Product Manager, Laboratory Test Execution

Summary

Join Natera's Laboratory Product Management Team as a Product Manager and lead the strategic vision and execution of initiatives for components of Natera’s laboratory test execution software. You will develop and support real-time assay determination and laboratory recommendation products for patient orders, define and drive the product roadmap, and prioritize new features. This role requires strong collaboration with cross-functional teams to build technical alignment and evolve the platform ecosystem. The ideal candidate possesses a blend of business acumen and technical understanding, enabling effective communication and decision-making across various stakeholders. You will be responsible for creating detailed use cases and product requirements, ensuring successful product delivery. Natera offers competitive benefits, including comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans, free testing for employees and their families, and more.

Requirements

• Bachelors in Computer Science, Life Science, or related field
• 3-5 years of experience in Product Management
• Experience with developing robust product requirement documentation for highly performing applications or backend systems
• Strong technical skills: experienced with APIs, relational databases, monitoring tools (DataDog, Sumologic), workflow orchestration tools (Temporal), master data tools, documentation (Jama), cloud technologies and DMN rules engines
• Experience working in an Agile development environment building solutions from start to finish
• Be able to break down large projects into granular milestones and track progress
• Experience in software development lifecycle process from build, software configuration, change control, and release and deployment activities
• Experience leading, influencing and partnering with remote engineering teams
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Highly organized with ability to multi-task
• Proven ability to work and influence cross functional teams
• Effective in building strong rapport with key stakeholders
• Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills
• Ability to understand and describe technical complexities in a simplified way appropriate to different audiences
• This role works with PHI on a regular basis and has access to various technologies to access PHI in order to perform the job

Responsibilities

• Craft and execute a comprehensive strategy for one or more components of the company’s laboratory test execution software suite that aligns with business objectives
• Create and maintain a technical product roadmap, prioritizing a feature backlog and enhancements that improve the processing of clinical orders and align with the overall strategic roadmap
• Lead strategic development initiatives to enhance our platform with reusable and extensible solutions
• Incorporate a focus on quality into product design, and work closely with development and software quality assurance teams on product and process improvements
• Act as a subject matter expert on our software products and create a shared understanding among business and technical teams
• Develop strong hands-on technical knowledge of Natera's software products and be able to aid in tasks ranging from configuration to testing and support
• Partner with engineering teams, product managers, architects and other stakeholders to ensure cross-alignment and successful delivery of product initiatives
• Drive projects from inception and discovery to delivery
• Responsible for the documentation of functional and technical requirements
• Responsible for user acceptance testing, software demonstrations and training
• Responsible for production support in partnership with staff from Engineering Production Support
• Participate in and facilitate scrum ceremonies

Preferred Qualifications

Familiarity with laboratory products, clinical testing processes, molecular biology workflows and bioinformatics pipelines

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents
• Natera employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits
• Pregnancy and baby bonding leave
• 401k benefits
• Commuter benefits
• Generous employee referral program