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Product Management Specialist jobs on OPT require employers to support your work authorization, whether you're in your 12-month standard period or a 24-month STEM extension. Most roles in this field fall under SOC codes that qualify for STEM OPT, giving you up to three years to build your PM career in the U.S.
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Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
Location/Division Specific Information
Microbiology Division
We are offering this role as hybrid/remote (working from home), preferably based in the nearby of Lenexa, Kansas, US. Some international travel (25-35% per annum) will be required, with a focus on our sites in Basingstoke (UK), Wesel (Germany), and Lenexa (USA). Ideally, you will live within commuting distance of an international airport.
How will you make an impact?
We are seeking a Product specialist C&T, AGS, Liquid media to join our Culture Media team, within the Microbiology Division (MBD) of Thermo Fisher Scientific, accountable for an important portion of the culture media portfolio.
As Product Manager, you will hold end-to-end accountability for the growth and commercial success of the products, functioning as a business leader for your product portfolio.
The Product Manager leads the product strategy for the assigned portfolio and is responsible for product life-cycle management while acting as the liaison between Sales, Regional Marketing, R&D, Manufacturing, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Affairs, Technical/Customer Support and Supply Chain.
This role offers the opportunity to actively craft and influence our product development and innovation strategies for the Culture Media portfolio driving towards significantly increased market share.
What will you do?
- Full business ownership and accountability for delivering financial results for the C&T, AGS and culture media liquid media
- Translate deep understanding of customer workflows and customer needs into sharp customer insights. Use these insights to shape product development pipelines
- Develop the product portfolio, product roadmaps, and New Product Initiatives in collaboration with the marketing team and R&D, ensuring robustness of business cases.
- Develop the global go-to-market strategy plans for areas of responsibility, including customer segmentation, competitor analysis, business trends, market opportunities, product positioning and pricing.
- Provide strategic direction for C&T, AGS and culture media liquid media related projects to other Marketing, R&D & Commercial groups. These include product briefing documents, go-to-market plans, campaigns etc.
- Manage total product lifecycle, setting organizational cadence for retirement, refresh or enhancement of existing products.
- Understand customer needs, perform voice of customer (VOC), and define product requirements with corresponding business or financial justification.
- Visit key customers, developing trusted partner relationships to deeply understand their workflows, and current and future business needs.
- Provide indirect/collaborative leadership with professionals in a cross-functional matrix and international organization (e.g. Marketing Communication, Regional Marketing, R&D, Regulatory Affairs, Operations and Commercial teams)
How will you get here?
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology or similar required
- 2+ years experience within Microbiology – either as a scientist, salesperson, or marketeer
- 2–3 years of experience in Marketing or Product Management of life science or technical products and services is considered a strong advantage
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Able to capture sharp customer insights and translate into business and product strategy and actions.
- Capable of driving improvement in business performance, directing initiatives that deliver short-, medium- and long-term growth
- Familiar with working in a global/international business environment
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Good listener with ability to influence across teams (without direct authority)
- Willing and able to travel internationally (25-35% per annum), including overnight stays
- Fluent in English, additional languages a plus
What’s in it for you:
- Excellent career progression opportunities with a large and growing global employer
- Competitive salary, plus annual incentive bonus
- Full benefits package (specifics depend on country of hire)
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team of more than 100,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.
Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Job Description
As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.
Location/Division Specific Information
Microbiology Division
We are offering this role as hybrid/remote (working from home), preferably based in the nearby of Lenexa, Kansas, US. Some international travel (25-35% per annum) will be required, with a focus on our sites in Basingstoke (UK), Wesel (Germany), and Lenexa (USA). Ideally, you will live within commuting distance of an international airport.
How will you make an impact?
We are seeking a Product specialist C&T, AGS, Liquid media to join our Culture Media team, within the Microbiology Division (MBD) of Thermo Fisher Scientific, accountable for an important portion of the culture media portfolio.
As Product Manager, you will hold end-to-end accountability for the growth and commercial success of the products, functioning as a business leader for your product portfolio.
The Product Manager leads the product strategy for the assigned portfolio and is responsible for product life-cycle management while acting as the liaison between Sales, Regional Marketing, R&D, Manufacturing, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Affairs, Technical/Customer Support and Supply Chain.
This role offers the opportunity to actively craft and influence our product development and innovation strategies for the Culture Media portfolio driving towards significantly increased market share.
What will you do?
- Full business ownership and accountability for delivering financial results for the C&T, AGS and culture media liquid media
- Translate deep understanding of customer workflows and customer needs into sharp customer insights. Use these insights to shape product development pipelines
- Develop the product portfolio, product roadmaps, and New Product Initiatives in collaboration with the marketing team and R&D, ensuring robustness of business cases.
