Biotech Research And Development Jobs in Colorado

Job Summary:
Watchmaker Genomics is seeking a strategic and collaborative Associate Director, Product Management (MDx & Enzymes) to lead their product management team. This role involves advancing product strategy across molecular diagnostics and enzyme technologies while managing a team of Product Managers and ensuring alignment with business priorities.
Responsibilities:
• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of Product Managers across the MDx & Enzymes portfolio.
• Set clear goals, drive accountability, and foster a culture of ownership, innovation, and customer centricity.
• Support your team in leading their respective portfolio strategy teams, serving as a strategic sponsor to ensure focus, execution, and alignment with business priorities.
• Own the overarching MDx & Enzymes product strategy, spanning applications such as qPCR, RT-qPCR, PCR, isothermal amplification, and enzyme use in MDx and NGS workflows.
• Guide multi-year portfolio planning and investment prioritization in partnership with Commercial, R&D, and Executive teams.
• Ensure strategies reflect the needs of key market segments (e.g., point-of-care, decentralized testing, centralized labs) and relevant clinical indications (e.g., infectious disease, oncology).
• Contribute to Watchmaker’s Product Engine by supporting market research, customer segmentation, competitive landscaping, and new product opportunity identification.
• Sponsor early-stage discovery efforts, helping your team define unmet needs and align scientific feasibility with market demand.
• Drive clarity and alignment across both MDx and NGS innovation areas.
• Guide your team in planning and executing effective product and commercial launches with differentiated positioning, clear messaging, and commercial alignment.
• Partner cross-functionally to ensure go-to-market readiness and long-term product success.
• Support lifecycle management and continuous portfolio optimization to drive sustainable growth.
• Guidance and execution of processes and products to support our OEM channels.
Qualifications:
Required:
• MS and +12 years of relevant industry experience, including 2–4 years in people management and a proven track record in product strategy and leadership.
• Minimum of 12 years of relevant industry experience in life sciences, diagnostics, or biotechnology.
• 2–4 years in people management.
• Demonstrated Product Management experience, with a strong preference for roles involving cross-functional product development and commercial launch.
• Experience participating in or leading NPD core teams is required.
• Customer-facing experience (e.g., field application, sales, customer discovery) is a plus.
• Experience dealing with OEM customers and processes.
• Experience in collaboratively developing portfolio strategy.
• Deep expertise in MDx applications and enzyme technologies.
• Strategic mindset with strong analytical, market research, and opportunity prioritization skills.
• Strong strategic thinker with a demonstrated ability to define and execute long-term growth strategies.
• Proven leadership and team development capabilities.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across functions and leadership levels.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, prioritize with clarity, and drive business results.
• Willingness to travel up to 30% (domestic and international).
• Excellent organizational, prioritization, and decision-making skills.
• Capable of translating complex technical concepts into clear, actionable insights and differentiated product value propositions.
• Proven team leadership, with the ability to coach, develop, and motivate high-performing contributors.
• Customer- and market-focused mindset with strong commercial acumen.
Preferred:
• Local candidates preferred.
Company:
Watchmaker Genomics is a biotechnology company that focuses on breakthrough applications for reading, writing, and editing DNA. Founded in 2019, the company is headquartered in Boulder, USA, with a team of 201-500 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.