Reiner Ahrendt

Head of Product Management Diagnostics at medac GmbH

Wedel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

About

Experience

  • Head of Product Management at mevida Diagnostika GmbH
    Mar 2026 - Present · 4 mos

  • medac GmbH (On-site)
    • Head of Product Management Diagnostics
      Sep 2022 - Feb 2026 · 3 yrs 6 mos

      • Technical and disciplinary leadership of Product Management Diagnostics covering Molecular Diagnostics, Immunoassays and Immunohistochemistry, as well as Technical Service/ Application and Backoffice (8 FTE) • Overall responsibility for the diagnostics portfolio, including strategic planning, roadmap definition and lifecycle management • Active contribution to the expansion and integration of diagnostic products & partners • Definition and implementation of marketing and sales strategies in close collaboration with interdisciplinary project teams • Responsibility for needs analysis, product positioning, mid- to short-term portfolio objectives, forecasting and budget planning • Ensuring regulatory and quality compliance according to IVDR and ISO 13485 • Key interface between product management, commercial execution, regulatory requirements and international suppliers/ manufacturers • Key role during Management Buy Out of the diagnostic division from medac GmbH: o Transition, structuring and organization of the new company Mevida Diagnostika GmbH

    • Product Manager Molecular Diagnostics
      Apr 2017 - Feb 2026 · 8 yrs 11 mos

      Molecular Diagnostics

    • Product Manager Immunoassays (assays and CLIA systems)
      Jul 2020 - Sep 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      • Portfolio development through supplier evaluation and integration • Budget planning, pricing strategy and lifecycle management • Post-market surveillance and regulatory activities

  • Biotype Diagnostic GmbH (Greater Dresden Area)
    • Product Manager
      Feb 2014 - Mar 2017 · 3 yrs 2 mos

      Product Management and Sales, Molecular Diagnostics (Dermatology) • Team leadership (2 employees and up to 10 freelancers) • Strategic and operational responsibility for PCR-based diagnostic products in dermatology, budget and forecast planning • Coordination of product development activities in collaboration with R&D and external collaboration partner • Product launch in cooperation with marketing, logistics, and production • Liaison with key opinion leaders (KOLs) and business partners • Planning and installation of PCR labs at residential dermatologists in cooperation with an external provider for lab equipment • Representation of the company at trade fairs and scientific congresses • Nationwide customer acquisitions in Germany • Correspondence with manufacturing sites

    • Sales and Product Manager
      Jun 2013 - Oct 2015 · 2 yrs 5 mos

      Sales & Product Manager, DNA extraction systems (Forensics) • Planning, execution and monitoring of sales strategies and targets for Germany • Post-market surveillance, product support and lifecycle management

    • Scientist
      Jan 2013 - May 2013 · 5 mos

      Scientist - Business Development Support • Scientific support of business development activities • Evaluation of ideas for new diagnostic products • Review of external third-party funding applications • Identification and support of cooperation partners

  • Postdoc at CRTD
    Nov 2011 - Dec 2012 · 1 yr 2 mos

    Behavioural analysis and inital tests of medical compounds on Zebrafish mutants resembling phenotype of late AD Parkinsonism

  • Research Assistant at BIOTEC, TU-Dresden
    Feb 2006 - Nov 2011 · 5 yrs 10 mos

    Generation and Characterisation of a genetic in vivo Parkinson's Disease Model in Zebrafish - Identification, cloning und characterization of orthologous Parkinson risk genes in zebrafish - Generation and characterization of an in vivo lrrk2 knock-out model (Expression analysis, immunohistochemistry, High Performance Liquid Chromatography) - Initiation and coordination of national and international collaborations