Location: Remote USA // Big preference for this individual to reside in PST or Austin, TX.
POSITION SUMMARY: Natera is seeking an experienced Director/Senior Director of Product Management to lead the on market management and early research of transplant biomarker products and services for the organ health business unit. This new position on our Product team will drive the evolution of the next generation of innovative products to address the unmet needs of our clinical providers and grow our leadership position in post transplant diagnostics. This person will have a natural curiosity and ability to work closely with research and translational teams to propose new product concepts. They will provide early product definition, technical product leadership and strategic vision for the Natera long-term portfolio of products encompassing cutting edge molecular methods and transformational AI/ML analysis methods.
The successful candidate will combine strategic vision and scientific rigor with strong communication and leadership skills. They must be an experienced, technically strong, results-oriented team player able to provide out-of-the-box and visionary thinking.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Gather appropriate internal and external data to define the unmet customer need, craft product concepts and propose target product profiles
Coordinate, influence, and collaborate with a cross-functional team, including Molecular Biology R&D, Data Science R&D, Medical, Business Development and Marketing to ideate and evaluate new product concepts.
Accountable for the broader post transplant product suite in collaboration with the current product team.
Develop relationships with key KOLs and provide competitive analysis as a means to test and prioritize product concepts and features
Lead the team in building long-term business plans, with unit economics, ROI, and NPV outputs, to assess the value of new products and ventures.
Understand the competition and be able to articulate how our pipeline of products is differentiated and will win in the marketplace.
Excel in the concept phase of product development: provide thought leadership and critical analytical thinking on new product/business ideas to test the viability of target product profiles (TPPs)
Evaluate, prioritize, and communicate the roadmap for new pipeline products and timelines through the company.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Strong leader, with proven ability to transform innovative ideas into impactful products
Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in a physical or life science, statistics or engineering discipline.
Minimum of 7 years of product management with at least (10+) years overall experience with product management, product development, marketing and/or strategy.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
Experience developing and commercializing diagnostics, medical devices, and/or medical software
Prior experience developing and managing regulated products for clinical use and research use
Experience developing software products based on genomic, bioinformatic, or clinical data sets
Experience with all parts of the product lifecycle with emphasis on excellence in the concept and feasibility phases
“Hands-on”, likes to dive deep and solve problems, detail-oriented
Energy, enthusiasm, and sense of urgency
Risk taker, entrepreneurial and competitive in nature
Self-starter, capability to identify and resolve problems independently
OUR OPPORTUNITY
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.
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.
WHAT WE OFFER
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!
For more information, visit www.natera.com.
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.
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.
If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents.
Link: https://www.natera.com/notice-of-data-collection-california-residents/
Please be advised that Natera will reach out to candidates with a @natera.com email domain ONLY. Email communications from all other domain names are not from Natera or its employees and are fraudulent. Natera does not request interviews via text messages and does not ask for personal information until a candidate has engaged with the company and has spoken to a recruiter and the hiring team. Natera takes cyber crimes seriously, and will collaborate with law enforcement authorities to prosecute any related cyber crimes.
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