Product Manager III - LIMS

Natera; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Natera is seeking a Product Manager III - LIMS to own the end-to-end product strategy and backlog for lab information management systems. You will translate clinical and market needs into executable requirements and collaborate with designers, engineers, and lab operations to deliver high-impact software solutions.

Focus on quality, AI-enabled prototyping, and stakeholder alignment. You’ll lead roadmap development, work with cross-functional teams, and measure success to drive improvements in

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in software product management, ideally in healthcare IT or biotech
• Experience with Agile software development and working with engineering and QA teams
• Strong communication, facilitation, presentation, relationship-building, and analytical skills
• Experience building scalable enterprise software or business-critical systems
• Willingness to experiment hands-on with AI tools for quick proof-of-concept prototypes

Responsibilities

• Immerse yourself with designers, engineers, product managers, and lab operations to develop elegant software solutions
• Develop the strategy and roadmap for your development teams
• Communicate with cross-functional stakeholders to gather inputs for backlog and gain buy-in for a prioritized roadmap
• Translate business, market and clinical requirements into executable product requirements
• Own and prioritize a feature backlog aligned with the roadmap
• Produce deliverables like flow diagrams, data models, prototypes, and AI sandbox prototypes
• Define success metrics for your product area and measure them
• Incorporate quality focus and work with QA for product/process improvements
• Evangelize product work and drive integration across the organization

Skills

Agile methodologies

Excellent communication

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

AI experimentation

Education

BA/BS in technical field

Job description

As part of the Software Product team, the Product Managers help achieve Natera's strategic imperatives through excellence in technology. They work on products that are critical to lab operations, R&D, process development, commercial operations, reporting, bioinformatics, and more.

To be successful in the role, Product Manager III - LIMS need to have a deep understanding of the end-to-end workflow of the product and the technical details of the software systems to deliver our best-in-class personalized genetic tests. They use this knowledge to translate and document detailed use cases and software product requirements, driving prioritization and critical decision-making on solutions. They also need to be able to effectively work with a wide range of stakeholders. They must own the product roadmap and backlog of work with all technical requirements.

PRIMARY 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.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 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

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• 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.

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OUR OPPORTUNITY

Natera™ is a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, dedicated to oncology, women’s health, and organ health. Our aim is to make personalized genetic testing and diagnostics part of the standard of care to protect health and enable earlier and more targeted interventions that lead to longer, healthier lives.

The Natera team consists of highly dedicated statisticians, geneticists, doctors, laboratory scientists, business professionals, software engineers and many other professionals from world-class institutions, who care deeply for our work and each other. When you join Natera, you’ll work hard and grow quickly. Working alongside the elite of the industry, you’ll be stretched and challenged, and take pride in being part of a company that is changing the landscape of genetic disease management.

WHAT WE OFFER

Competitive Benefits - Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents. Additionally, Natera employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits. Other benefits include pregnancy and baby bonding leave, 401k benefits, commuter benefits and much more. We also offer a generous employee referral program!

Natera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace environment, and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. Inclusive collaboration benefits our employees, our community and our patients, and is critical to our mission of changing the management of disease worldwide.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, and will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable laws.

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