Innovation Accelerator Principal Product Manager

Genentech • Boston, MA

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About The Position

The Innovation Accelerator Product Manager leads the concept, prototyping, development, scaling, and value delivery of digital, agentic AI, and data-driven solutions that enhance decision-making and efficient clinical development across Roche’s R&D ecosystem. The role combines product strategy, technical acumen, and agile execution to deliver impactful products from concept through release, with an emphasis on early-stage innovation. The Product Manager collaborates with scientific and engineering teams and ensures alignment with business goals, user needs, and quality standards. The role contributes to Roche’s innovation agenda and drives continuous improvement and portfolio value realization.

The position is part of the Innovation Accelerator team, which advances Design, AI/Data, and Data Science innovation strategy within Product Development Data Sciences. The team translates long-term strategy into actionable plans, shapes and prioritizes cross-functional use cases, and explores, prototypes, and helps productize solutions in partnership with Roche teams and external collaborators.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related field.
• At least 8 years of professional product management experience, including direct responsibility for product development across multiple lifecycle phases; alternatively, an advanced degree and 6 years of such experience.
• Specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise in product development, with good knowledge of product operations and cross-functional collaboration in life sciences or technology domains.
• At least 4 years of professional experience in at least two of these areas: healthcare (ideally biotechnology or similar sectors); building digital and/or SaaS products supporting analysis and decision-making; delivering products for scientific or quantitative users; or developing and deploying agentic AI solutions with measurable impact.
• Working knowledge of agile methods, backlog management, and sprint planning.
• Proven ability to lead product workstreams or sub-streams in complex, cross-functional projects.
• Demonstrated problem-solving and analytical skills, including the ability to propose and implement product solutions to unique business challenges.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related field.
• Familiarity with data science concepts and/or early-phase R&D product development.
• Experience leading initiatives with cross-functional teams under moderate complexity and resource constraints.
• Experience leading development and deployment of agentic AI solutions into business teams, especially scientific or clinical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage the product lifecycle from concept through development and launch, contributing approaches to build innovative data and information solutions for drug development.
• Develop product vision, strategy, and KPIs aligned with functional objectives, interpreting internal and external trends to guide product improvements.
• Own the product roadmap and backlog, manage priorities and sprint execution, and coordinate cross-functional collaboration to deliver valuable features.
• Translate user needs and business challenges into clearly defined product requirements and influence cross-functional teams toward shared outcomes.
• Collaborate with engineering, UX, and data science teams to align product delivery with scientific, technical, and user needs.
• Identify cross-initiative risks, constraints, and dependencies, and contribute to risk mitigation and resource planning at the product or stream level.
• Communicate product status, value, and risks to functional stakeholders and support product-related inputs to governance.

Benefits

• A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance.
• The position qualifies for benefits detailed at the link provided in the posting.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal