Product Owner/Sales Engineer (Remote - Base Salary And Commission)

Job Title: Product Owner

Overview

• A trusted leader in precision measurement and control solutions, is seeking an experienced Product Owner / Sales Engineer to drive strategic product direction while generating revenue across highimpact industries such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, healthcare, and food manufacturing.

• This hybrid role blends product ownership, technical expertise, and consultative sales, ensuring the success of wireless data logger solutions that monitor critical variables such as temperature and pressureeven in harsh or regulatorycontrolled environments.

• The ideal candidate has a strong technical foundation, industry relationships, and both the business acumen and customerfacing skill set necessary to influence product strategy and close complex deals.

• Fully remote role with travel requirements (up to 50%).

Key Responsibilities

• Define product requirements and collaborate with engineering teams to drive solution design, feature enhancements, and product roadmap priorities.

• Lead the full sales cyclefrom prospecting and needs analysis through solution development, proposals, negotiations, and closing.

• Identify and grow new business opportunities across pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, and food industry markets.

• Deliver technical presentations, demos, and ROI analyses while advising customers on hardware, software, and connectivity solutions.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with technical and executive stakeholders, maintaining accurate CRM forecasting and pipeline records.

• Monitor market trends and competitive activity, represent the company at industry events, and travel up to 50% for customer engagements.

Required Qualifications

• 515 years of consultative sales experience with technical products, instrumentation, sensors, or software solutions.

• Experience in product ownership, product management, sales engineering, electronics, or a technical discipline.

• Strong understanding of hardware + software applications, especially in data acquisition or monitoring.

• Experience selling into regulated industries such as pharma, biotech, healthcare, or food.

• Proven ability to analyze customer challenges and translate them into actionable product and solution recommendations.

• Selfstarter with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and build customer relationships.

• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Business, Marketing, Communications, or related field preferred.

• Existing industry contacts in data logging, pharmaceutical, biotech, or healthcare sectors.

"Nice-to-Have" Skills

• Wireless data logging experience (temperature, pressure, environmental monitoring).

• Experience with embedded autonomous data logging technologies.

• Exposure to food, biotech, or pharmaceutical manufacturing operations.

• Strong understanding of harshenvironment instrumentation.

Employee Value Proposition (EVP)

Employees work with cutting-edge precision measurement technologies while collaborating directly with executive leadership. With meaningful opportunities for autonomy, innovation, and professional growth, team members can make a lasting impact in fastgrowing industries like pharma and biotech. The culture emphasizes support, creativity, and long-standing customer partnershipsan environment where technical talent thrives.

Work Environment & Compensation

• Fully remote role with travel requirements (up to 50%).

• Companycovered travel costs including airfare, lodging, and mileage.

• Competitive base salary with quarterly bonuses up to 50% of annual salary plus commission.

• Collaborative, growthdriven environment with influence over product trajectory and customer success.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Reston, VA.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $40.00 - $50.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Reston,VA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 23, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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