Senior Product Manager at MaxCyte, Inc

The Senior Product Manager is responsible for defining and driving the product strategy for the company's cell engineering technologies, consumables, and services. This individual contributor role focuses on deeply understanding customer needs, scientific workflows, and market dynamics to guide product development, lifecycle management, and commercial success. The Senior Product Manager partners closely with R&D, engineering, operations, quality, and commercial teams to ensure products meet scientific expectations, regulatory requirements, and business objectives.

The Senior Product Manager serves as a key commercial and technical leader, translating customer insights, market dynamics, and scientific innovation into actionable product and marketing strategies. This individual will act as the central hub across R&D, Commercial, Operations, and Marketing, ensuring alignment from concept through commercialization and lifecycle optimization.

This role has significant influence on portfolio direction and business performance, requiring a strong scientific foundation, the ability to interpret complex data, and the skill to translate customer insights into actionable product requirements. The Senior Product Manager will own the product roadmap, determine new product introductions, and contribute to global market awareness and adoption.

Job Responsibilities:

• Guide cross functional project teams to move products from concept through commercialization, including launch planning, including content development, training materials, and technical collateral.
• Leads sound business proposals through the New Product Development and Introduction (NPDI) process from concept to commercialization through extensive direction and execution planning, forecasting, monitoring market share and market penetration.
• Collects Voice of Customer (VOC) and identifies product needs, features, and applications.
• Conducts market research to quantify the size of the addressable market.
• Understands competitive landscape, integrates business needs into the product and ensures key claims are in the marketing plan.
• Collaborates with R&D and Engineering to establish unmet needs, translates to design specifications, assists in validation activities to meet milestones and ensures timely product launches with a high level of quality.
• Monitor product performance, customer satisfaction, and quality metrics to identify enhancement opportunities.
• Works with Marketing to support the execution of GTM strategies, tradeshows and events, and digital initiatives.
• Support internal business development activities with product and market insights, providing recommendations for investment or further development within R&D and Corporate Development.
• Develop and support internal business development strategies with partners and collaborators.
• Works with Marketing to support the execution of GTM strategies, tradeshows and events, and digital initiatives.
• Support internal business development activities with product and market insights, providing recommendations for investment or further development within R&D and Corporate Development.
• Develop and support internal business development strategies with partners and collaborators.

• BS or BA required; advanced degree (MBA, PhD, or Master's) strongly preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in product management, R&D, applications science, or related roles within cell therapy, gene therapy, bioprocessing, molecular biology, or life science tools.
• Demonstrated ability to develop product strategies, roadmaps, and business cases.
• Experience with market analysis, forecasting, and evaluating product performance.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to interpret scientific and financial data.
• Proven success working cross functionally with R&D, engineering, operations, quality, and commercial teams.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to create compelling scientific and product content.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high quality outcomes.
• Experience engaging KOLs, clinical stakeholders, and scientific communities to influence adoption and market perception.

MaxCyte offers a base salary, annual bonus, and equity. MaxCyte also offers a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance and generous time off.

MaxCyte is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or other legally protected status

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