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With over an 80+ year legacy of advancing science and a mission of innovating for a healthier world, our dedicated team collaborates closely with commercial, government, academic and healthcare customers to deliver our broad portfolio of analytical solutions, and OneSource services.\nJob Title\nSoftware Product Manager Material CharacterizationLocation(s)\nHigh Wycombe, United Kingdom - RemoteJob Description\nPurpose\nPerkinElmer is seeking a Software Product Manager to own the software product roadmap for analytical instrument software aligned to an assigned product line.\nSoftware is an increasingly critical competitive dimension in analytical instrumentation: instrument control software, data processing algorithms, connectivity, and reporting tools increasingly determine customer satisfaction, switching costs, and long-term loyalty. This role ensures that the product line's software strategy is as deliberate and commercially rigorous as its hardware strategy.\nThe Software Product Manager works at the intersection of product management and software engineering - translating commercial and customer requirements into well-defined software product specifications, prioritising the software backlog against commercial impact, and partnering with the R&D software team to ensure delivery meets market expectations. They are accountable for the software product, not the software development - they set what gets built and why, not how.\nWe are offering a hybrid working contract split between home and our offices in High Wycombe\nResponsibilities\nSoftware Product Strategy & Roadmap\nOwn the software product roadmap for the assigned product line - defining the vision, prioritising features and releases, and sequencing development work against commercial opportunity and customer value\nDevelop software product requirements: user stories, functional specifications, and acceptance criteria that R&D can act on - with clear priority rationale for each item\nMake evidence-based trade-off decisions about software feature scope, release timing, and technical debt - balancing commercial urgency with software quality and architectural sustainability\nOwn the software product versioning and release strategy - coordinating release cadence with hardware product launches and sustaining release cycles\nCustomer & Market Requirements\nConduct structured VOC for software: customer interviews, usability feedback sessions, and competitive software benchmarking - generating a minimum of 15 documented customer conversations per year specifically focused on software needs\nMonitor the competitive software landscape: competitor instrument software releases, third-party integration developments, and emerging customer expectations around connectivity, data management, and regulatory compliance\nPartner with Strategic Segment Managers to understand how regulatory requirements (21 CFR Part 11, GAAMP, OECD GLP) affect software product needs in priority end markets\nTranslate hardware NPI requirements into software specification - ensuring instrument control software is developed in parallel with the hardware programme and available at launch\nR&D Partnership & Delivery\nServe as the primary product management interface to the software R&D team - attending sprint reviews, backlog grooming sessions, and software programme milestones\nMaintain a clearly prioritised software backlog - updated regularly, visible to stakeholders, and reflective of current commercial priorities\nOwn software release acceptance: define and execute user acceptance testing criteria, certify that software releases meet the defined product requirements before commercial release\nCoordinate beta customer programmes for major software releases - managing site selection, structured feedback collection, and issue resolution before general availability\nCommercial Enablement\nDevelop software-specific commercial enablement materials: feature release notes, upgrade guides, competitive software comparison sheets, and software-focused demo guides for the sales organisation\nTrain the commercial team on major software releases - ensuring field teams can demonstrate, position, and sell software capabilities as a competitive differentiator\nSupport the MarComm team with technically accurate software content for campaigns, product brochures, and digital channels\nQualifications & Experience\nRequired\n5-10 years of experience in software product management, technical product ownership, or software product marketing - ideally within analytical instrumentation, scientific software, or laboratory technology\nDemonstrated experience owning a software product roadmap from requirements through release - with clear personal accountability for prioritisation and delivery quality\nWorking knowledge of analytical instrument software: instrument control, data processing, and reporting workflows relevant to the product line\nFamiliarity with agile product development practices: backlog management, sprint planning, user story writing, and release management\nExperience conducting software-focused VOC and translating user feedback into actionable product requirements\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Chemistry, or a related discipline\nPreferred\nMSc or PhD in a relevant scientific discipline - providing credibility with scientific end users and technically specialist R&D teams\nExperience with regulatory software requirements in analytical instrument markets: 21 CFR Part 11, GAAMP, GLP/GMP compliance, or equivalent\nFamiliarity with laboratory informatics ecosystem: LIMS, ELN, data management platforms, and connectivity standards (OPC-UA, SiLA2, AnIML)\nExperience managing software beta programmes and customer co-development relationships\nEqual Opportunity\nPerkinElmer is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 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