Product Manager for Analytical Instruments (w/m/d)

Company Description

Anton Paar OptoTec GmbH is a subsidiary of the Austrian Anton Paar GmbH. At the Seelze site, we produce high-precision measuring and analysis instruments and have the courage and know-how to develop unique product innovations. Our products are well-known, highly valued for their quality, and find application in the fields of pharmaceuticals, food and beverages, the chemical industry, and research. 
Become part of our team and help shape the future of measurement technology with us! 

Job Description

Do you enjoy actively shaping the success of innovative products? As a Product Manager, you will oversee the entire life cycle, define requirements, manage budgets and carry out trainings. With international travel and close collaboration with development, marketing and sales, you will shape the future of our highly accurate measurement instruments. If you enjoy taking on responsibility and want to master global challenges, we look forward to receiving your application.

• Innovation: You strategically further develop the product and application portfolio of our refractometers & polarimeters. Your work is based on customer requirements which you have collected, market developments, and competitive analyses. 
• Project management: You accompany development projects as the client by defining market-side requirements, deriving specifications including software features and user stories, and regularly reviewing development results throughout the project lifecycle. 
• Product management: You oversee your products throughout their entire lifecycle. 
• Budget responsibility: You take responsibility for the sales budget of your products. In doing so, you monitor worldwide budget achievement, define measures in case of deviations in collaboration with the local sales organizations, and implement these together with the sales team. 
• Training: You conduct product trainings for the sales organization so the sales team is always up to date and can advise our customers to the best possible extent.
• International travel: You travel internationally for customer visits and seminars together with the sales team. 
• Marketing: You define the marketing communication objectives and develop the content for our marketing. 
• Communication: You take on the role of the interface for sales, development, and production.

Qualifications

• Well educated: You have completed a science, engineering, or technical-business degree or have a comparable qualification. 
• Experience: You have at least 5 years of solid experience in product management for technically demanding products in the B2B sector. Ideally, you also have sales or marketing experience. 
• Willingness to travel: You are willing to travel internationally for up to 25% of your time and you enjoy interacting with customers from different cultures.
• Working style: Your thinking is shaped by strategy and analysis and is characterized by entrepreneurial goals and strength in execution.
• Communication: You act pragmatically and with a strong focus on execution. You communicate and present confidently, specifically, concretely and in a friendly manner—both in German and English.

Additional Information

• Self-responsibility: You have the opportunity to take on challenging tasks in an expanding, internationally operating high-tech company, where you can leave your individual mark. 
• Excellent starting conditions: You will experience intensive and individualized onboarding, open communication, respectful interaction, and a culture of familiarity that warmly welcomes you. 
• Top equipment: You will enjoy a modern and friendly working atmosphere, your office is well-equipped, and we provide you with an excellent software infrastructure. 
• Attractive location: Free parking is available to you, and our premises are equipped with electric charging stations. 
• Environmental benefits: You have the option to lease a job bike or use a free job ticket. 
• Good conditions: A permanent employment contract with a gross annual salary consisting of 12 monthly salaries and company pension benefits. 
• Flat hierarchies: Self-responsible work, participation, transparent communication, open discussions, and trust in understanding others. 
• Work-life balance: Family, leisure, and career can be ideally combined with flexible working time models and home office days. 30 vacation days are a given for us. 
• The plus of further education: Do you want to intensify your knowledge? We offer you attractive training and further education opportunities that individually promote your professional development. 

We look forward to your application, including your desired annual salary and your earliest possible availability. 

Do you have questions or want more information about the job offer? Then feel free to contact us by email at [email protected].