Sr Product Manager at Natera

United States

$120.1k - $150.1k

<p><span style="color: #222222;"><strong>POSITION SUMMARY</strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">As part of the </span><span style="color: #222222;">Software Product Management team, the <strong>Sr Product Manager</strong> will help achieve Natera's strategic imperatives through excellence in technology. </span><span style="color: #000000;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">They will work on a suite of products that are critical to lab operations, </span><span style="color: #222222;">R&amp;D, process development, customer support, commercial operations, genetic counseling, reporting, bioinformatics, statistics, and more</span><span style="color: #000000;">. They will need to deeply understand the end-to-end workflow and </span><span style="color: #222222;">the technical details of the software systems</span><span style="color: #000000;"> to deliver our best in class personalized genetic tests.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #222222;">They will use this knowledge to translate and document detailed use cases and product requirements.</span><span style="color: #000000;"> The Sr. Product Manager must be able to </span><span style="color: #222222;">drive prioritization and critical decision-making on solutions.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #222222;"><strong>FOCUS AREA&nbsp;</strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #222222;">This position will be a key contributor and driver of the core software product roadmap. The role focuses on our end-to-end software stack to support and scale various on market product lines. This will include enhancing the product's market impact, user experience, and operational efficiency by identifying new opportunities, gathering cross-functional input, and translating user needs into actionable features. This role requires a strong blend of strategic thinking, technical acumen, and a passion for driving innovation and delivering high-quality digital solutions.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>ABOUT YOU</strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">You are passionate about designing and building a better world for patients and clinicians. You are mission driven. You thrive in ambiguous, chaotic situations. You have a fearless bias towards action that is data-driven, purposeful, and focused. You are excited by the prospect of rolling up your sleeves to tackle meaningful problems each and every day. You’re a kind, passionate and collaborative problem-solver who seeks and gives candid feedback.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #222222;"><strong>PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Immerse yourself in the tough problems we’re solving, and team with R&amp;D, designers, engineers, clinical product managers, and operations to develop elegant software solutions to solve those problems.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Develop the product strategy and roadmap for your product line.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Communicate with senior-level stakeholders to champion your roadmap and gain buy-in for product plans</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #222222;">Transform business, market and clinical requirements into executable product requirements</span></li> <li style="color: #222222 !important;"><span style="color: #222222;">Own and prioritize a feature backlog to align with the overall strategic roadmap.</span></li> <li style="color: #222222 !important;"><span style="color: #222222;">Act as a subject matter expert on our software products and create a shared understanding among business and technical teams.</span></li> <li style="color: #222222 !important;"><span style="color: #222222;">Produce deliverables that facilitate better understanding for feedback such as flow diagrams, data models, pros/cons, prototypes, wireframes and other illustrations.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Define what success looks like for your product and measure it.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Monitor industry trends and competitive landscape to ensure you know what makes a best-in-class user experience for your product line.</span></li> <li style="color: #222222 !important;"><span style="color: #222222;">Incorporate a focus on quality into product design and work closely with development and software quality assurance teams on product and process improvements.</span></li> <li style="color: #222222 !important;"><span style="color: #222222;">Solicit user feedback and funnel new requirements and product changes back into software development.</span></li> <li style="color: #222222 !important;"><span style="color: #222222;">Evangelize your products across the organization, drive integration and ensure desired positive impact is achieved. Have a sense of ownership for everything you engage in.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="color: #222222;"><strong><u>QUALIFICATIONS</u></strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">7+ years of experience in software product management, ideally in the healthcare IT or biotech industry.&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Extensive experience in conceptualizing, defining and creating best in class software experiences</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Experience with Agile software development, building solutions from start to finish.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Excellent communication, facilitation, presentation, relationship-building, and analytical skills</span></li> <li style="color: #222222 !important;"><span style="color: #222222;">Experience with implementing scalable and sophisticated business rule applications.</span></li> <li style="color: #222222 !important;"><span style="color: #222222;">Experience building enterprise software or business critical systems is a plus.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">A proven track record of cross-functional leadership.</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">Well developed systems thinking</span></li> <li style="color: #000000 !important;"><span style="color: #000000;">BA/BS degree in relevant technical, scientific, or quantitative discipline or relevant experience.<br></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="color: #222222;"><strong>KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES&nbsp;</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="color: #222222 !important;"><span style="color: #222222;">Customer research and survey skills – how to ask good questions, listen carefully, and synthesize information into clear customer and business needs.</span></li> <li style="color: #222222 !important;"><span style="color: #222222;">Highly organized with ability to multitask.&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="color: #222222 !important;"><span style="color: #222222;">Ability to collaborate and interact effectively with individuals, and influence individuals across functional areas and in team environments.</span></li> <li style="color: #222222 !important;"><span style="color: #222222;">Demonstrated knowledge of products and markets, or ability to learn quickly.</span></li> <li style="color: #222222 !important;"><span style="color: #222222;">Excellent verbal and written communication skills.</span></li> <li style="color: #222222 !important;"><span style="color: #222222;">Ability to understand and describe technical complexities in a simplified way appropriate to different audiences</span></li> <li style="color: #222222 !important;"><span style="color: #222222;">Be able to break down large projects into granular milestones and track progress.</span></li> </ul><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description">The pay range is listed and actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years &amp; depth of experience, certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations.</div><div class="title">Remote USA</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$120,100</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$150,100 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong>OUR OPPORTUNITY</strong></p> <p>Natera™ is a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, dedicated to oncology, women’s health, and organ health. Our aim is to make personalized genetic testing and diagnostics part of the standard of care to protect health and enable earlier and more targeted interventions that lead to longer, healthier lives.</p> <p>The Natera team consists of highly dedicated statisticians, geneticists, doctors, laboratory scientists, business professionals, software engineers and many other professionals from world-class institutions, who care deeply for our work and each other. When you join Natera, you’ll work hard and grow quickly. Working alongside the elite of the industry, you’ll be stretched and challenged, and take pride in being part of a company that is changing the landscape of genetic disease management.</p> <p><strong>WHAT WE OFFER</strong></p> <p>Competitive Benefits - Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents. Additionally, Natera employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits. Other benefits include pregnancy and baby bonding leave, 401k benefits, commuter benefits and much more. We also offer a generous employee referral program!</p> <p>For more information, visit <a href="http://www.natera.com/" data-cke-saved-href="http://www.natera.com/">www.natera.com</a>.</p> <p>Natera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace environment, and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. Inclusive collaboration benefits our employees, our community and our patients, and is critical to our mission of changing the management of disease worldwide.</p> <p>All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, and will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable laws.</p> <p><em>If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents.&nbsp;</em></p> <p>Link: <a href="https://www.natera.com/notice-of-data-collection-california-residents" target="_blank">https://www.natera.com/notice-of-data-collection-california-residents/</a></p> <p>Please be advised that Natera will reach out to candidates with a @<a href="http://natera.com/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://natera.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1657718972773000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3zRwaIiu7070kJKNG4hjRm">natera.com</a>&nbsp;email domain ONLY. Email communications from all other domain names are not from Natera or its employees and are fraudulent. 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