Senior Staff Product & Market Research Specialist

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

At Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, we know time is the most critical facet in the laboratory today:  time to get life-saving therapies to patients faster; reclaiming time by automating tedious manual workflows; and saving time spent addressing erroneous or complex results. We are partners in time and accelerate answers to critical questions through the power of automation. We develop innovations for scientists by scientists, with many of our 3,300+ global colleagues coming from the laboratory.

It’s all part of our time-tested approach to bringing meaningful innovations at the speed of life since 1935. And we’re just beginning. Working together, let’s put our time and talents together to advance human health for tomorrow.

As a Sr. Product and Market Research Specialist, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our product portfolio. You will work closely with product management, R&D, and marketing teams to identify unmet needs, validate product concepts, and guide development through customer-centric research.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Design and execute qualitative and quantitative market and product research initiatives to uncover market trends and customer needs, validate product concepts, and assess product usability.
• Serve as an organizational subject matter expert for Customer Insights (CI) and Market Research.
• Inform and conduct competitive product benchmarking and user experience evaluations to inform product positioning and differentiation. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate research findings into actionable product requirements and innovation strategies.
• Guide teams in interpreting CI and market data. Create clear, compelling reports and presentations to communicate insights and recommendations to stakeholders across the organization.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Engineering, Product Design, or a related field; 3+ years of experience in product research or user-centered design is required.
• A master’s degree in Market Research, Human Factors, UX Research, or Product Innovation is preferred.
• Strong experience in designing and conducting customer interviews, usability testing, and concept validation.
• Proficiency in research tools and analysis platforms (e.g., Qualtrics, NVivo, Excel, Tableau).
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills to translate complex findings into strategic insights. Demonstrated fluency in English; additional language skills are a plus. Ability to work effectively across product, R&D, marketing, and commercial teams.

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

At Beckman Coulter Life Sciences we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Beckman Coulter Life Sciences can provide.

The annual salary range for this role is $150k-$170k USD. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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