experience across Product Management, Product Owner, Product Marketing, or related strategic product disciplines, with clear evidence of operating at senior or portfolio leadership level.
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Strong domain knowledge of regulated laboratory informatics, including significant experience with Scientific Data Management Systems (SDMS), Lab Management solutions, and adjacent informatics workflows.
Competencies:
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Accepts accountability for product and portfolio outcomes; able to lead vision, strategy, and prioritization across multiple initiatives.
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Strategic, proactive, and highly credible leadership presence with strong personal integrity.
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Exceptional ability to influence without direct authority and lead through collaboration across product, engineering, commercial, and support functions.
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Displays rigorous thinking, sound judgment, and a data-driven approach to product and investment decisions.
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Strong executive communication, storytelling, and presentation skills for internal and external audiences.
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Able to coach, mentor, and elevate product management practices across teams.
Travel (If Applicable):
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Travel both domestically and internationally is required (estimated maximum 20% of time)
Company Description:
Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) is a global leader in analytical instruments, separations technologies, and software, serving the life, materials, food, and environmental sciences for over 65 years. Our Company helps ensure the efficacy of medicines, the safety of food and the purity of water, and the quality and sustainability of products used every day. In over 100 countries, our 7,600+ passionate employees collaborate with customers in laboratories, manufacturing sites, and hospitals to accelerate the benefits of pioneering science.
Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It benefits our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All hiring decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
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