[Hiring] AVP, Product Strategy @Agilent Technologies

Role Description

The Lead, Product Strategy will translate customer needs, scientific workflows, market developments, and emerging technologies into actionable product and portfolio strategies for Agilent’s Scientific Intelligence organization. Working at the intersection of science, technology, customer experience, and business strategy, this senior individual contributor will identify opportunities across AI, automation, robotics, connected instruments, digital workflows, data platforms, and autonomous experimentation.

The role will develop strategic recommendations, product concepts, and investment cases that inform long-term direction and multi-year roadmaps. It will connect evidence from customer engagements with decisions about what Agilent should develop, accelerate, integrate, partner around, or stop pursuing.

Success requires scientific and technical fluency, commercial judgment, and the ability to align stakeholders across Product Management, Engineering, Applications, Design, Commercial, Service, and external partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering, science, computer science, business, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of increasing managerial experience in product strategy, product management, laboratory automation, scientific software, informatics, or related technology markets.
• Demonstrated ability to translate customer insight and market evidence into product strategies, roadmap recommendations, and business cases.
• Scientific and technical fluency across laboratory workflows, instruments, software, data, and automation.
• Strong analytical and commercial judgment, including assessment of market opportunities, business models, and investment tradeoffs.
• Experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives through influence.
• Strong written communication, executive presentation, and stakeholder facilitation skills.

Requirements

• PhD, MBA, or equivalent advanced experience.
• Experience in life sciences, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, chemical analysis, or regulated laboratory environments.
• A record of translating customer collaborations or emerging technologies into scalable products or business opportunities.
• Experience evaluating technology partnerships, platform ecosystems, or build-versus-buy decisions.
• Familiarity with customer research, product analytics, scenario planning, and experimentation.

Benefits

• This job has a full-time weekly schedule.
• It includes the option to work remotely.
• The full-time equivalent pay range for this position is $211,175.00 - $329,961.00/yr plus eligibility for bonus, stock, and benefits.
• Pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location.
• During the hiring process, a recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for a preferred location.

Measures of success

• Customer insights translated into clear product and portfolio decisions.
• Quality and timeliness of strategic recommendations and investment cases.
• Validated opportunities incorporated into multi-year roadmaps.
• Faster progression from opportunity identification to evidence-based decisions.
• New value pools supported by credible customer and commercial evidence.
• Improved alignment across product, platform, commercial, and partner priorities.
• Clear handoffs from strategic exploration to product ownership and execution.
• Demonstrated business impact from adopted recommendations.