Product Manager

Natera is hiring a Product Manager to lead the lifecycle, development, and commercialization of reproductive health tests. The role owns product roadmaps, requirements, performance analysis, market validation, and cross-functional coordination from concept through obsolescence.

Responsibilities:

• Develop or co-develop and execute the product roadmap for one or more reproductive health tests
• Deliver product requirements based on customer needs and operational limitations
• Manage product performance and field all product support needs, working across departments, including Product Management, Molecular Biology R&D, Statistics R&D, Software Engineering, Sales & Marketing, Clinical/Medical, Operations, Regulatory, and Business Development
• Develop quantitative product performance indicators, analyze and track performance data, and identify strategies for improvement across teams
• Identify business opportunities and create business cases and financial models
• Conduct VOC interviews, market research, and competitive analysis as a means to test and validate product features, improve customer satisfaction and support market growth
• Support product marketing in the definition of product positioning – from market launch plans, pricing, and delivering key collateral content to marketing communications
• Create written, data-based arguments and presentations to achieve buy-in from stakeholders
• Provide internal and external stakeholders with the appropriate updates on progress, vision, product roadmap, etc

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree required
• preferably in physical or life science, statistics or engineering discipline
• Minimum of 8 years of experience, which includes 2-3 years of product management, product/solution marketing, product commercialization, or strategic consulting experience
• Ability to lead and motivate a cross-functional team
• Ability to understand technology and articulate customer value/benefit propositions
• Strong project/process management skills required
• Strong computer skills in office applications (e.g., MS Word, MS Excel) and presentation tools (e.g., MS PowerPoint) required
• Basic financial/economic modeling skills
• Proven excellence in both written and oral communications skill
• Proven organizational skills and extraordinary attention to detail, with ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Must have demonstrated applicable analytics, product development and/or project management skills and experience
• Must be able to collaborate and interact effectively with individuals, and influence individuals, across functional areas and in team environments
• Master's degree preferred
• Experience with Prenatal products/education, medical devices, or diagnostics preferred
• Expertise and experience in the Life Sciences industry preferred