Illumina · 2 weeks ago
Sr. Staff Product Manager, NovaSeq X Series
San Diego, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$156K/yr - $233K/yr
12+ years expIllumina is a company focused on expanding access to genomic technology for health equity. They are looking for an experienced Senior Staff Product Manager to drive product strategy and execution for a major platform initiative in high-throughput sequencing, collaborating with various teams to innovate and meet customer needs.
BiotechnologyGeneticsHealth CareMedical
Responsibilities
Provide product leadership for a complex, multi-year platform program, including business case framing, customer and market analysis, requirements definition, and strategic decision support
Lead market input to design decisions by understanding workflow needs, application requirements, competitive trends, and ecosystem dynamics (library prep, automation, informatics)
Represent the customer as a critical member of the development core team, by advocating for their needs and ensuring trade off decisions do not impact Illumina’s ability to serve our customers
Engage directly with high-throughput customers—genome centers, clinical labs, research institutes, and service providers—to bring a deep, workflow-informed voice of customer into product strategy and development
Anchor product decisions in a customer-first understanding of operational constraints, workflow bottlenecks, application needs, and adoption drivers
Partner closely with R&D teams to translate customer needs and workflow insights into clear, testable product requirements and acceptance criteria
Drive cross-functional execution across chemistry, hardware, software, operations, and commercial stakeholders to ensure program alignment and readiness
Support cross-functional teams in modeling adoption patterns, sequencing volume drivers, workflow considerations, and platform economics to inform platform and portfolio decisions
Collaborate with Regional Marketing, Product Management, and the Commercial Organization to align on messaging, positioning, launch plans, and customer engagement strategies
Develop clear materials and frameworks to support executive decision-making, including product trade-offs, opportunity assessments, and roadmap recommendations
Work with commercial teams to create and deliver sales tools, positioning guidance, objection handling, and customer-facing content
Build strong relationships with internal and external partners, key opinion leaders, and ecosystem stakeholders to stay ahead of emerging customer and technology trends
Represent the platform strategy across internal teams and drive clarity on product direction, customer value, and business impact
Qualification
Required
Typically requires a minimum of 12 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 12 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 8 years of experience; or equivalent experience
Strong technical knowledge of NGS platforms, workflows, and high-throughput sequencing applications
Demonstrated ability to integrate customer insights, technical constraints, and business drivers into clear product strategy and requirements
Demonstrated ability to operate as a customer-first product leader, grounding product decisions in real customer workflows, technical realities, and long-term adoption dynamics
Experience working in highly cross-functional, matrixed environments with R&D, Operations, Finance, and Commercial teams
Proven analytical strength, with the ability to interpret complex data, model businesses cases and link analysis to strategic decisions
Strong communication and executive-level presentation skills
Experience supporting or launching products in clinical genomics, high-throughput research, or sequencing operations is highly desirable
Demonstrated understanding of ecosystem dependencies (workflow integration, automation, informatics, sample logistics) and how they influence customer adoption
Up to 30% travel may be required
Benefits
Access to genomics sequencing
Family planning
Health/dental/vision
Retirement benefits
Paid time off
Company
Illumina
Illumina is an innovative technology and revolutionary assays aiming the analyze genetic variation and function.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.28BKey Investors
Bank of America
2024-09-06Post Ipo Debt· $500M
2023-01-04Post Ipo Debt· $750M
2000-07-28IPO
Leadership Team
Steven Barnard
Chief Technology Officer, Head of Research & Product Development
Jenny Lei Zheng
SVP & GM of Greater China
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