Senior Product Manager

Company: Encodia, Inc.
Location: San Diego
Posted on: November 26, 2022

Job Description:

About EncodiaEncodia is a rapidly growing platform company that is developing a new generation of protein analysis tools based on single-molecule protein sequencing. Our goal is to make protein sequencing easy and ubiquitous by using a novel reverse-translation technology that turns peptide sequences into DNA. The DNA can be read by a DNA sequencer, providing a path to breakthrough proteomics research at a scale that is not practical or cost-effective using current technologies.Job Summary As a Sr. Product Manager, you will drive value through product leadership, prioritizing impactful and measurable results, and collaborating with cross functional teams. You will play an essential role in ensuring two-way communication between marketing, development, and revenue teams to drive marketing organization effectiveness. You will work with internal and external stakeholders to elicit and analyze user needs, transform operational/user needs into system requirements and communicate requirements to development teams. You will manage the go-to-market process and collaboration of launch teams.Requirements

• Engage with technical and business stakeholders to elucidate requirements and ensure successful implementation of product requirements, optimize workflows, and lead product definition
• Develop detailed product strategy (instrumentation, consumables and software) and roadmap from ideation and feedback sessions with subject matter experts, customers, and stakeholders
• Build business plans that include opportunity assessment, positioning strategy, financial analysis, unit forecasting, and pricing models for product portfolios
• Assess partnership opportunities relevant to a high throughput proteomic sequencing workflow that integrates into NGS
• Perform competitive and market analysis, and market research though voice of customer
• Work cross functionally with and within core teams to creatively develop and test product concepts and ideas
• Train teams and support selling activities, including development of sales tools and collateral, and organizing scientific events What you bring to the role
  • 5+ years of experience in product management
  • 5+ years experience in genomics or related industry
  • Track record of success defining and launching excellent products
  • Big picture thinking that can map out clear and compelling communication of customer requirements into product requirements into user stories
  • Keen ability to evaluate new market opportunities, emerging technologies and trends, use cases, and competitive threats
  • Knowledge on how to build a thriving product-focused community
  • Ability to clearly communicate product strategy, design rationale and conceptual ideas
  • Portfolio of top-notch product work that demonstrates strong user understanding and informed product decisions based on a broad spectrum of metrics
  • Possess a core drive to bring excitement and enjoyment to your users
  • Knowledge of formalized requirements gathering and analysis methods and tools
  • Experience in overseeing new products from their conception to launch
  • Outstanding leadership, teamwork, and communication skills
  • Must have an excellent work ethic, exceptional judgment, and unquestionable integrity
  • Hands on, high energy, and highly responsive Highly Desirable
    • Degree in molecular biology, engineering or associated scientific field highly desirable
    • Ph.D., MBA or other advanced degree desirable, but not required
    • Experience with design/development/testing/support of software/firmware applications for biomedical instruments/ medical devices, a plus
    • Experience with Atlassian tools (Jama, Jira, Confluence), a plus
    • Experience with Next Generation Sequencing and Data Analysis, a plus
    • Experience across instrument, software, and consumable life science products with associated technical depth strongly preferred BenefitsEncodia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We offer a competitive and comprehensive employee benefits package including medical plans, dental insurance, vision plans, LTD, paid vacation, and a stock plan.We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. We are committed to building diverse teams, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.Encodia requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before their start date. We will reasonably accommodate employees who cannot get vaccinated because of medical reasons or sincerely-held religious beliefs to the extent that any such accommodation does not pose an undue hardship for the company.Don't meet every single requirement?At Encodia, we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you are excited about this opportunity but you don't check all the boxes in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the person we are looking for.

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