Sr. Product Designer (Life Science Reagents)

Job Scope

At GenScript, we believe great products begin long before the first experiment. As a Senior Product Designer under GenScript's Catalog Products Business Unit, you won't simply manage existing products—you will design the future of our life science research portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Design Future Product Portfolio & Roadmaps

  • Portfolio Strategy: Build long-term product portfolio strategies across antibodies, recombinant proteins, enzymes, bioassays, protein purification products, Cell & Gene Therapy (GCT) reagents, and emerging technology platforms.

  • White Space Identification: Pinpoint technology white spaces and unarticulated customer needs to establish a sustainable, high-margin product menu.

  • Strategic Roadmapping: Formulate and maintain future product roadmaps aligned with global business unit growth objectives.

• Customer Insights & Actionable VOC

  • Deep Workflow Understanding: Transform scientific insights into commercial opportunities by deep-diving into customer workflows, Jobs-to-be-Done (JTBD), and Voice of the Customer (VOC).

  • Market Intuition: Keep a pulse on emerging research trends, technology evolution, and the global competitive landscape. Your goal is to discover latent opportunities that customers have not yet articulated.

• Shape Innovation & Platform Strategy

  • Multidimensional Evaluation: Evaluate future portfolio opportunities by integrating scientific feasibility, customer value, market potential, competitive differentiation, intellectual property (IP), and business economics.

  • Make vs. Buy Assessment: Conduct thorough "Build vs. Buy vs. Partner" assessments to support annual strategic planning and executive innovation reviews.

• Connect Science with Business

  • Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner seamlessly with R&D, Marketing, Business Development, Commercial, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and QA/RA to transform raw ideas into high-impact product development programs.

  • Executive Communication: Develop data-driven strategic recommendations and business cases to guide executive investment decisions.

Education

• PhD preferred (Master’s degree with exceptional industry experience will also be highly considered) in:

  • Biology / Cell Biology
  • Immunology
  • Protein Engineering / Antibody Engineering
  • Biochemistry / Bioengineering or related life science disciplines.

Experience

• We are looking for an individual who seamlessly combines scientific depth with corporate strategic thinking. Preferred experience includes one or more of the following:

  • Protein engineering, Antibody discovery & optimization
  • Cell & Gene Therapy (GCT) reagent development
  • Functional proteins and Bioassays
  • Advanced protein purification technologies

• Highly Desirable: Experience and service in Early Discovery, Platform Development, or CMC within biopharma or top-tier CROs.

• A Strong Plus: Direct experience interacting with biopharma customers, supporting business development, technical marketing, or corporate strategic planning.

Core Competencies

• Strategic Thinking & Systems Thinking

• Scientific Curiosity & Innovation Management

• Customer-Centric Mindset (VOC/JTBD)

• Portfolio Design & Market Insight

• Cross-functional Leadership & Executive Communication

• Data-driven Decision Making

What Makes You Successful

• You are someone who naturally enjoys asking questions such as:

  • Why do customers need this? What problem are we really solving?
  • Is this the best, highest-barrier product we could build?
  • What technology will define the next five years of drug discovery?

• You possess the rare ability to synthesize Scientific Innovation, Customer Insight, Business Opportunity, and Technology Strategy into clear, decisive product definitions.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• 401(k) retirement plan with a company match that vests fully on day one

• Paid parental leave after just three (3) months of employment

• Paid time off policy that includes vacation time, personal time, sick time, floating holidays, and company holidays

• Flexible spending and health savings accounts

• Life and AD&D insurance

• Short- and long-term disability coverage

• Legal assistance

• Supplemental plans such as pet, critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance

• Commuter benefits

• Well-being initiatives

• Peer-to-peer recognition programs

Company

GenScript Biotech Corporation (HK.1548) is an important technology and service provider in the world for life science R&D and manufacture. Built upon its solid DNA synthesis technology, GenScript Biotech comprises four major business units: a life-science services and products business unit, a biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) business unit, an industrial synthetic products business unit, and an integrated global cell therapy company.

GenScript Biotech was founded in New Jersey, USA in 2002 and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2015. The company’s business operations span over 100 countries and regions worldwide with legal entities located in the U.S., China, Japan, Singapore, Netherlands, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Korea, Belgium and Spain. GenScript Biotech provides premium, convenient and reliable services and products for over 200,000 customers.

As of June 30, 2024, GenScript Biotech had more than 6,900 employees globally, and 103,600 peer-reviewed journal articles worldwide had cited GenScript Biotech’s services and products. In addition, GenScript Biotech owns a number of intellectual property rights, including over 300 patents, over 900 patent applications and great numbers of know-how secrets.

Driven by the corporate mission of “make people and nature healthier through biotechnology”, GenScript Biotech strives to become the most trustworthy biotech company in the world.