Senior Product Manager - LABSPHERE : Job Details

Join a world-class team in solving our customers' toughest challenges as our Senior Product Manager. This exciting role will provide an opportunity to launch products and solve problems across several industries, including aerospace & defense, cosmetics & sun protection, lighting, automotive & transportation, image sensors, medical & life science, consumer electronics, telecom, and industrial photonics.

Labsphere is looking for an experienced Product Manager to join our team. The Product Manager is responsible for the business ownership of one of Labsphere photonics/light measurement/remote sensing product lines. This includes end-to-end product planning and execution across the entire business lifecycle. This role involves gathering and prioritizing product requirements, defining product vision, and collaborating with cross-functional teams (engineering, sales, marketing, finance, and operations). The product manager will create materials and collateral needed to communicate the capabilities of product, including competitive positioning, brochures, presentations, and white papers. The Product Manager will ensure product goals align with the company's overall strategy and financial objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Product Strategy: Develop and execute product strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives.Product Management: Manage the entire product lifecycle from concept through launch, including defining product vision, performance requirements, gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, and overseeing product development. Manage the product line lifecycle from introduction to phase out including pricing, and cost analysis.Market Analysis: Identify market trends and business opportunities to position the product competitively. Conduct regular user, sales, customer, and distributor interviews (VOC) to gather insights into product performance and areas for improvement. Cultivate a deep understanding of customer needs, pain points, and jobs to be done to guide product strategy and decisions.

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Engage with engineering, sales, and marketing teams to gather product requirements and execute product plans.Metrics & Reporting: Define, analyze, and report product metrics to measure success and inform strategy.Product Promotion: Attend and present product performance and capabilities at relevant trade shows, seminars, and conferences. Support Sales with presentations, customer visits and on-line interactions as needed to drive revenue of product lines. Competitive Analysis: Conduct competitive analysis and market research to identify market trends and opportunities for innovation. Business Optimization: Manage the product to optimize revenue, profit,and inventory working closely with Sales and Operations teams.Go To Market: Develop comprehensive go-to-market strategies and work with marketing and sales teams to execute successful product launches.

Requirements:

Our ideal candidate brings a wealth of experience and should possess the following:

• Preferred: Knowledge of the remote sensing market. Specifically, earth observation, multi- and hyperspectral imaging, drone, aerial, and space imaging systems and markets.
• Preferred: Photonics industry knowledge with an understanding of optical systems, LEDs, lasers, electro-optics, radiometry, and photometry.

Functions Reporting to Product Marketing Manager:

Possible supervisor to other PMM

Join our Team

Labsphere leads the photonics industry in its ability to generate, detect, and manipulate light to help people and businesses work better. Founded in 1979, we are trusted leaders on the front lines of inventing solutions that advance the future. As part of the Halma Group of companies, we strive for perfection with products that are certified to the highest standards, so our customers don't need to prove to auditors that their equipment meets regulatory requirements. Labsphere is headquartered in North Sutton NH with offices in Peabody MA and Shanghai China.

International Light Technologies Inc. (ILT) has been developing a broad range of products and solutions for light measurement, scientific and instrumentation light sources, specialty and customized LED lighting solutions, and testing and calibration services for over 55 years. ILT joined the Halma plc group in 2022 and merged with Labsphere in 2024.

Whether its remote sensing and consumer products or lasers and lighting or medical devices and automotive technologies, our diverse, experienced team continually answers the call to apply our creativity and experience towards engineering answers for tomorrow's next big challenge, confident in the understanding that the future is limited only by our imagination.

With more than 135 employees worldwide, including in the US, Europe, and Asia, we continue to grow as part of the of Halma plc group of companies. Halma is an international market leader in safety, health, and environmental technology headquartered in Amersham UK.

We offer a comprehensive compensation package and health and wellness benefits. Also, as a member of the Halma Group of companies (www.halma.com), our employees enjoy excellent career development, networking, and advancement opportunities worldwide.

Equal Opportunity Employer (US)

Labsphere, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran status.