Product Manager - Bioinformatics

Oxford Nanopore Technologies; Oxford; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford Nanopore Technologies seeks a Product Manager - Bioinformatics to translate customer needs and scientific opportunities into product strategy, requirements, and priorities. You will shape workflows for human genomics and collaborate with engineering, research, and commercial teams in a fast-paced scientific environment.

The role focuses on supporting the development of bioinformatics tools used across research and clinical settings, including applications in rare disease and oncology.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in product management and product development process.
• Hands-on experience with bioinformatics, particularly secondary analysis tools and workflows.
• A strong understanding of human genetics, including variant types and analysis approaches.
• Ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Clear communication skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical audiences.
• Organized and able to manage priorities across multiple workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Support the definition and delivery of bioinformatics products for human secondary analysis.
• Contribute to the bioinformatics strategy through deep subject matter expertise, market intelligence, and competitive understanding.
• Gather and prioritize requirements from internal teams, customers, and external collaborators.
• Translate scientific and technical concepts into clear product requirements and user-facing value.
• Collaborate with engineering and research teams to ensure the timely and high-quality delivery of product features.
• Support product releases, including documentation and user guidance.
• Monitor user feedback and product performance to inform ongoing product improvements.

Skills

Product management

Bioinformatics

Cross-functional teams

Communication skills

Tools

Workflow tools

Job description

Job Description

Our goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere. The company has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology for faster, information rich, accessible and affordable molecular analysis.

Job Description

Our goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere. The company has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology for faster, information rich, accessible and affordable molecular analysis.

The first application is DNA/RNA sequencing, and the technology is in development for the analysis of other types of molecules including proteins. The technology is used to understand and characterise the biology of humans and diseases such as cancer, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses, and whole environments.

With a thriving culture of ambition and strong innovation goals, Oxford Nanopore is a UK headquartered company with global operations and customers in more than 125 countries.

We are seeking a Product Manager - Bioinformatics who is comfortable working in a scientific environment, with experience translating customer needs and technical opportunities into product strategy, priorities and requirements.

The Details…

In this role, you will join the bioinformatics product management team and focus on supporting the development of secondary analysis tools and workflows for human and cancer genomics. You will work closely with customers and internal stakeholders (engineering, research, and commercial teams) to define user needs and translate them into clear product requirements, working inside a formal product development process. Your contributions will be vital to the delivery of bioinformatics tools and workflows used across research and clinical settings, including applications in rare disease and oncology.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the definition and delivery of bioinformatics products for human secondary analysis.
• Contribute to the bioinformatics strategy through deep subject matter expertise, market intelligence, and competitive understanding.
• Gather and prioritize requirements from internal teams, customers, and external collaborators.
• Translate scientific and technical concepts into clear product requirements and user-facing value.
• Collaborate with engineering and research teams to ensure the timely and high-quality delivery of product features.
• Support product releases, including documentation and user guidance.
• Monitor user feedback and product performance to inform ongoing product improvements.

What We're Looking For…

• Proven experience in product management and product development process.
• Hands-on experience with bioinformatics, particularly secondary analysis tools and workflows.
• A strong understanding of human genetics, including variant types and analysis approaches.
• Ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Clear communication skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical audiences.
• Organized and able to manage priorities across multiple workstreams.

Desirable Experience

• Knowledge of human and cancer genomics.
• Experience with long-read sequencing data.
• Exposure to clinical or regulated environments.
• Familiarity with workflow tools or cloud-based bioinformatics platforms.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job.

About Us

Oxford Nanopore Technologies: Our goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere. The company has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology for faster, information rich, accessible and affordable molecular analysis. The first application is DNA/RNA sequencing, and the technology is in development for the analysis of other types of molecules including proteins. The technology is used to understand and characterise the biology of humans and diseases such as cancer, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses, and whole environments. With a thriving culture of ambition and strong innovation goals, Oxford Nanopore is a UK headquartered company with global operations and customers in more than 125 countries.