Product Manager (SRA - VDB)

Black Canyon Consulting (BCC) is a premium provider for life sciences, project and program management. We are searching for a Product Manager to support our work with a renowned federal agency where you will help drive modernization in one of the world’s largest data repositories.

Responsibilities:

• Understand goals and outcomes for this highly visible data sequencing initiative
• Work closely with the Customer Experience team and incorporate learnings from outreach into SRA Product Roadmaps
• Drive product roadmap to meet milestones and timelines to stay aligned with high-visibility deliverables
• Facilitate sprint planning and backlog grooming activities within the product team in order to drive timely product releases
• Prepare and review product requirements documents, establish success criteria, and KPIs
• Conduct user research to gather insights on user needs and preferences
• Conduct market research, audit current assets and their impact, competitor analysis, and distill that into insights that inform strategy and decisions
• Compile findings into actionable requirements for the product roadmap in collaboration with product owners
• Organize product releases properly and ensure compliance with the schedule
• Development of risk assessments and risk mitigation countermeasures
• Compile findings into actionable requirements for the updated data model development
• Prioritize requirements based on business goals and user needs
• Measure the impact of the initiative on users’ sentiment
• Plan outreach activities to engage stakeholders and users
• Cross-team collaboration amongst multiple product/development teams

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in software product management
• 5+ years of experience with Jira and agile methodology
• Experience leading and developing KPIs, executive reporting, and stakeholder management
• Experience with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, MURAL
• Comfortable leading strategy and discovery sessions with multiple stakeholders
• Able to synthesize complex data into actionable insights
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; advanced degree desired
• Qualified candidates will have some combination of these certifications: Product Management certifications and experience, SAFe Agilist (SA)
• Experience working with genetic and biological DNA sequencing data
• Familiarity with NGS computational tools and formats (BWA, GATK, Galaxy, etc.)