Sr Software Technical Product Manager

$115,800 - $173,800/Yr

Illumina

Full-time - Mid Level

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Senior Technical Product Manager at Illumina will lead the development of software solutions for high-volume clinical laboratory operations. This role involves transforming operational needs into system requirements, collaborating with various teams to define product strategies, and ensuring the delivery of user-friendly systems that meet scalability and uptime requirements. The position is based in San Diego and is integral to advancing genomic technology for health equity.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary team in transforming operational/customer needs into system parameters/requirements for software intended for high-volume clinical laboratory.
• Work with quality team, assay development teams, software managers, and other software product managers to define short-term goals and long-term strategy of laboratory software.
• Lead use case development, requirements elicitation, and analysis sessions to produce software requirements specifications in an Agile Scrum process.
• Write software requirements specifications and software documentation for internal and external audiences, including feature description pages, how-to guides, reference material, technical overviews, architecture overviews, etc.
• Define product development priorities and communicate product requirements with the development team, quality team, and customers.
• Collaborate with development teams and technical operations to design user-friendly systems architected to meet scalability and uptime requirements.
• Work with system architect & software development teams on overall system design to meet requirements that allow for end-to-end NGS and genotyping clinical laboratory workflows.
• Provide technical leadership for product development through use of broad technical expertise, leadership skills, and development process knowledge.
• Collaborate with Project Management to create and track product development progress.

Requirements

• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 3 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD without experience; or equivalent work experience.
• Experience in requirements gathering, development & scrum product owner role.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and multi-disciplinary teams in a complex fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge of full software development life cycle.
• Knowledge of LIMS software and lab processes.
• Knowledge of genomics analysis software and pipeline creation.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms for genomics data analysis.
• Knowledge of user experience design in developing software solutions with exceptional usability.
• Ability to present complex ideas and information clearly and succinctly in a group setting.
• Ability to create useful, high-quality diagrams, process flow and mock-ups to facilitate system design, specification, and knowledge transfer.
• Prior programming experience.
• Experience working in an ISO:13485 or FDA regulated (QSR) environment is a plus.
• Strong analytical skills required.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills required.

Benefits

• Access to genomics sequencing
• Family planning
• Health/dental/vision insurance
• Retirement benefits
• Paid time off