Platform Product Manager

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Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, one of Danaher's 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we're all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You'll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher's system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

As a global leader in clinical diagnostics, Beckman Coulter Diagnostics has challenged convention to elevate the diagnostic laboratory's role in improving patient health for more than 90 years. Our diagnostic solutions are used in routine and complex clinical testing, and are used in hospitals, reference and research laboratories, and physician offices around the world. Every hour around the world, more than one million tests are run on Beckman Coulter Diagnostics systems, impacting 1.2 billion patients and more than three million clinicians per year. From uncovering the next clinical breakthrough, to rapid and reliable sample analysis, to more rigorous decision making—we are enabling clinicians to deliver the best possible care to their patients with improved efficiency, clinical confidence, adaptive collaboration, and accelerated intelligence.

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The
Platform Product Manager (f/m/d)
is responsible for Develops specific marketing plans and activities for specific product(s) or product line(s) to establish, enhance or distinguish product placement within the competitive arena. Develops business plans and product positioning in the marketplace. Oversees market research, monitors competitive activity and identifies customer needs. Establishes pricing strategies. Works with engineering, manufacturing and sales to develop new products or enhance existing product(s) or product line(s).

This position reports to the VP Automation Clinical IT Innovations, Product and Program Management and is part of the Product Management/Marketing Team.

The role is an
ONSITE
role and can either be based in
Munich
(Germany) or in
Chaska
(USA).

In This Role, You Will Have The Opportunity To

• Define and maintain a platform product strategy and multigenerational roadmap aligned with the needs of the service organization and all instrument product lines.
• Translate user-centric service and product requirements into reusable platform capabilities such as IoT-based instrument connectivity, authentication, data management, predictive maintenance, analytics, and GenAI-powered workflows.
• Collaborate across a highly matrixed organization, aligning cross-functional stakeholders from Product Management, Service, R&D, Regulatory, and Software Engineering.
• Gather, prioritize, and evangelize customer use cases for the digital platform that enhance instrument reliability, service efficiency, and user experience.
• Manage product lifecycle activities for digital platform components, including release planning, backlog prioritization, and cross-functional feature delivery.
• Lead discovery and validation efforts with service teams and product lines to understand unmet needs and emerging opportunities for the digital software platform and serve as the voice of the customer (internal and external) for the digital platform, driving alignment and transparency across engineering and commercial teams.
• Leverage agile methodologies to drive fast-paced, iterative development in compliance with regulatory standards and quality processes and track key performance indicators (KPIs) and platform adoption metrics to measure business impact and inform continuous improvement.

The Essential Requirements Of The Job Include

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field, with 8+ years of relevant experience; Master's degree preferred.
• Proven experience as a Product Manager or Product Owner for software platforms, enterprise software, or digital solutions in a large matrixed organization.
• Demonstrated ability to gather and translate complex user needs into clear, actionable roadmaps and platform features.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams in regulated environments—such as medical devices, diagnostics, or healthcare software.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to align diverse teams around a shared vision.
• Ability to balance short-term delivery pressures with long-term strategic goals in a fast-moving and mission-critical environment.

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:

• Demonstrated track record of successfully applying technologies to develop creative and efficient solutions, especially in the context of IoT integration and smart instrument connectivity.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams in regulated environments—such as medical devices, diagnostics, or healthcare software.
• Strong understanding of platform thinking and product lifecycle management for enabling cross-functional software development at scale.

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it's a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

Join our winning team today. Together, we'll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow's science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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