Sr. Director, ICP-MS Product Management
Canada
Responsibilities
Location Ontario, Ontario CA Job ID REQ-057381Product Strategy & Roadmap
- Define and own the 3–5 year ICP-MS product roadmap — prioritisation, sequencing, and investment trade-off decisions across the full portfolio of instruments, consumables, and software
- Develop rigorous NPI business cases, including market sizing, competitive positioning, financial modelling, and customer value quantification
- Own gate progression for all ICP-MS NPIs from concept through commercial launch approval
- Translate Market Requirements Documents (MRDs) from Strategic Segment Managers into specific product requirements and R&D briefs
- Drive long-term technology roadmap in close collaboration with R&D leadership — ensuring the ICP-MS portfolio maintains competitive and technical leadership
Voice of Customer & Market Intelligence
- Build and maintain a structured VOC programme for ICP-MS
- Work in partnership with Strategic Segment Managers to ensure segment-level market requirements are understood and prioritised across all key ICP-MS end markets: environmental, pharma/biopharma, food safety, semiconductor, petrochem
- Monitor competitive landscape continuously — new instrument introductions, pricing moves, partnership activity — and translate intelligence into positioning and roadmap responses
Pricing & Financial Performance
- Own global base pricing strategy for the ICP-MS product line — setting, communicating, and periodically reviewing instrument and consumable pricing
- Manage ICP-MS product line P&L in partnership with the VP Product Line — tracking revenue, gross margin, and portfolio profitability against AOP targets
- Support AOP planning with NPI revenue projections, volume forecasts, and portfolio investment requirements
Product Lifecycle Management
- Oversee the full ICP-MS product lifecycle from introduction through end-of-life — including sustaining investment decisions, feature additions, and EOL planning and communication
- Ensure product quality, regulatory compliance, and performance standards are maintained throughout the lifecycle, in partnership with R&D and Operations
- Make clear invest/sustain/sunset decisions for each product in the ICP-MS portfolio based on market position and financial performance
Team Leadership
- Lead and develop a team of Product Managers, Technical product managers and Product Operations Manager within the ICP-MS product line
- Set clear role expectations, performance objectives, and development plans for each direct report
- Build a high-performance team culture — focused on strategy, customer insight, and commercial rigour
- Coach Product Managers to develop strong business case skills, customer interviewing capability, and competitive analytical thinking
Cross-functional Collaboration
- Partner with the VP Product Line, Atomic Spectrometry on portfolio investment prioritisation, AOP planning, and executive gate reviews
- Work closely with Technical Product Managers to translate commercial requirements into technically feasible product specifications
- Collaborate with the Product Launch & Commercialisation Manager to ensure smooth NPI handoff at gate approval — providing complete product brief, pricing inputs, and target customer profiles
Engage with Strategic Segment Managers on a quarterly cadence to review MRD inputs and align roadmap priorities to evolving market requirements
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