Product Manager III - LIMS

POSITION SUMMARY:

As part of the Software Product team, the Product Managers help achieve Natera's strategic imperatives through excellence in technology. They work on products that are critical to lab operations, R&D, process development, commercial operations, reporting, bioinformatics, and more. 

To be successful in the role, Product Manager III - LIMS need to have a deep understanding of the end-to-end workflow of the product and the technical details of the software systems to deliver our best-in-class personalized genetic tests. They use this knowledge to translate and document detailed use cases and software product requirements, driving prioritization and critical decision-making on solutions. They also need to be able to effectively work with a wide range of stakeholders. They must own the product roadmap and backlog of work with all technical requirements.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Immerse yourself in the tough problems we’re solving. Work with designers, engineers, product managers, and lab operations to develop elegant software solutions to solve those problems.
• Develop the strategy and roadmap for your development teams.
• Communicate with cross-functional stakeholders to gather inputs for your backlog and gain buy-in for a prioritized roadmap of deliverables from your team.
• Transform business, market and clinical requirements into executable product requirements
• Own and prioritize a feature backlog to align with the overall strategic roadmap.
• Produce deliverables that facilitate better understanding for feedback such as flow diagrams, data models, pros/cons, prototypes, AI-assisted sandbox prototypes, and other illustrations.
• Define what success looks like for your product area and measure it.
• Incorporate a focus on quality into product design and work closely with development and software quality assurance teams on product and process improvements.
• Evangelize your product work across the organization, drive integration and ensure desired positive impact is achieved. Have a sense of ownership for everything you engage in.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 3-5 years of experience in software product management, ideally in the healthcare IT or biotech industry. Bonus points if the experience is in genetic testing
• Experience with Agile software development, working directly with engineering development and QA teams
• Strong communication, facilitation, presentation, relationship-building, and analytical skills
• Experience building scalable enterprise software or business critical systems
• Willingness and confidence to experiment hands-on with AI tools to stand up quick proof-of-concept prototypes, iterating fast on ideas ahead of formal development.
• BA/BS degree in relevant technical, scientific, or quantitative discipline or relevant experience

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Ability to understand and describe technical complexities in a simplified way appropriate to different audiences
• Be able to break down large projects into granular milestones and track progress.
• AI fluency - ability to act as a builder and judgement about when to do so 
• Ability to collaborate and interact effectively with individuals, and influence individuals across functional areas and in team environments.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Customer research and survey skills – how to ask good questions, listen carefully, and synthesize information into clear customer and business needs.
• Demonstrated knowledge of products and markets, or ability to learn quickly.

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