Scientific Product Owner

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Manage the product backlog for designated releases.

• Develop and refine user stories and acceptance criteria for development teams.

• Convert scientific requirements from product managers, content scientists, key opinion leaders, and customers into software specifications.

• Facilitate refinement sessions and address domain inquiries for engineering teams.

• Design scientific frameworks for hereditary and somatic workflows.

• Collaborate with engineers on scientific content, variant annotation, and classification logic.

• Evaluate new features from the perspective of scientific users.

• Prioritize issues and enhancement requests reported by customers based on clinical significance.

• Analyze issues for severity, patient safety, and usability risks in the IVD clinical decision-support product.

• Oversee design control documentation and assist with release preparedness within an ISO 13485 quality system.

• Create release notes, user manuals, and training materials for field application scientists and support teams.

• Serve as a scientific subject-matter expert and aid in roadmap development.

⛳️ Requirements

• MS or PhD in genetics, molecular biology, genomics, or a related life science discipline.

• Proficiency in cancer and/or hereditary diseases.

• Preferred: Over 2 years of experience interpreting clinical next-generation sequencing (NGS) data in clinical labs, research, or testing environments.

• Working knowledge of variant classification guidelines (e.g., ACMG/AMP).

• Understanding of common genomic data formats and databases.

• At least 1 year of experience in a product owner, business analyst, or requirements role related to software or bioinformatics products, or equivalent hands-on experience in writing specifications for developers.

• Familiarity with agile development methodologies (Scrum or Kanban).

• Experience with Jira, Confluence, and requirements management systems.

• Preferred: Ability to discuss APIs, data models, and system behavior with engineers comfortably.

• Exceptional written and verbal English skills, including scientific and technical writing.

• Capability to coordinate work across US and European time zones.

• Detail-oriented, inquisitive, and comfortable navigating complex scientific, technical, and regulatory matters.

🏝️ Benefits

• Bonus/Commission.

• Local benefits.

• Referral Program.

• Volunteer Day.

• Internal Academy (QIALearn).

• Employee Assistance Program.

• Hybrid work (dependent on your role).

• Comprehensive benefits package.

• Total compensation package, including a bonus plan.