Sr. Product Manager-Rare Disease (REMOTE, USA or Hybrid-Aliso Viejo, CA)

Compensation:  $120,000 - $150,000 per year. You are eligible to a Short-Term Incentive Plan with the target at 7.5% of your annual earnings, terms and conditions apply.

Sr. Product Manager: Rare Disease (Remote, USA or Hybrid-Aliso Viejo, CA)

Job Overview: 

The Senior Product Manager will play a primary role in managing the molecular testing services for the Ambry Genetics portfolio. The senior product manager is a key contributor to Ambry’s product strategy, business cases, and portfolio roadmap for new product development targeting clinical testing for genetic disease, specifically rare disease and cardiology. The senior product manager will report to the Product Management, Manager and will work cross functionally within Ambry Genetics to ensure alignment of Ambry’s product strategy to the broader product portfolio.

The Product Management organization establishes the full product value proposition and product positioning for all customers. The Product Management organization is also accountable to design outstanding customer experiences and works with partners (e.g., R&D, Market Intelligence, Technical Product Management, Clinical Reporting, and Medical Science Liaisons) to deliver best in class products.

The ideal candidate possesses exceptional critical thinking skills and is an energetic, entrepreneurial, expert-level Product leader that has implemented and delivered hands-on product management of advanced NGS diagnostic assays as LDTs or IVDs.

• This role works with Personal Health Information (PHI) on a regular basis both in paper and electronic form, and therefore training relating to HIPAA/PHI privacy, General Policies and Procedure Compliance training and security training will be required upon hire.

Essential Functions:

• Oversees product roadmaps and end-to-end product lifecycle
• Collects voice of customer feedback and performs market research to uncover customer pain points, customer segmentation and portfolio gaps
• Performs technology/product market & competitive analyses 
• Establishes product positioning and messaging
• Synthesizes a coherent product roadmap based on customer input, business goals, and R&D competencies
• Drives coordination and prioritization of features with the tech and R&D organizations
• Is responsible for Product P&L, revenue growth, success of product and product feature launches (product adoption and product experience)
• Partners closely with the commercial teams (marketing and sales) to gain customer insights and execute strategy
• Collaborates with the leadership team and product marketing team to influence the overall objectives and long-range goals for the product, and makes decisions that have significant impact on these objectives and goals
• Works closely with MSL and GSL teams to establish strong working relationships with key customers and key opinion leaders for insights into technology and clinical application trends
• Travel up to 15%
• Other duties as assigned 

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree, MBA, or other related graduate level degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience, which includes 2-3 years of experience in product management or product development
• Experience in pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device or molecular diagnostics industry.
• Experience in highly complex and competitive markets
• Demonstrates advanced capability within the following key areas:
  • Customer, product, and market Insights: Ability to understand, integrate and synthesize insights across customers, competitors, therapeutic or business areas and markets to inform customer-centric business decisions
  • Financial acumen: Ability to use financial information and capabilities to inform investment decisions, manage external partners and budgets, and drive sound business decisions
  • Value creation: Ability to develop and communicate the unique value and promise that Ambry products and solutions provide to its customers
  • Business strategy: Ability to make choices and identify key metrics to deliver measurable customer and financial objectives that drive business forward
  • Account marketing and partnerships: Ability to identify, develop and maximize effective working relationships with customers and partners to gain alignment on customer needs and optimize business and customer outcomes
• Deep knowledge of the healthcare ecosystem including health economics, policy, and the regulatory environment
• Knowledge of each customer type e.g., HCPs, patients, payers
• Ability to thin