Planning, preparing, implementing and documenting experimental work for development, validation studies of nucleic acid-based kits in the context of microbiology testing for the food and feed industry., Conducting literature, technology and market research related to Molecular Diagnostic Methods specifically for microbiological testing of food and feed., Functional supervising of technical staff and support of scientists., Promoting development projects from project idea to implementation of development work, validation and product certification., Communicating with internal stakeholders (i.e. product management, kit production, marketing) as well as external stakeholders (e.g. laboratory partners, suppliers, lead customers) in order to create new products tailored to the needs of our customers., Working together with product management in strategic decisions to broaden and optimize the product folio for rapid molecular diagnostic methods in food, beverage and other industries.