We are looking for a highly motivated Staff Product Manager, Applications to join our team! In this role, you will report directly to the Vice President of Marketing and be responsible for driving the growth and development of Ultima’s next generation sequencing (NGS) application portfolio. This includes assessing and prioritizing customer and market requirements, working with strategic collaborators, and partnering with internal product development teams to deliver disruptive sequencing applications that capitalize on Ultima’s advantages of scale, economics, and accuracy. This role will require deep collaboration with multiple stakeholders within R&D, marketing, sales, support and operations teams. The ideal candidate will have an excellent scientific background combined with strong commercial acumen.

How You'll Contribute

• Identify opportunities for new NGS applications
• Interfaces with sales and customers regularly to characterize market needs and gaps, opportunities and trends, competitive and technology landscape for NGS applications
• Serves as primary customer advocate during product development and sustaining projects to regularly evaluate feature requests and product enhancements; drives tradeoff decisions
• Develop application notes and marketing collateral that highlight features and benefits
• Works closely with manufacturing operations, quality, and support on product issues to ensure products meet customer expectations
• Collaborates with Marketing counterparts and Business Development to support marketing and sales enablement activities, as well activities related to strategic 3rd party partnerships
• Support the sales and FAS teams, including training and development of sales tools and collateral
• Create compelling stories that resonate with target markets

Qualifications, Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Master of PhD degree in molecular biology or associated scientific field a must
• Must have 8 years of experience in genomics with at least 5 years of commercial work experience related to Next Generation Sequencing technologies
• Deep experience and understanding of genomic technologies and how they can be utilized in the market is required
• Technical acumen and understanding of sequencing technologies and workflows, including current and future applications
• Proven ability to develop technical marketing materials including application notes and scientific blogs
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams and to work effectively with customers, development, and sales teams
• Outstanding leadership, teamwork, and communication/presentation skills
• Hands on, high energy, positive attitude with a can-do attitude that gets it done
• Must be willing to travel domestically and internationally ~30% of the time

At Ultima Genomics, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. This role pays between $135,000 and $170,000, and your actual base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending & health savings account; paid holidays; paid time off; employee assistance program; and other company benefits.