Product Manager, Sequencing Platforms

Oxford Nanopore Technologies; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford Nanopore Technologies in Oxford, United Kingdom is seeking a Product Manager to drive on-market lifecycle management and commercial success of sequencing platforms. You will translate customer and technical insights into clear product requirements, develop data-driven roadmaps, and collaborate across R&D, Product Marketing, and Commercial to ensure timely delivery.

This role sits at the interface of science and business, championing the voice of the customer and shaping product strategy

Qualifications

• Experience in product management of physical devices in biotechnology, life sciences, or medical devices.
• Ability to use data to inform decisions and influence stakeholders.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration in matrixed environments.
• End-to-end project management experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as the voice of the customer translating insights into requirements and priorities.
• Develop and deliver data-driven product roadmaps balancing customer needs, technical feasibility, and delivery timelines.
• Coordinate with operations and supply chain to ensure product availability and lifecycle sustainability.
• Work cross-functionally with R&D, Product Marketing and Commercial for aligned execution.
• Develop sales collateral and assist with complex technical queries.

Skills

VoC translation

Data-driven decisions

Cross-functional collaboration

End-to-end delivery

Strong communication

Job description

Role Overview

Oxford Nanopore Technologies is seeking a Product Manager to support the lifecycle management and commercial success of our sequencing platforms.

Job Description

Product Manager, Sequencing Platforms

OXFORD, OXFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom

Hybrid

Role Overview

Oxford Nanopore Technologies is seeking a Product Manager to support the lifecycle management and commercial success of our sequencing platforms.

This role is focused on the on-market management of our sequencing platforms, ensuring they continue to deliver strong customer value, remain competitive, and evolve in line with user needs and organisational priorities.

The Product Manager will work cross-functionally to translate customer, commercial, and technical insights into clear product requirements and actionable roadmaps, supporting ongoing product development and improvement.

Sitting at the interface of science, technology, and commercial teams, the role will act as a key voice of the customer, ensuring that development activities are grounded in real-world needs and that product decisions are supported by robust data and evidence.

The Role

What You Will Be Responsible For

Reporting to the Associate Director of Product Management, you will be responsible for on-market product management

• Act as the voice of the customer (VoC), translating insights from customers and internal stakeholders into clear product requirements and priorities
• Develop and deliver data-driven product roadmaps, balancing customer needs, technical feasibility, and delivery timelines
• Coordinate with operations and supply chain to ensure product availably and lifecycle sustainability and proactively identify and mitigating delivery risks
• Work cross-functionally with R&D, Product Marketing and Commercial to ensure aligned and timely execution of product initiatives
• Act as a product champion, supporting commercial activities through development of sales collateral, defining supporting technical work, and assisting with complex technical queries

Essential

What We Are Looking For...

• Experience in product management of physical devices within biotechnology, life sciences, or medical devices.
• Demonstrated ability to use data to inform decisions and influence stakeholders
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with experience working in matrixed environments
• Experience managing projects or product initiatives end-to-end, from requirements through delivery
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Desirable

• Experience working next generation sequencing systems or genomics applications.
• Experience working under product development and commercialisation (PD&C) or equivalent development frameworks
• Exposure to global markets and diverse customer segments

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.