Senior Product Manager, NGS applications

Thermo Fisher Scientific • Pleasanton, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Product Manager – NGS applications defines and executes product strategy, roadmaps, and lifecycle management for the company’s next-generation sequencing (NGS) assay and content portfolio. The role has end-to-end portfolio ownership, including identifying growth opportunities, translating customer and market needs into differentiated solutions, and driving business performance across research, translational, and clinical applications.

The position leads work across a global, matrixed organization, partnering with Product Development, R&D, Bioinformatics, Operations, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Commercial, Marketing, and Business Development. It combines strategic product management, NGS market and technology expertise, customer focus, and commercial acumen to turn market and customer insights into product strategy, requirements, and execution plans.

The role is based in California, follows a standard Monday–Friday work schedule, and is performed in an office environment. The estimated salary range is $155,100–$210,000, with potential eligibility for a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• At least 8 years of related industry experience.
• Demonstrated experience in product management, strategic marketing, or related roles within genomics, molecular diagnostics, biotechnology, or life sciences.
• Proven success managing NGS, genomics, or molecular diagnostics products or portfolios through the full product lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of NGS technologies, workflows, and applications, including sample preparation, target enrichment, sequencing, bioinformatics, and data analysis.
• Strong understanding of the NGS market, competitive landscape, customer workflows, and emerging technology and application trends.

Nice To Haves

• Ph.D., M.S., MBA, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy, multi-year roadmap, and lifecycle management for the NGS assay and content portfolio.
• Lead matrixed teams supporting the NGS portfolio by establishing priorities, aligning stakeholders, and driving accountability for key initiatives.
• Identify and evaluate application areas and growth opportunities based on customer needs, market trends, emerging technologies, competitive intelligence, and business strategy.
• Develop a deep understanding of NGS customer workflows and identify opportunities for differentiated solutions across research, translational, and clinical applications.
• Translate Voice of Customer and market insights into product requirements, roadmap priorities, and strategic investments.
• Lead market assessments and competitive analyses covering market dynamics, emerging applications, technology trends, and portfolio expansion opportunities.
• Define product requirements and lead cross-functional execution of new products, assay and content expansions, workflow improvements, and lifecycle enhancements.
• Partner with R&D and Bioinformatics to evaluate technical feasibility, establish product requirements, and bring differentiated NGS solutions to market.
• Drive portfolio prioritization and investment recommendations by balancing customer value, market opportunity, technical feasibility, business impact, and organizational capacity.
• Partner across business units to develop integrated NGS workflow solutions spanning sample preparation, assays and content, sequencing, software, and data analysis.
• Build relationships with customers and scientific stakeholders to understand evolving workflows, unmet needs, and emerging applications, and incorporate these insights into portfolio strategy.
• Partner with Commercial and Business Development to identify and develop strategic growth opportunities, key customer collaborations, and partnerships.
• Partner with Commercial and Marketing to develop go-to-market strategies, product positioning, pricing recommendations, and customer adoption plans.
• Support portfolio planning, business case development, revenue forecasting, demand planning, and investment prioritization.
• Monitor portfolio revenue, growth, profitability, customer adoption, and other business metrics, and develop actions to improve performance.
• Serve as the Product Management subject matter expert for the NGS portfolio, providing strategic guidance on product capabilities, customer requirements, market dynamics, and portfolio priorities.
• Communicate product strategy, roadmap, portfolio performance, investment recommendations, and key risks to Product Management and business leadership.
• Drive continuous improvement across the portfolio and establish scalable approaches to product and content lifecycle management.

Benefits

• Choice of national medical and dental plans and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs.
• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement.
• At least 120 hours of paid time off (PTO) and 10 paid holidays annually.
• Paid parental leave: 3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave.
• Accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy.
• Competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan.
• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), offering eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount.
• Potential eligibility for a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results.

What This Job Offers

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