Jobs in Shelton, CT

About the role

PerkinElmer is seeking an NPI Product Manager to serve as the dedicated commercial lead across the ICP-OES product line's active New Product Introduction programs, prioritized by the Strategic Product Director. This is a purpose-built role with one clear mandate: ensure that new analytical instruments arrive in market fully commercially ready — with the pricing, positioning, training, launch plan, and commercial tools that allow each to ramp revenue quickly and establish a durable market position. The NPI PM owns commercial readiness from development program initiation through post-launch ramp. They work in close partnership with R&D, Applications Science, Marketing, and the field commercial organization — but they are not embedded in R&D. Their job is to represent the market and the customer in every program decision: challenging technical choices that create commercial risk, driving VOC to sharpen positioning, and ensuring the launch plan reflects what is actually needed to win — not just what is convenient to deliver. This role requires deep program discipline, commercial instinct, and the interpersonal credibility to lead cross-functional teams without formal authority.

What you'll bring

• The NPI PM must be comfortable operating in ambiguity, making evidence-based decisions under time pressure, and holding a high bar for commercial readiness even when program timelines create pressure to compromise.
• ·         Own the Market Requirements Document (MRD) for each assigned NPI — working with the Strategic Segment Manager and conducting independent VOC to ensure requirements are grounded in customer evidence, not internal assumption
• ·         Translate MRD requirements into a clear Product Requirements Document (PRD) that R&D can act on — making explicit priority trade-offs between must-have and nice-to-have requirements
• ·         Serve as the primary commercial interface to the R&D program team — attending technical reviews, raising commercial risk flags early, and negotiating feature/schedule trade-offs with the VP Product Line's backing
• ·         Monitor competitive landscape throughout the program — tracking competitive instrument releases, pricing moves, and application developments that affect the NPI's positioning assumptions
• ·         8+ years of experience in product management, technical product marketing, or program management within analytical instrumentation, life sciences tools, or scientific capital equipment
• ·         Demonstrated experience leading a major NPI through full commercial launch — from market requirements definition through post-launch ramp, with clear personal ownership of commercial readiness deliverables
• ·         Deep working knowledge of at least one analytical technique relevant to PerkinElmer's portfolio (spectroscopy, chromatography, mass spectrometry, materials characterization) sufficient to engage credibly with R&D teams and customers in technical program discussions
• ·         Experience conducting structured VOC programs — customer interviewing, concept testing, willingness-to-pay research — and translating findings into product and positioning decisions
• ·         Strong financial acumen: experience building NPI business cases, pricing models, and revenue ramp forecasts
• ·         Proven ability to lead cross-functional program teams without direct authority — influencing R&D, Applications, MarComm, and regional commercial functions through credibility and program structure
• ·         Ability to travel 25–35% for customer visits, beta site management, conferences, and internal program reviews