Vice President of Product Engineering, Genetics Portfolio
Position Summary
The Vice President of Product Engineering, Genetics Portfolio is a senior executive leadership role responsible for the software product strategy, roadmap, and delivery for Natera’s Women’s Health, Organ Health, and Emerging Business/Rare Disease Diagnostics business units. This leader acts as the primary technical liaison to the business unit General Managers and is the single person accountable for the vertical’s success in these high-growth areas.
Key Responsibilities
Vertical Product Strategy & Roadmap Ownership
Define and own the multi-year software roadmap for the Genetics portfolio, including Women's Health, Organ Health, and Emerging Business / Rare Disease Diagnostics, ensuring alignment with clinical utility and revenue targets.
Act as the Executive Sponsor for major pillar projects, ensuring they meet commercial expectations and quality standards through the entire product lifecycle.
Lead the Digital Product Management team to translate complex clinical needs into technical requirements, prioritizing the backlog for maximum patient and business impact.
Drive the strategy for Product Integration, ensuring a frictionless ordering and reporting experience across provider portals and EMR systems, Accessioning/LIMS, Lab Workflow Tracking, Bioinformatics Pipelines, and Tertiary Analysis and reporting systems.
Operational Excellence & Partnership
Operate as a "servant-leader" customer of the centralized Engineering organization, providing clear requirements and priorities to enable efficient technical execution.
Partner with the centralized PMO and the Software Engineering VP to ensure project milestones are hit and risks are mitigated before they impact launch dates.
Collaborate with R&D and Laboratory Operations to ensure new assays—including those for emerging and rare disease markets—are launched with "automation-first" software that reduces manual burden.
Track and report on portfolio-specific KPIs, including product performance, user adoption, and delivery velocity.
Leadership & Team Development
Lead and mentor a specialized team of Product Solution Architects and Integration Engineers, fostering a culture of technical rigor and business empathy.
Bridge the gap between scientific complexity (Genetics, Bioinformatics) and digital product simplicity, ensuring tools are intuitive for clinicians and internal lab staff.
Manage the organizational transition from technology-focused component teams to mission-oriented cross-functional pods.
Regulatory & Clinical Quality
Ensure all software products meet the stringent requirements of a CLIA/CAP-certified and FDA-regulated environment.
Partner with Quality and Regulatory teams to ensure requirements and design controls are properly documented to support successful audits and submissions.
Qualifications
Required:
15+ years of progressive experience in software product engineering or technology leadership, with a significant background in Clinical Genomics, Diagnostics, or Rare Disease.
Demonstrated success leading complex, multi-product portfolios and managing senior leaders (Directors/Sr. Directors).
Deep understanding of the software infrastructure (LIMS, Portals, EMR) required to support high-volume genetic testing at scale.
Proven track record of managing high-stakes partnerships between business units and a centralized engineering execution arm.
PREFERRED:
Experience in product life cycle management, including supporting the commercialization of new diagnostics and driving continuous improvement for on-market products.
Background in high-throughput Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) laboratory workflows.
Advanced degree (Masters or Ph.D.) in Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, or Computer Science.
Remote USA
$281,200 - $351,500 USD
OUR OPPORTUNITY
Natera™ is a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, dedicated to oncology, women’s health, and organ health. Our aim is to make personalized genetic testing and diagnostics part of the standard of care to protect health and enable earlier and more targeted interventions that lead to longer, healthier lives.
WHAT WE OFFER
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. We also offer a generous employee referral program!
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