Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Define the global product development roadmap in close co-operation with Product Management to address existing customer pain points and anticipate future needs

• Develop technical capability and technology roadmap to meet the divisions strategy and ensure alignment with the business goals and product roadmaps

• Working closely with product marketing and operations teams to deliver new and enhanced profitable products on time and within budget

• Ensure a robust stage-gate process for all new innovations to ensure timely achievement of all milestones

• Discover and implement new technologies that yield competitive advantage

• Develop communication strategies to pitch new technologies and product developments to all stakeholders

• Hire and develop employees and managers in a distributed and global environment

• Ensure a constant review of technical and process innovations from the market and scientific institutions

• Ensure that technical innovations in the market are taken into consideration when new products are developed

• Interface with Corporate Research for leading edge technologies as well as with Bio-Process Division

• Participate in in-organic growth strategy development and execution

• Act as the technical voice of their division in the leadership team regarding products and applications

Qualification & Skills

• Master’s degree in engineering / Natural Science, PhD would be advantageous

• Leading edge technical know-how in Life Sciences

• Strong leadership skills to manage multiple departments and teams

• Effective communication and presentation skills to translate complex technical matters to stakeholders and non-technical staff

• Ability to build appropriate environments to foster talents, innovation and delivery of effective development strategies

• Ability to anticipate and develop plans to address technological challenges

• Proven ability to set up and structure a global product development team based on a strategic R&D roadmap

• Ability to oversee and steer a complex set of product development programs and to control the programs by Key Performance Indicators and cockpit logic

• Ability to interface with all levels within org from employee to C-level

• Ability to conduct in-depth technological analyses and research

• Strategic thinker and Problem solver

• Fluent in English both written and verbal, German is a plus

What we offer

As a growing global life science company, stock listed on the DAX and TecDAX, Sartorius offers a wide range of 

benefits:

• Personal and Professional Development: Mentoring, leadership programs, Talent Talks, LinkedIn Learning, internal seminar offerings , coaching for managers

• Work life balance: Remote options, flextime, flexible work schedules, sabbaticals

• Large, modern campus: Open office spaces, terraces, company restaurant with vegetarian and vegan options, cozy Italian bistro with ice cream sales, fitness studio and daycare center

• Making an impact right from the start: Comprehensive onboarding, including a virtual online platform even before joining, Welcome Workshops, "buddy" as point of contact

• Travel benefits: Car leasing, bike leasing, large free parking garage, good bus connections

• Welcoming Culture: Mutual support, teamspirit and international collaboration; communities on numerous topics, such as coaching, agile working and business women network