Natera
Senior Director, ECD Product Strategy
US Remote · Director
Sponsorship not specified$193k-$280kDetected 19 hours ago
Product ManagementProduct StrategyFinancial ModelingClinical TrialsMedical DevicesResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoring
About the role
- This role is accountable for defining product vision and strategy, translating unmet clinical and customer needs into differentiated products, and driving execution through strong cross-functional leadership.
- This position can be out of our San Carlos, CA office or Remote, USA.
- Identify, size, and segment new market opportunities using top-down and bottom-up analyses, incorporating clinical, commercial, and customer insights
Responsibilities
- Lead products across the full lifecycle, from concept and feasibility through development, launch, post-launch optimization, and eventual sunset
- Build and oversee robust business cases, including revenue forecasts, unit economics, ROI, and NPV analyses for new and existing products
- Partner with finance and commercial leadership to align product strategy with financial objectives
- Lead, and develop a team of Product Managers supporting innovation and lifecycle initiatives within Early Cancer Detection
- Natera takes cyber crimes seriously, and will collaborate with law enforcement authorities to prosecute any related cyber crimes.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree (PhD, MD, or MBA) strongly preferred
- 10+ years of experience in product management, product strategy, consulting, or related roles within diagnostics, biotechnology, medical devices, or health technology
- Demonstrated experience managing products across the full lifecycle, including successful product launches
- Proven people leadership experience, including hiring, coaching, and developing product managers
- Experience developing regulated clinical products and working closely with clinical trials and regulatory pathways
Nice to have
- Bachelor's degree required
- advanced degree (PhD, MD, or MBA) strongly preferred
- Prior experience with early cancer detection products strongly preferred
Skills
- Strategic, analytical thinker with the ability to translate complex data into clear product and business decisions
- Strong market research capabilities, including customer interviews and quantitative analysis
- Comfortable diving deep into technical, algorithmic, and molecular concepts and translating them into customer-facing product features
- Hands-on financial modeling and business case development expertise
- Exceptional cross-functional leadership, communication, and influence skills
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a bias toward action, accountability, and results
- Monitor competitive landscape, emerging technologies, and regulatory or reimbursement changes impacting early cancer detection
Compensation
- Lead annual and multi-year strategic planning for ECD products, including investment prioritization, sequencing, and resource allocation
Benefits
- Competitive Benefits - Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents.
- Additionally, Natera employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits.
- Other benefits include pregnancy and baby bonding leave, 401k benefits, commuter benefits and much more.
- Inclusive collaboration benefits our employees, our community and our patients, and is critical to our mission of changing the management of disease worldwide.
- Own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the Early Cancer Detection portfolio, aligned with corporate strategy and long-term growth objectives
- Lead qualitative and quantitative customer research with clinicians, health systems, payers, partners, and internal stakeholders
Company info
- We are committed to ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace environment, and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.
Equal opportunity
- Equal Opportunity Employer.
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