The Hardware Product Manager’s responsibilities will include but not be limited to: Understand strategic and competitive position and deliver hardware products that are aligned with the company’s mission. Define the core hardware portfolio strategy, roadmap, and business case, and drive the business decisions on projects to start, change, or terminate. Become the trusted authority of the portfolio and provide guidance and recommendation on decisions related to portfolio and competition to Leadership and key stakeholders based on sound analysis. Serve as target customer and surrogate user via deep understanding of customer needs, pain points, and competitive offerings and platforms. Comb through product backlogs, conduct thorough market research, gather customer insights, and translate findings into well-defined product requirements and prioritized specifications. Define the best products to build for users with the right features and roadmap tradeoffs to deliver the core business strategy and capture this information in MRD (Market Requirements Document). Serve as an active product owner, maintain continued and open dialogue with development and commercial partners through the various stage gates, and raise any gaps in the product or expectations early in the product development process. Oversee and support the end-to-end product development process, including ideation, prototyping, testing, and release. Minimum 7-10+ years of experience in Product Management, Product Marketing, Technical Marketing, Program Management or Product Applications Support related to hardware. Completed Product Management certifications or coursework from accredited institution. Experience in spectrophotometers, technical measuring instruments, and/or industrial products that are used in laboratories, production, or research highly desired.