Product Owner - Raman Spectroscopy

The Product Owner will represent the voice of the customer within development teams, ensuring that customer needs, market requirements, and business objectives are translated into clear product requirements and development priorities.

Working closely with Product Managers, R&D, Software Engineering, Applications Scientists, and customers, the Product Owner will drive product definition activities from concept through launch readiness. The role requires a unique combination of scientific expertise, customer understanding, technical aptitude, and strong cross-functional leadership.

The successful candidate will be passionate about understanding customer workflows, solving complex problems, and bringing new products to market that create meaningful customer value., Product Ownership

• Own product requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and development backlogs.
• Translate customer needs and product strategy into prioritized development activities.
• Guide product definition decisions throughout the development lifecycle.

Customer Insight and Validation

• Develop deep understanding of customer workflows, challenges, and unmet needs.
• Gather and synthesize Voice of Customer, market, and competitive insights.
• Validate requirements and solutions through customer engagement and feedback.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Serve as the primary interface between Product Management and development teams.
• Partner with R&D, Applications, Quality, Product Support and Commercial teams.
• Align stakeholders on priorities, risks, requirements, and trade-offs.

Development and Strategy

• Participate in Agile planning and provide customer context for technical decisions.
• Contribute to business cases, roadmap planning, and future product concepts.
• Support commercialization readiness and successful product launches.

• Bachelor or equivalent advanced degree in Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Physics, Life Sciences, or related scientific discipline.
• Strong understanding of laboratory workflows and regulatory requirements in the pharmaceutical industry
• Experience working with analytical instrumentation, scientific software, or related technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex technical and business problems.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Experience working within multidisciplinary product development teams.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.

Preferred

• Experience in a Product Owner, Product Manager, Applications Scientist, or technical leadership role.
• Experience using tools such as Jira or similar backlog management systems.
• Familiarity with software development practices and software lifecycle processes.
• Experience with scientific data analysis, programming, or software tools.
• Understanding of systems integration, automation technologies, or connected laboratory environments.
• Experience building business cases and presenting product concepts to senior stakeholders.

• Motivated Teams: Collaborate with highly motivated teams and take on exciting responsibilities.
• Challenging Projects: Engage in dynamic, collaborative projects
• Development Opportunities: Benefit from diverse opportunities for professional growth.
• Corporate Culture: Be part of an exceptional corporate culture.
• Work-Life Balance: Enjoy a good work-life balance.
• Competitive Compensation and Benefits: Receive a competitive compensation and benefits package.

Why Join Us? This is a fantastic opportunity to join a dynamic sales team with a proven track record of success. Grow your career, leverage your expertise, and contribute to Agilent’s continued leadership in the analytical instruments market.

Agilent inspires and supports discoveries that advance the quality of life. We provide life science, diagnostic and applied market laboratories worldwide with instruments, services, consumables, applications and expertise. Agilent enables customers to gain the answers and insights they seek – so they can do what they do best: improve the world around us. Information about Agilent is available at www.agilent.com