Product Manager, Lunatic

Job Description: Product Manager, Lunatic

The Top Line

Here’s the deal. We’re all about helping researchers break free from tools that just don’t cut it. Unleashing problem-tackling products that make a huge difference in the real science they do every day. That’s our mantra, our promise and we own it. Our tribe is different. We thrive on moving fast, taking risks and persevering through failure. We embrace the unknown and we are happy to make mistakes. We are there for each other and we crave diversity because we know that building a truly diverse tribe will make us better at everything.    

The Job

This is a one of a kind opportunity for a highly motivated individual who wants to join a fast-paced and growing marketing team. The ideal candidate has product management experience and a working knowledge of genomics and sequencing workflows and is interested in helping scientists leverage cool technology to make their work easier. This is a job for someone who wants to blaze their own trail in the worlds of science, business, and customers all at the same time. We offer flexible work hours in an office-occasional model. This role is based in either California or Ghent, Belgium.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with management to create and deliver an annual marketing plan for your instrument
• Make recommendations for new products through our strategic planning process: analyzing customer requirements, market trends, and competitive intelligence
• Participate in new product development from concept through commercialization, bringing the voice of the customer, customer requirements and value propositions to the table
• Work closely with Product Development, facilitate product roadmap decisions, and make sure that commercial objectives are met
• Partner with customers to make Lunatic a key part of their workflows and cultivate customer voices to advocate for Lunatic
• Become the “go to” person for your instrument, the main advocate who can clearly communicate what customers need and translate and communicate to the field or internally
• Create and deliver clear presentations and messages explaining product value in webinars, seminars, video content, and customer interactions
• Own and execute on product training for the sales team
• Build and implement customer facing sales tools with internal/external partners to get it all done
• Take a front and center role in company presence at tradeshows, exhibitions and conferences

Qualifications

• PhD or MS in genomics, biochemistry, molecular biology, bioengineering or a related field; will consider BS with biopharma experience
• 2+ years of life science tools product management, field application scientist, or sales experience
• Inbound marketing experience with a focus on ushering customer technical requirements into product development