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Director of Product Management

Employer
Element Biosciences
Location
San Diego, CA
Start date
Jul 12, 2022

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Discipline
Marketing, Product Development/Management
Required Education
Bachelors Degree
Position Type
Full time
Hotbed
Biotech Beach

Job Details

Element Biosciences is a multi-disciplinary startup focused on innovating genetic analysis tools for the research and clinical markets. The Company's technology will broaden the end user experience through improved data quality and simplified workflows to benefit discoveries and diagnosis in healthcare.

The Company

Join a team of dreamers and revolutionaries who are focused on democratizing access to genetic analysis, thereby accelerating the pace of scientific discovery.  We are redefining an industry and the possibilities are endless.  

The Role

In this role, you will be working in a fast-paced team-oriented environment where your primary objectives will be to use your knowledge of customer needs and market trends, to lead activities relating to researching, designing, and marketing new products and features for new genomics products alongside your R&D partners. This role will report to the SVP of Marketing and Product Management with a preference that the candidate be based in San Diego, If you are a “builder” looking to make an impact, this role may be for you.

Responsibilities:

  • You will have a good knowledge of the market trends, customer needs, competitive products and product offerings for genomic applications that use short read or long read approaches in next generation sequencing.
  • You will contribute to the development and implementation of creative promotional tactics that align themselves with the buying process of the customer, and drive both favorable brand awareness and product revenue growth.
  • You will monitor the revenue and market performance of each product in the range to both assess what changes in strategy or tactic might be necessary.
  • You will identify new product and market opportunities related to the range of products and related market segments.
  • You will act as a champion for the given range of products, both internally and externally.
  • You will be involved with the management of the product lifecycle. These would include Research and Applications teams, Customers to test specifications during concept and product development phases, Operations to ensure products are manufactured to both specification and forecast, and Sales and Field Support to ensure adequate pre- and post-launch support.

Required Qualifications and Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in one of core life science disciplines – biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, etc.
  • Minimum of four years’ experience in genomics technologies, ideally related to next generation sequencing applications in a marketing or sales role or combination.
  • Strong communicator with the ability to work with cross-functional teams without line management authority.
  • Well organized ability to help drive projects, multi-task, and prioritize projects and tasks efficiently.
  • Good understanding of core principles of marketing and how to best apply them to the life science market.
  • Solid understanding of selling process and how it is used effectively with varying product types in different segments of life science market.
  • Excellent computing skills, with specific knowledge of Microsoft Office tool set; Salesforce.com knowledge a plus.
  • Experience managing the lifecycle of a range of different product types from idea conceptualization through launch, growth, and maturity, to their formal deletion.
  • Ability to travel up to 25% in US and internationally.

We are passionate about our mission to develop high performing products to study genomics in an unprecedented flexibility and to understand biology for the improvement of healthcare. We have built a highly efficient product-driven organization where employees can learn, grow, and thrive in a challenging but encouraging environment.  We are committed to scientific integrity, collegiality, honesty, objectivity, and openness.   We offer excellent benefits, which include a 401K plan, competitive health benefits, flexible vacation, and equity incentives. 

 

 

 

 

Company

At Element Biosciences, our mission is to empower the scientific community with more freedom and flexibility to accelerate our collective impact on humanity. Our proprietary approach to improving the signal-to-noise ratio allows us to provide groundbreaking innovations in surface chemistry, instrumentation, and biochemistry to drastically decrease the run cost and capital cost while delivering high sequencing data quality. Founded in 2017, our headquarters is located in San Diego, California, with additional operations located in the San Francisco Bay area.

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Company info
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Phone
(619) 353-0300
Location
10055 Barnes Canyon Road
San Diego, CA 92121
US

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