Sr. Product Manager, Clinical Studies & SampleMinded Research

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Position Overview

The Sr. Product Manager, Clinical Studies & SampleMinded Research (SMR) owns the SMR product and vision while partnering with clinical study teams and our Precision Oncology and Screening business units. This role ensures that SMR evolves to meet study needs by aligning product strategy, roadmap, and delivery with clinical, lab, and operational requirements. The Sr. Product Manager drives end-to-end delivery, translates study needs into prioritized product features, and supports study intake where SMR is involved. They serve as the primary point of contact for SMR-related questions and ensure alignment between study expectations and product capabilities by identifying risks, gaps, and dependencies.

In addition, the Sr. Product Manager collaborates closely with Clinical Affairs, CASO, lab teams, and IT partners to align on workflows, integrations, and system dependencies related to SMR. The role requires strong cross-functional leadership and the ability to navigate complex, matrixed environments, ensuring clear communication and coordination across stakeholders while maintaining focus on delivering high-quality product solutions.

This position leads requirement definition, including user stories and acceptance criteria, and ensures that delivered solutions meet both stakeholder needs and product standards. The Sr. Product Manager balances strategic thinking with execution, continuously analyzing opportunities to improve SMR capabilities and support a growing portfolio of clinical studies. While this role engages with clinical programs, accountability remains focused on SMR product outcomes, with broader study execution and IT coordination responsibilities residing within program and clinical teams.

The ideal candidate brings strong product management experience, a demonstrated ability to work across clinical and technical domains, and a passion for solving complex problems in support of advancing cancer diagnostics.
 

Essential Duties

Include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Demonstrate complete knowledge, skills, and understanding of practices for complex programs and initiatives exhibiting creativity and substantial understanding of specialized techniques, processes, and procedures.

• Engage as a key voice of the customer for stakeholders  for one or more product areas to ensure their needs are heard and that delivery teams are getting the support needed.

• Translate user and business needs into high-level requirements for work assignments of medium complexity, by utilizing a structured process for gathering, analyzing, documenting, and managing change to assess and recommend solutions based on cost vs. benefit analysis and parallels to overall business strategy. 

• Define acceptance criteria for product features of medium complexity and ensure they are understood by the delivery team. 

• Maintain detailed documentation such as gap analyses, business process flow charts, decision tables, features, and business requirements document to aid in the development and refinement of new analytical tools and processes. 

• Execute plans during the implementation phase, composing standard operating procedures (SOPs), participating in design reviews and walk throughs.

• Track product performance after implementation to ensure efficiency of operations and proactively provide continuous improvement recommendations.

• Define key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure product success. Monitor product performance, analyze data, and make data-driven decisions to improve product outcomes.

• Collaborate closely with Quality Engineering (QE) to ensure the product meets high standards of quality, performance and reliability by defining the product requirements and acceptance criteria, which are then used by the QE team to develop test plans and test cases.

• Create and maintain the product roadmap for area of responsibility that outlines the development and release of features.

• Communicate product strategy, roadmap, and progress to stakeholders, including executives, partners, and customers.

• Manage stakeholder expectations and prioritize competing demands to ensure alignment and focus.

• Actively participate in all squad ceremonies. 

• Review work completed by the squad, provide feedback, and accept work, as applicable. 

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