Purpose
PerkinElmer is seeking a Strategic Product Manager - TEA to serve as the full strategic and commercial owner of product segment within the analytical instrument business units. This is a purpose-built strategic leadership role.
Reporting to the VP Materials Characterisation, the Strategic Product Manager holds end-to-end accountability for the product segment's roadmap, commercial positioning, pricing strategy, and P&L contribution.
This role is structurally protected from operational distraction. Day-to-day portfolio execution — quality escalations, SKU management, supply chain issues — is managed by a dedicated Operations Product Manager. This design ensures the Strategic Product Manager can focus entirely on what creates long-term value: the evidence-based product strategy, NPI business cases, and commercial positioning that drive revenue growth and durable competitive differentiation.
The Strategic Product Manager leads a small team of NPI PMs and an Operations PM. They set the strategic direction, govern NPI programme commercial readiness, and are the primary product authority for their segment within the VP Product Line's team.
We are offering a hybrid working contract split between home and our offices in High Wycombe.
Product Strategy & Roadmap
Define and own the 3–5 year product roadmap for the assigned product segment — prioritisation, sequencing, and investment trade-off decisions across instruments, consumables, and softwareDevelop rigorous NPI business cases: market sizing, competitive positioning, financial modelling, and customer value quantification — to a standard that supports VP and CTO gate approvalOwn gate progression for all NPIs within the segment from concept through commercial launch approvalTranslate Market Requirements Documents from Strategic Segment Managers into specific product requirements and R&D briefsDrive the long-term technology roadmap in close collaboration with R&D leadership — ensuring the portfolio maintains competitive and technical leadership in priority marketsVoice of Customer & Market Intelligence
Build and maintain a structured VOC programme for the product segment — a minimum of 20 in-depth customer conversations per year, focused on requirements validation, competitive intelligence, and pricing researchWork in partnership with Strategic Segment Managers to ensure segment-level market requirements are understood and prioritised across the product segment's key end marketsMonitor the competitive landscape continuously — new instrument introductions, pricing moves, partnership activity — and translate intelligence into positioning and roadmap responsesPricing & Financial Performance
Own global base pricing strategy for the product segment — setting, communicating, and periodically reviewing instrument and consumable pricing with VP Product Line approvalManage the product segment's P&L contribution in partnership with the VP — tracking revenue, gross margin, and portfolio profitability against AOP targetsSupport AOP planning with NPI revenue projections, volume forecasts, and portfolio investment requirementsTeam Leadership
Lead and develop NPI PMs and the Operations PM within the product segment team — setting clear role expectations, performance objectives, and development plansCoach NPI PMs to develop strong business case skills, customer interviewing capability, and commercial programme disciplineBuild a team culture focused on customer insight, strategic rigour, and commercial accountabilityEnsure clean handoffs between NPI PM (launch responsibility) and Operations PM (ongoing portfolio execution) — maintaining role clarity and avoiding scope creepCross-functional Collaboration
Partner with the VP Product Line on portfolio investment prioritisation, AOP planning, and executive gate reviewsWork closely with R&D to translate commercial requirements into technically feasible product specifications, maintaining a clear PM/R&D boundaryCollaborate with the Sr. Director, Strategic & Commercial Marketing to ensure segment intelligence inputs are incorporated into roadmap and positioning decisionsEngage with Regional Product Managers to ensure field market intelligence is incorporated into product and launch planning