- Develop the global go-to-market strategy plans for areas of responsibility, including customer segmentation, competitor analysis, business trends, market opportunities, product positioning and pricing.
- Provide strategic direction for C&T, AGS and culture media liquid media related projects to other Marketing, R&D & Commercial groups. These include product briefing documents, go-to-market plans, campaigns etc.
- Manage total product lifecycle, setting organizational cadence for retirement, refresh or enhancement of existing products.
- Understand customer needs, perform voice of customer (VOC), and define product requirements with corresponding business or financial justification.
- Visit key customers, developing trusted partner relationships to deeply understand their workflows, and current and future business needs.
- Provide indirect/collaborative leadership with professionals in a cross-functional matrix and international organization (e.g. Marketing Communication, Regional Marketing, R&D, Regulatory Affairs, Operations and Commercial teams)
How will you get here?
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology or similar required
- 2+ years experience within Microbiology – either as a scientist, salesperson, or marketeer
- 2–3 years of experience in Marketing or Product Management of life science or technical products and services is considered a strong advantage
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Able to capture sharp customer insights and translate into business and product strategy and actions.
- Capable of driving improvement in business performance, directing initiatives that deliver short-, medium- and long-term growth
- Familiar with working in a global/international business environment
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Good listener with ability to influence across teams (without direct authority)
- Willing and able to travel internationally (25-35% per annum), including overnight stays
- Fluent in English, additional languages a plus
What’s in it for you:
- Excellent career progression opportunities with a large and growing global employer
- Competitive salary, plus annual incentive bonus
- Full benefits package (specifics depend on country of hire)
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO) is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team of more than 100,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship as a Product Management Specialist
Confirm your STEM OPT eligibility before applying
Product Management Specialist roles often qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension under CIP codes tied to business analytics, information systems, or computer science. Verify your degree's CIP code with your DSO before targeting roles at E-Verify employers.
Target E-Verify employers from the start
STEM OPT extensions require your employer to be enrolled in E-Verify. Filter your search to E-Verify companies early so you're not caught off guard after an offer. Many mid-size and large product teams already meet this requirement.
Address your OPT timeline proactively in interviews
Hiring managers often misunderstand OPT duration. Explain that standard OPT provides 12 months and a STEM extension adds 24 more, giving them roughly three years of work authorization without H-1B visa sponsorship costs on day one.
Frame your international background as a product asset
Cross-cultural perspective is genuinely valuable in product roles involving global user research or international markets. Connect your background to the employer's product goals rather than treating your visa status as a separate conversation.
Apply during high PM hiring cycles to maximize options
Product hiring at tech and SaaS companies tends to accelerate in Q1 and Q3 as annual planning wraps up. Timing your applications around these cycles increases your odds of finding OPT-friendly openings before your authorization window narrows.
Prepare documentation your employer will need for I-983 training plans
STEM OPT requires an I-983 training plan signed by your employer. Come prepared with a draft that maps your PM responsibilities to your degree program. Employers who've never hired OPT students will appreciate that you've simplified the process.
Product Management Specialist OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Can I work as a Product Management Specialist on OPT without H-1B sponsorship?
Yes. OPT is your own work authorization, not employer sponsorship, so you can start working as soon as your employer hires you and your EAD is valid. For STEM OPT extensions, the employer must be enrolled in E-Verify and co-sign an I-983 training plan, but this is far less burdensome than H-1B sponsorship.
Does a Product Management Specialist role qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension?
It depends on your degree's CIP code, not the job title. Degrees in information systems, computer science, business analytics, or management information systems commonly support STEM OPT eligibility for PM roles. Confirm your specific CIP code with your DSO, since two students with similar degrees from different programs can have different STEM eligibility outcomes.
Where can I find Product Management Specialist jobs that are open to OPT students?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for F-1 OPT students and filters roles by visa-friendliness, so you're not wasting applications on companies that don't hire OPT candidates. Browsing Product Management Specialist listings on Migrate Mate lets you focus on employers who have already hired international students or have E-Verify enrollment in place.
What happens to my OPT if I lose my Product Management Specialist job?
You have a 90-day unemployment allowance across your entire OPT period, including any STEM extension. If you lose your position, your 90-day clock starts immediately. During this window you should actively search for a new qualifying role. STEM OPT students must also update their SEVIS record within 10 days of any employment change.
Do Product Management Specialist internships count toward OPT work authorization requirements?
Yes, paid or unpaid internships in a qualifying PM role count as authorized OPT employment, provided the work is directly related to your degree program. Part-time roles count too, though part-time work during post-completion OPT still uses up your authorization period. Make sure your DSO has your employer's details on file regardless of whether the role is full-time or part-time.