Product Manager III - LIMS

Summary

Natera is a global leader in cell-free DNA testing focused on oncology, women’s health, and organ health. The Product Manager III - LIMS role develops software products critical to laboratory operations and related functions by owning the product strategy, roadmap, backlog, requirements, and stakeholder alignment. The role also partners with design, engineering, quality assurance, and lab operations teams to deliver scalable, high-quality solutions.

Responsibilities

• Immerse yourself in the tough problems we’re solving. Work with designers, engineers, product managers, and lab operations to develop elegant software solutions to solve those problems
• Develop the strategy and roadmap for your development teams
• Communicate with cross-functional stakeholders to gather inputs for your backlog and gain buy-in for a prioritized roadmap of deliverables from your team
• Transform business, market and clinical requirements into executable product requirements
• Own and prioritize a feature backlog to align with the overall strategic roadmap
• Produce deliverables that facilitate better understanding for feedback such as flow diagrams, data models, pros/cons, prototypes, AI-assisted sandbox prototypes, and other illustrations
• Define what success looks like for your product area and measure it
• Incorporate a focus on quality into product design and work closely with development and software quality assurance teams on product and process improvements
• Evangelize your product work across the organization, drive integration and ensure desired positive impact is achieved. Have a sense of ownership for everything you engage in

Skills

• 3-5 years of experience in software product management, ideally in the healthcare IT or biotech industry. Bonus points if the experience is in genetic testing
• Experience with Agile software development, working directly with engineering development and QA teams
• Strong communication, facilitation, presentation, relationship-building, and analytical skills
• Experience building scalable enterprise software or business critical systems
• Willingness and confidence to experiment hands-on with AI tools to stand up quick proof-of-concept prototypes, iterating fast on ideas ahead of formal development
• BA/BS degree in relevant technical, scientific, or quantitative discipline or relevant experience
• Ability to understand and describe technical complexities in a simplified way appropriate to different audiences
• Be able to break down large projects into granular milestones and track progress
• AI fluency - ability to act as a builder and judgement about when to do so
• Ability to collaborate and interact effectively with individuals, and influence individuals across functional areas and in team environments
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Customer research and survey skills – how to ask good questions, listen carefully, and synthesize information into clear customer and business needs
• Demonstrated knowledge of products and markets, or ability to learn quickly

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 3-5 years of experience in software product management, ideally in the healthcare IT or biotech industry. Bonus points if the experience is in genetic testing
• Experience with Agile software development, working directly with engineering development and QA teams
• Strong communication, facilitation, presentation, relationship-building, and analytical skills
• Experience building scalable enterprise software or business critical systems
• Willingness and confidence to experiment hands-on with AI tools to stand up quick proof-of-concept prototypes, iterating fast on ideas ahead of formal development
• BA/BS degree in relevant technical, scientific, or quantitative discipline or relevant experience
• Ability to understand and describe technical complexities in a simplified way appropriate to different audiences
• Be able to break down large projects into granular milestones and track progress
• AI fluency - ability to act as a builder and judgement about when to do so
• Ability to collaborate and interact effectively with individuals, and influence individuals across functional areas and in team environments
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Customer research and survey skills – how to ask good questions, listen carefully, and synthesize information into clear customer and business needs
• Demonstrated knowledge of products and markets, or ability to learn quickly

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents
• Free testing for Natera employees and their immediate families
• Fertility care benefits
• Pregnancy and baby bonding leave
• 401k benefits
• Commuter benefits
• Employee referral program