Technical Product Manager – Product Testing & Quality

Specialized•Morgan Hill, CA

19h

About The Position

Own the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of Specialized’s Product Testing & Quality technology platforms, including LIMS, Field Test, and Quality Inspection systems. This role ensures testing, validation, and compliance platforms scale with R&D and NPI demands while protecting premium product quality. You will modernize and scale lab and field-testing platforms, enable end‑to‑end quality traceability, reduce launch risk, and ensure testing systems accelerate—not block—innovation and time‑to‑market.

Requirements

7+ years working with enterprise LIMS platforms, ideally STARLIMS
Hands-on experience with LIMS configuration, workflow design, sample lifecycles, test methods, and results management
Experience integrating lab instruments and automation with LIMS
Proven involvement in large-scale LIMS implementations, extensions, or replacements
Experience owning LIMS as a long-lived enterprise platform, not just a one-time deployment
Direct experience integrating LIMS with R&D systems, PLM or engineering platforms, test automation and lab equipment, and data lakes, analytics platforms, or ERP
Strong ability to translate business and lab needs into technical integration requirements
Comfortable partnering with enterprise architecture, integration, and data teams
Experience supporting product development, validation, or testing labs
Strong understanding of engineering and validation test protocols
Familiarity with iterative R&D workflows and managing evolving test methods as designs change
Ownership of multi-site, multi-year platform programs
Comfortable managing complex timelines, cross-system dependencies, vendors, system integrators, budgets, and scope
Acts as a strong bridge between business, engaging lab scientists, quality engineers, R&D leadership, IT architecture and security teams, and external vendors
Known for turning ambiguous and evolving requirements into actionable delivery plans
Experience modernizing labs from manual or semi-digital processes to enterprise platforms
Strong understanding of data models, data integrity, and end-to-end traceability
Familiarity with validation strategies in both regulated and non-regulated environments
Experience with APIs, middleware, and event-based integrations
Applies data discipline to enable scalable reporting, analytics, automation, and future AI use cases
Comfortable reviewing architecture diagrams, technical specifications, and validation documentation
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, or related field
Calm under complexity and proven delivery when requirements evolve mid-flight
Highly structured thinker who brings order to complex testing, data, and integration environments
Influential without authority and able to align teams across organizations
Long-term mindset, designing solutions that scale as R&D and testing volume increase

Nice To Haves

Background in manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, or high-tech hardware strongly preferred
Background in manufacturing or high‑tech hardware strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Own the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of Specialized’s Product Testing & Quality technology platforms, including LIMS, Field Test, and Quality Inspection systems.
Ensure testing, validation, and compliance platforms scale with R&D and NPI demands while protecting premium product quality.
Modernize and scale lab and field-testing platforms.
Enable end‑to‑end quality traceability.
Reduce launch risk.
Ensure testing systems accelerate—not block—innovation and time‑to‑market.
Drive adoption and behavioral change, not just system go-live.
Anticipate organizational friction and plan for it.
Guide platforms through multiple stages of maturity over time.
Identify opportunities to automate test data capture, result publishing, and quality reporting.

Benefits

Competitive pay with annual performance-based reviews for continued growth and recognition
Comprehensive healthcare plan options, including PPO, EPO, HDHP, and HMO (acupuncture and physical therapy included)
Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer HSA contributions when enrolled in the High-Deductible Healthcare Plan (HDHP)
Dental and Vision plans
401(k) Company Matching up to $5,000 annually with immediate 100% vesting and administrative fees paid for by the company
Company-paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability Insurance
Employee Assistance Program that provides access to individualized mental well-being care
Generous Vacation, Sick, Paid Holidays, and Volunteer Time Off
14 weeks of 100% paid leave for birthing parents and 8 weeks of 100% paid leave for non-birthing parents, plus a Specialized bike for your new baby
Up to $9,000 annually in Career Development & Degree Assistance
Up to $250 annually in Fitness & Wellness Reimbursement
Industry Pro-Deal Discounts and Perks