Product Manager Staining & Cover Slipping

Why Sakura?

When it comes to diagnosing cancer, there’s no time to wait!

At Sakura, we’re driven by our desire to advance cancer diagnosis through fully automated anatomic pathology and by providing our partners & patients with best-in-class innovations, quality and customer care.

What we do:

We empower pathology professionals all over the world by providing integrated solutions to deliver accurate & fast diagnoses of cancer, to optimize treatment success for each life we touch!

The opportunity:

The Product Manager Staining & Cover slipping is responsible for managing the product category lifecycle from launch to retirement, with a focus on delivering sustained revenue growth, profitability, and product satisfaction. This includes developing value-driven strategies, designing and implementing a compelling Customer Value Proposition (CVP), and implementing strategic pricing matching region-specific requirements and targeted sub-segment strategies to drive revenue growth.

The role collaborates extensively with cross-functional teams throughout the organization to drive customer-focused innovation, enable sales teams, and deliver targeted marketing tactics tailored to market needs. Additionally, the Product Manager Staining & Cover Slipping conducts regular performance reviews and presents fact-based insights and actions to Sales, Marketing Management and the Executive Team (ET) as required. It also entails developing sales tools and trainings and collaboration with regional teams for product improvements.

Key Responsibilities

• Revenue Growth and Profitability: Develop and execute strategies to achieve financial targets.

• Customer Value Proposition: Design a tailored CVP for the service offerings to the appropriate Customer Categories, adapting messaging for different personas and segments from market analysis.

• Commercial Fluency: Embedding Service as part of the customer solution, ensuring Sales is fully equipped to promote the service line effectively.

• Strategic Pricing: Define and execute pricing strategies to maximize profitability and market competitiveness and include targeted sub-segment strategies.

• Regional Planning: Develop and execute tailored regional strategies, aligning services with market needs and organizational goals. Collaborate with regional teams to adapt offerings and initiatives, and track performance metrics to ensure accountability and success.

• Customer Focus: Work with multiple resources to capture and leverage customer insights to shape services strategies and improvements.

• Targeted Marketing: Collaborate with Customer Marketing to implement country-specific activities based on market analysis.

• Market Trends and Performance: Conduct frequent analyses of trends, services performance, and competitive actions. Present findings, actions, and mitigation plans to Sales, Marketing and Customer Care & Operations Management.

• Road mapping: Adjust and maintain comprehensive service roadmaps that align with customer insights and market trends in collaboration with Customer Care & Operations Management.

• Sales and Services Enablement: Create training programs and tools to enhance team capabilities.

We perfectly match if

you have

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business, marketing or any other related field

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in product management in pathology, preferably in an international environment.

• Experience with IHC (Immunohistochemistry) or (advanced) Staining is preferred.

• Familiarity with industry standards and regulatory requirements such as IVDR.

• Experience in pathology, including familiarity with workflows, processes and customer needs in the field is preferred.

and you

• have a customer-driven mindset and know how to translate customer needs into impactful strategies.

• think strategically and use data to create value-based service approaches.

• communicate clearly and confidently, align stakeholders with ease, and write fluently in English and at least one other language.

• are skilled with tools like Microsoft Word, Excel, and modern collaboration and analytics platforms — and know how to make a strong presentation.

• analyze markets and performance with precision to uncover opportunities and insights.

• adapt easily to both structured and fast-changing environments.

We offer you:

• A competitive salary package, including a performance-based bonus that rewards your impact and results.

• A mobile phone & laptop, so you can work efficiently and stay connected. Whether you at the office, home or on the go.

• Premium-free pension plan, meaning your future is secured without monthly contributions from your salary.

• Gym plan that gives you a substantial discount to fitness facilities in your area, helping you stay energized and healthy.

• Company provided lunch, enjoy freshly prepared lunches with your colleagues (a small taxable amount will be applied).

The invitation:

Our culture is friendly and open. We believe that the development of our people enables the company's growth.

By joining us, you will be part of:

• An inspiring community with a mission that matters! ''advancing cancer diagnostics''.

• Our International organization who's leaded by a supportive & inspiring management.

• A financial healthy & privately owned company.

To learn more about Sakura, please visit our career page & follow us on LinkedIn.

*Acquisition in response to our job postings is not appreciated. This means that we think we can find a suitable colleague on our own.

*Please note that we don't offer sponsorship visa. Only candidates with valid EU work visa will be considered.