Global Strategic Marketing Manager Life Science - #1401992

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

At Leica Microsystems, 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.

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At Leica Microsystems, we have been shaping the future for over 175 years with groundbreaking optical and digital solutions. With a culture rooted in customer focus, innovation, and teamwork, we lead the market in microscopy, imaging, and analysis, unveiling the invisible and empowering our customers to build a better, healthier world.

Joining Leica Microsystems means contributing to scientific discoveries and supporting surgeons in making critical decisions. Our advanced microscopes and AI-based image analysis solutions enable users to gain profound insights into development and engineering challenges. Here, you will work on meaningful projects alongside passionate colleagues, driving progress and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

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The Global Strategic Marketing Manager (d/f/m) Life Science is responsible the development of market strategies, ensuring alignment with associated marketing programs, and delivering their successful implementation in collaboration with global marketing, the campaign team, and in accordance with the brand strategy. A strong understanding of current and future market expectations is required with a special focus on customer insights and competitive analysis. The Global Market Manager will also lead the development of the corresponding market value proposition and marketing launch plan of all new Life Science products, in collaboration with Product Management & Product Commercialization teams. Success in this role is defined by global growth of the Life Science segment and new customer revenue.

This position reports to the Global Director Product Commercialization Life Science & Applied and is part of the Global Life Science & Applied Solution Business Unit located in Germany.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to effectively target the Life Science market, identifying specific segments through market trends analysis using relevant data and insights. Proposing disruptive strategies for market segments, setting goals for lead generation, revenue, and return on investment will require you to lead the creation of compelling value propositions for new products and services, managed in the messaging pyramid. Creating successful "Go to Market" and pricing strategies for these segments will result in developing a comprehensive marketing plan, ensuring regional execution and alignment marketing activities, i.e. timely delivery of marketing content.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• 5 or more years of experience in Marketing / Product Management of a global company in a Life Science market segment with successful experience in developing strategies including multiple years of experience in sales and/or direct sales support.
• Track record of success in developing and introducing Growth Initiatives.
• Bachelors degree or higher in a Life Science or related field
  
  

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

• MBA, Doctorate
• Market Research in a B2B environment; planning and conducting market research activities (quantitative and qualitative) and/or market observation
• German language
  
  

Leica Microsystems, 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.

At Leica Microsystems we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Leica Microsystems can provide.

The salary range for this role is $115,000 – $120,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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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