Job Description
Mulgrave, Melbourne (Hybrid — 3 days onsite) | Full-time | Reports to divisional AVP
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The company is a global leader in analytical science, with a major Melbourne site sitting at the centre of their worldwide spectroscopy capability. Their consumables and chemical standards portfolio, spanning ICP-OES, ICP-MS, atomic absorption and XRF, supports labs across semiconductor, chemical, environmental, mining and industrial markets.
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They're hiring a Product Management Lead to run that portfolio and lead the team behind it: product managers and application scientists across Australia, Europe and the US.
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This is hands-on, not just strategic oversight. You'll be doing the product management work yourself, pricing, specifications, roadmap, not just directing others through it.
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What you'll be doing
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Owning portfolio strategy: pricing, positioning, roadmap, lifecycle from launch to sunset
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Leading and coaching a product management team spread across three continents
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Running voice-of-customer and competitive intelligence to shape what gets built next
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Partnering with R&D; through current product introduction (NPI) — from specification to launch, not just after the fact
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Influencing across to the spectroscopy instruments division to secure shared resources
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Building the sales enablement program that lets a global sales team sell this portfolio properly
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What you'll bring
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Inbound product management experience: specifications, pricing, NPI, sales enablement, full lifecycle ownership, not just campaigns and outbound marketing
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Spectroscopy domain experience, ICP-OES, ICP-MS, AAS or XRF specifically. This can come from an instrument manufacturer, a distributor, or a testing lab
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Applied markets exposure: semiconductor, environmental, mining, chemical analysis, or similar
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Demonstrated people leadership, ideally of a dispersed or remote team
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A tertiary qualification in analytical or organic chemistry or a related discipline
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Comfort working across time zones
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Strong commercial or marketing backgrounds will be considered where spectroscopy depth is genuinely deep.
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Minimum 3 days onsite at Mulgrave, this cannot be a remote or interstate role. Competitive base, superannuation, company bonus and health insurance.

📌 Product Management Lead Spectroscopy Consumables & Chemical Standards (Victoria)
🏢 ESE Recruitment
📍 Victoria