Product Manager, Synthetic Biology Products

Agilent is a leader in life sciences, diagnostics and applied chemical markets. The company provides laboratories worldwide with instruments, services, consumables, applications and expertise, enabling customers to gain the insights they seek. Agilent’s expertise and trusted collaboration give them the highest confidence in our solutions.

We are seeking a highly skilled and very energetic Product Manager to work closely with R&D, Sales, and customers to develop and prioritize product requirements, enhancements, and new product offerings to enable customers to be successful in their incorporation of molecular and synthetic biology tools into complex genome engineering workflows. The ideal candidate will possess a broad understanding of genomics/genetics, genome engineering, synthetic biology, and have superior leadership and cross-functional communication skills to be able to successfully manage complex projects and influence multi-disciplinary teams.

The candidate should have a high level of business acumen which will be leveraged in both the development of strong business cases for the development of new products, as well as rationalizing the commercial life cycle of products from launch to obsolescence.

• Develop, refine and communicate product requirements, plans and specifications based on first-hand knowledge of molecular and synthetic biology tools and customer requirements.
• Interface with R&D to translate and prioritize customer requirements into specific bioinformatics software requirements.
• Develop detailed market and customer requirement documents and resulting product roadmap plans. Communicate and implement product plans working closely with marketing, R&D, and manufacturing.
• Develop powerful and targeted marketing collateral in partnership with Marketing Programs and Field Marketing teams to help drive sales of current portfolio as well as new products
• Keep abreast of market and technical trends, competitor products and customer requirements to determine competitive strategies for current and future products.
• Establish relationships with key customers and provide feedback on product offerings.
• Approximately 25% travel will be required.
• Foster a strong working relationship with global sales, partnering effectively to answer questions regarding product offering to drive product sales to achieve growth objectives.

• Bachelor of Science in biology, biochemistry, or molecular biology. Master's or MBA preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in Genomics or related field.
• 2+ years of product management experience.
• Ability to communicate and discuss molecular biology applications in cloning, mutagenesis and genome engineering with internal R&D scientists and customers.
• Exceptional cross-functional communication skills - proven ability to influence at all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated use of marketing skills and market knowledge to define and commercialize products that result in business success.
• Experience in working with worldwide customers and is a strong advocate for customer focus and customer driven development.
• Ability to communicate and discuss molecular biology applications in cloning, mutagenesis and genome engineering with internal R&D scientists and customers.
• Exceptional cross-functional communication skills - proven ability to influence at all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated use of marketing skills and market knowledge to define and commercialize products that result in business success.
• Experience in working with worldwide customers and is a strong advocate for customer focus and customer driven development.