Product Manager, Liquid Handling

Palmer, Massachusetts, United States

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.

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