Product Manager, NGS

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Colorado.

📋 Description

• Act as an organizational authority and advocate for the DNA NGS portfolio.

• Convert market and customer demands into prioritized product specifications.

• Collaborate with R&D to assess technical feasibility and make informed product trade-offs.

• Work alongside sales to connect with key customers and foster partnerships.

• Propel innovative product solutions, penetrate essential application areas, and enhance overall product adoption.

• Transform insights from customers, markets, competitors, and technical aspects into product strategies and unique value propositions.

• Collaborate with Product Marketing on positioning, messaging, commercialization, and enabling sales.

• Oversee product commercialization and lifecycle management, covering market evaluations, global pricing strategies, documentation, sales training, and demand planning.

• Manage cross-functional collaborations among R&D, Support, Sales, Quality, and Operations.

• Lead new product development through to commercial launch.

• Formulate and implement product and application strategies for designated portfolio areas.

• Evaluate market opportunities, customer segments, competitive landscapes, business cases, roadmap priorities, and lifecycle investment choices.

• Take ownership of lifecycle performance for assigned products by tracking revenue, adoption rates, customer feedback, competitive trends, quality metrics, and product effectiveness.

• Create and sustain competitive assessments, market trends, and product performance evaluations.

• Direct portfolio communications and stakeholder alignment, including business reviews and updates for leadership.

• Identify and escalate risks, issues, opportunities, trade-offs, and decisions needed.

• Foster cross-functional accountability and problem resolution.

• Report to the Senior Product Manager, DNA.

⛳️ Requirements

• BS with 6+ years or MS with 4+ years of pertinent industry experience.

• Proven technical proficiency in NGS workflows, encompassing library preparation, sequencing, and data interpretation.

• Familiarity with fundamental molecular biology techniques.

• Exceptional organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail.

• Capability to juggle multiple tasks, maintain high standards, perform consistently under pressure and deadlines, and work independently.

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate effectively in a team environment.

• Outstanding communication and personal task management abilities.

• High degree of self-motivation and initiative.

• Skilled at influencing and achieving consensus within cross-functional teams.

• Effective in working with customers, development, and sales teams.

• Experience in presenting technical information to diverse groups with varying scientific backgrounds.

• Strong creative and critical thinking capabilities.

• Proven history of defining and launching products successfully.

• Experience in documenting customer/product requirements and employing risk-informed decision-making within a quality management framework.

• Willingness to travel approximately 20% domestically and internationally.

• MSc degree in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, or a related scientific discipline required.

• Minimum of 4 years of relevant industry experience, including R&D.

• Experience as a member of a core team or project in new product development is required.

• Product Management experience is preferred.

• Customer-facing roles are considered advantageous.

• A letter of motivation is required.

• A resume or curriculum vitae outlining relevant qualifications and experience is required.

• Three professional references may be requested if selected for an interview.

• Applicants must currently be eligible to work in the United States and indicate whether they will need visa sponsorship.

• May be subject to pre-employment driving history checks, drug screening, and background checks.

🏝️ Benefits

• Bonus

• Equity

• Flexible Time Off

• Holidays

• Employer covers 75% of base medical plan with buy-up options

• EAP (employee assistance program)

• Employer paid dental

• Employer paid vision

• Employer paid $25,000 life/AD&D policy

• Paid parental leave

• 401(k) retirement plan with a 4% match