Product Manager, Liquid Handling

Product Manager, Liquid Handling 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. 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 25-50% 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 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 SEE THE IMI PRECISION WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION