Staff Product Manager – HT, NGS
Illumina
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • United States
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Salary
💰 $129,400 - $194,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Design and execute primary market research programs including conjoint analyses, customer interviews, focus groups, and quantitative surveys to define unmet needs and willingness-to-pay.
- Synthesize market data into actionable insights that inform product positioning, pricing strategy, and investment prioritization.
- Build and maintain a deep understanding of key customer segments including academic medical centers, clinical laboratories, biopharma, and large-scale genomics service providers.
- Partner with Product Marketing to contribute to the competitive intelligence function for high-throughput NGS, providing upstream market context and helping track competitor capabilities and anticipated future technology and commercial moves.
- Model total cost of workflow (reagents, instruments, informatics, labor) to support value-based selling and pricing strategy.
- Collaborate closely with Sales, Marketing, R&D, and Finance to align on strategic priorities and ensure market insights are embedded throughout the product lifecycle.
- Present market strategy, competitive assessments, and market research to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.
Requirements
- Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years of experience; or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated experience designing and executing quantitative and qualitative market research methodologies, including conjoint analysis, win/loss interviews, and voice-of-customer programs.
- Proven ability to develop commercial go-to-market plans grounded in market evidence.
- Strong competitive analysis skills, including experience anticipating future competitor moves and developing strategic response frameworks.
- Solid technical understanding of NGS workflows, including library preparation, sequencing chemistry, and bioinformatics — sufficient to engage credibly with R&D and scientific customers.
- Experience working cross-functionally across Sales, Marketing, R&D, and Finance in a matrixed organization.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information into clear strategic narratives for executive audiences.
Benefits
- access to genomics sequencing
- family planning
- health/dental/vision
- retirement benefits
- paid time off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
market researchconjoint analysisquantitative surveysqualitative research methodologiescompetitive analysisNGS workflowslibrary preparationsequencing chemistrybioinformaticsgo-to-market plans
Soft Skills
strategic thinkingcommunication skillscollaborationsynthesis of informationpresentation skillscross-functional teamworkanalytical skillsleadershipproblem-solvingstakeholder engagement