Product Manager - Full Time in Oxford

Oxford (On-site)Marketing & Product - Product Management /Full-Time /HybridAt ONI, we are driven by a profound mission: to propel scientific discovery and combat diseases by granting everyone the ability to visualize, comprehend, and share the intricate microscopic details of life. Our revolutionary Nanoimager and Aplo Platform stand at the forefront of advancing cellular studies on a molecular level, making substantial contributions to the evolution of scientific knowledge. You’ll make sure sample preparation, fluid handling, imaging, analysis and reporting software work together as one system, and your responsibility is the complete customer experience, from sample to scientifically meaningful result. You will ensure these work together with automated sample preparation and fluid handling, imaging, analysis and reporting software to deliver reliable, reproducible and intuitive solutions for our customers. You’ll grow adoption to routine use across many sites, including bioprocessing and QC settings where results must be reproducible and defensible, and you’ll work with Marketing on positioning and the product story as the portfolio evolves. You will play a critical role in bringing these quality improvements to the market and ensuring that current and future kits maintain their quality over time, and you’ll help define the roadmap for next iterations of existing and future kits and workflows. As a product manager, you’ll be the connective tissue between software, hardware, bioware, support, and the field, acting as the voice of the customer to help internal teams better understand our customers’ needs and problems. the position is based in Oxford and involves occasional travel to customers and our US team (typically 10-20%). Work with customers and field teams, study usage and support data, and synthesize their sometimes conflicting inputs into the problems worth solving. Drive evidence-led product direction and priorities across our solutions with R&D and commercial leaders, balancing customer outcomes, differentiation, adoption, reliability, margin and technical feasibility. Own the roadmap for our kits (including the Discovery Kit and the EV and LNP Profiler kits) and workflows, balancing quality, reliability, usability and new features. Build and refine market and product requirements (MRD/PRD) across workflows, from sample preparation (Aplo Flow) through acquisition (Aplo Scope) to analysis (CODI), according to our Product Development Process. Own validation for each kit and workflow: define acceptance criteria, performance specifications and validation plans, including reference samples and reproducibility across instruments, operators and sites. Work with R&D, who own development and verification. Drive coherence across our end-to-end solutions, ensuring kits, reagents, lab automation, instruments and software evolve together rather than as disconnected products. Connect R&D, operations, quality, service, field applications, sales, marketing and customers. Own pricing and packaging for our kits and workflows, balancing customer value, competitiveness and margin targets. Lead launch and release planning with R&D, Marketing and the field: set readiness criteria, make go/no-go decisions, and coordinate documentation, release notes and training for each launch or revision. Create and run webinars and internal training for the field application and sales teams on new products and revisions, and keep an accurate record of what each kit, instrument and software version can deliver. Track post-launch performance, including adoption, kit reorders, time to first result, reproducibility, support burden, customer feedback and commercial results, and use it to set priorities. Work with Quality and Operations on manufacturing transfer, life cycle support and end of life, so our kits and workflows maintain quality over time. Being able to speak the language of our customers is critical. An MSc/PhD or equivalent hands-on experience is a real plus. Fluency across software, instruments, laboratory workflows and multidisciplinary R&D; Experience working with empowered, cross-functional development teams: knowing when to provide context, decide on a trade-off and leave the solution to specialists. Product management (or product owner) experience in life-science tools or instrumentation, ideally taking something from first release to a scaled, supported product. Experience planning and running launches with Marketing, R&D and the field, from development through adoption. Commercial and pricing judgement: You can weigh customer value, competitiveness and margin when setting price and packaging. A quality mindset: You’re comfortable writing acceptance criteria and test plans, and you think about risk, reproducibility and traceability. Exposure to a quality system (ISO 9001 or 13485) is a plus. Comfort with data: logs, tickets, precision and method-comparison numbers (CVs, site to site). The ability to lead across software, hardware, bioware, support and field without owning any of them, and to prioritize when everything feels urgent. Clear writing and organization skills. Laboratory automation, automated liquid handling, sample preparation, consumable kits, workflow integration, scientific software or data analysis. Integrating instruments, software, consumables and automated lab workflows; exposure to verification, validation, quality systems or lifecycle support. Competitive Compensation We recognise and reward your talent. Enjoy a competitive salary that reflects your expertise and contributions, ensuring your hard work is recognized.28 days of annual leave plus local bank holidays and 4 dedicated wellbeing days.Private Healthcare and Dental Coverage: Your health matters to us. Access top-notch medical and dental services, ensuring your well-being is in good hands.Access our comprehensive mental health support services for a balanced work-life experience.People’s Pension: Secure your future with our pension scheme, investing in your financial well-being beyond the workplace.Perks at Work: Enjoy exclusive discounts and deals through our perks at work program, adding value to your everyday life.We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. 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