Sr. Software Product Manager, NGS

Danaher•Boulder, CO

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Sr. Software Product Manager will support IDT’s Gene Reading Solutions Product Team and manage the Archer NGS product line. The position is based on-site in Boulder, Colorado. The role works with customers, sales teams, product managers, assay teams, and software teams to shape software strategy and deliver products that meet customer and business needs. It includes translating customer needs into software requirements and prioritized backlogs, leading product-management activities for new product introductions, and supporting internal software tools used in design and manufacturing.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in bioinformatics, computational biology, molecular biology, computer science, engineering, business, or a related field with 7+ years of relevant experience; or a master’s degree with 5+ years; or a doctoral degree with 3+ years of relevant experience.
3+ years of experience in software product management, product ownership, or a comparable role translating user and business needs into software requirements in an Agile software development environment.
Experience with NGS, bioinformatics, genomic data analysis, molecular diagnostics, or another technically complex life science software domain.
Experience prioritizing product backlogs and developing epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, and enhancements using tools such as Jira.
Demonstrated experience leading complex cross-functional software or process-improvement initiatives and communicating business cases, technical tradeoffs, and recommendations to technical, commercial, and customer-facing stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Experience in regulated product software development, including software used in vitro diagnostic or other quality-system environments.
Experience with assay design and bioinformatics software for next-generation sequencing/genomic data analysis.
Previous customer-facing experience.

Responsibilities

Build relationships with customers, sales teams, and key stakeholders to understand customer workflows, emerging needs, market trends, and competitive dynamics.
Partner with Innovation and Sustainment Product Managers, assay product managers, and software teams to shape software strategy, roadmap priorities, and product requirements aligned with customer and business objectives.
Translate customer needs into software requirements, user workflows, acceptance criteria, and prioritized backlog items using Agile methodologies, considering deployment models, data privacy, security expectations, and customer IT and procurement requirements.
Lead product management activities supporting new product introductions, including requirements definition, business case development, and cross-functional execution to accelerate delivery of customer value.
Provide product support for internal software tools, including custom design and manufacturing tools, and drive their optimization to improve workflows and achieve business objectives.