Product Manager, Commercial Neuroscience Portfolio

Spear Bio•Boston, MA

5d•$130,000 - $160,000

About The Position

Spear Bio is seeking a Commercial Product Manager to bridge product strategy and commercial execution for its neuroscience portfolio. Working with Product Management, R&D, and Commercial teams, the role helps bring the portfolio roadmap to market and supports customers, presents to key opinion leaders, and drives adoption of assays, instruments, and custom assay services, with a focus on Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease. The position works across R&D, Operations, Engineering, Regulatory, Business Development, Assay Services, and Commercial field application science teams to guide product concepts through validation, transfer, and launch, and to support customer requirements. It develops an understanding of translational research and clinical-trial workflows and translates neuroscientist and biopharma needs into technical product specifications. The Commercial Product Manager partners with product marketing and global sales on product positioning, value propositions, pricing, and launch collateral for international rollouts. The role also identifies well-funded institutions and supports outreach for high-revenue programs, tracks market requirements and customer feedback to inform future strategy and adoption, cultivates neuroscience KOL relationships and supports data-generation collaborations, and identifies opportunities to expand applications beyond core markets. Travel of up to 25% is required for customer visits and scientific conferences.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, or Life Sciences.
3–5+ years of product management experience in the life science tools or diagnostics sector.
Strong background in digital immunoassays, protein biomarker discovery, or translational neurology research, such as Alzheimer’s disease, traumatic brain injury, or neuroinflammation.
Excellent matrix-leadership capabilities.
Numerical commercial acumen.
Ability to explain highly technical and scientific concepts to engineers and customers.
Ability to travel up to 25% for customer site visits and major scientific conferences.

Nice To Haves

Ph.D. or Master’s degree.
Established network and current contacts among neuroscience key opinion leaders.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with R&D, Operations, Engineering, and Regulatory teams to guide new product concepts through validation, transfer, and launch.
Partner with Business Development, Assay Services, and Commercial field application science teams to support customer requirements and provide necessary tools.
Develop an understanding of translational research and clinical-trial workflows and translate customer needs into technical product specifications.
Partner with product marketing and global sales to develop product value positioning, pricing models, and collateral for international launches.
Identify well-funded institutions, prioritize opportunities, and support outreach plans for high-revenue programs.
Represent the voice of the customer and provide analytical information to inform future product strategy and adoption plans.
Cultivate relationships with neuroscience key opinion leaders and support data-generation collaborations.
Identify opportunities to expand the technology's applications beyond the core market.
Travel to customer sites and major scientific conferences, as needed, up to 25%.