Product Manager Healthcare Jobs in München

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

At Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, 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.

As a global leader in clinical diagnostics, Beckman Coulter Diagnostics has challenged convention to elevate the diagnostic laboratory’s role in improving patient health for more than 90 years. Our diagnostic solutions are used in routine and complex clinical testing, and are used in hospitals, reference and research laboratories, and physician offices around the world. Every hour around the world, more than one million tests are run on Beckman Coulter Diagnostics systems, impacting 1.2 billion patients and more than three million clinicians per year. From uncovering the next clinical breakthrough, to rapid and reliable sample analysis, to more rigorous decision making—we are enabling clinicians to deliver the best possible care to their patients with improved efficiency, clinical confidence, adaptive collaboration, and accelerated intelligence.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The Product Manager – LifeCycle Management (m/f/d) shapes, prioritizes, and drives the Workflow and IT Solutions (WITS) Automation Continuous Improvement (CI) program scope and owns the long-term roadmap across hardware, software, and complex elements.

This position reports to the Director Program and Product Management – Continuous Improvement and is part of the Portfolio Organization located in Munich, Germany and will be an on-site role.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Own and drive the WITS Automation CI program scope, roadmap, and backlog, balancing sustainment and continuous delivery across hardware, software, and cross‑functional initiatives, and ensuring alignment with the overall WITS portfolio and strategic priorities.

• Provide leadership within the Automation CI program, representing the customer and lifecycle perspective, enabling effective prioritization, decision‑making, and escalation across Program Management and Technical Leadership.

• Act as Product Management representative for Automation CI, ensuring clear scope definition, customer value articulation, product stewardship, and effective governance across CoreTeams, PLM, and BU forums.

• Serve as the central cross‑functional integrator, aligning Product Management, R&D, Quality/Regulatory, Service, Operations, and other BUs to deliver feasible, well‑scoped CI initiatives aligned with product strategy and customer insights.

• Drive process, governance, and efficiency improvements by enhancing CI decision workflows, standard work, transparency, and communication of roadmap progress and cross‑functional impacts.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Life Sciences, or a related technical field; Master’s degree preferred.

• 7+ years of experience in Product Management, Lifecycle Management, Sustaining Engineering, Continuous Improvement, or related roles – preferably in regulated industries such as MedTech, IVD, or healthcare technology.

• Proven experience managing product backlogs, roadmaps, and prioritization frameworks, ideally covering both hardware and software product elements.

• Demonstrated ability to translate customer feedback, field insights, reliability data, and regulatory obligations into structured lifecycle priorities and clear product requirements.

• Strong ability to work across cross‑functional teams including R&D, Quality/Regulatory, Service, Operations; experience in matrixed environments is essential.

• Proven capability to influence and align stakeholders at multiple levels, with strong skills in communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution.

• Experience with sustaining programs or lifecycle governance structures, including familiarity with structured prioritization, change evaluation, and portfolio balancing.

• Comfort working with data-driven decision-making, including evaluation of value, effort, risk, customer impact, and cost/benefit quantification.

• Familiarity with the Danaher Business System (DBS) or similar structured problem‑solving and program management methodologies.

• Strong communication skills in English (written and verbal); German is a plus.

Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements:

• Ability to travel – approx. 15%

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.

For more information, visit www.danaher.com.