Product Manager, RNA NGS
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Watchmaker GenomicsRNA NGS
Boulder, CO (preferred) or remoteFull-TimeManager
SalaryThe base compensation for the Product Manager, NGS role starts at $110,000 - $130,000 + bonus + equity; actual pay will be adjusted based on skills and experience.
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Job Details
- Experience
- Minimum of 6 years of relevant industry experience; the position summary also states BS and 8-10 years of experience or MS and 6+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Required Skills
- Product ManagementProduct Development
Requirements
- Hold an MSc in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Genomics, or a related scientific field; a PhD is a plus.
- Have a minimum of 6 years of relevant industry experience.
- Bring substantial hands-on experience with RNA sequencing or related transcriptomics workflows.
- Demonstrate technical expertise in NGS workflows, including library preparation, sequencing, and data interpretation.
- Have experience with core molecular biology techniques.
- Have participated in or led cross-functional new product development projects.
- Product management experience is strongly preferred; relevant experience in R&D, Applications, or other customer-facing technical roles will also be considered.
- Demonstrate a track record of defining and launching products.
- Have experience documenting customer and product requirements and applying risk-informed decision-making within a quality management system.
- Be able to influence and build consensus across cross-functional teams and work effectively with customers, development, and sales teams.
- Be able to present technical information to groups with varied scientific backgrounds.
- Be available for approximately 20% domestic and international travel.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute RNA portfolio product and application strategies, including market assessments, customer segmentation, competitive analysis, business cases, roadmap prioritization, and lifecycle investment decisions.
- Translate market and customer needs into prioritized product requirements and partner with R&D to assess feasibility and tradeoffs.
- Partner with Sales to engage key customers, understand application requirements, and develop collaborations that support new solutions and market expansion.
- Work with Product Marketing to develop value propositions, positioning, messaging, commercialization plans, and sales enablement.
- Manage commercialization and lifecycle activities, including market assessments, global pricing strategies, product documentation, sales training, and demand planning.
- Lead cross-functional work with R&D, Applications, Support, Sales, Quality, and Operations to take product requirements through commercial launch.
- Identify opportunities to expand applications, sample types, and workflows, including automated and high-throughput RNA sequencing.
- Monitor product revenue, adoption, customer feedback, competition, quality trends, and product performance to identify opportunities and risks.
- Maintain competitive assessments, market intelligence, and product performance analyses to inform portfolio decisions.
- Align stakeholders through business reviews and leadership updates, surfacing risks, opportunities, tradeoffs, and decisions needed.
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