Sr Product Manager

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About the Company

Biolinq is a venture-backed digital health company developing a wearable biosensor platform that measures biomarkers important to the management of many clinical conditions including diabetes. This dynamic role is a part of a team of engineers and scientists developing a novel intradermal biosensor technology and the associated software data extraction and rendering SDK that will transform the way people manage their metabolic health.      

Job Purpose

The Product team is responsible for defining the product strategy, roadmap, and intended user experience. As the Sr. Product Manager, you will help drive the strategy, roadmap, and execution of our bio-wearable platform, including hardware and software. This position reports to the Sr. Director of Marketing.

You will be driving, defining and executing the product strategy and user experience for Biolinq’s next-generation products and services. This role requires a deep understanding of market demands, customers’ needs, wearable sensor and other health data, and emerging technologies, with a particular emphasis on applications in medical devices.

You will lead the end-to-end product lifecycle, from ideation and planning to development, testing, launch, and post-market monitoring. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure that product offerings meet regulatory standards and market requirements, driving commercial success and continuous product improvement. 

Your expertise in identifying product-market fit, synthesizing customer insights, and leading product feature development will play a vital role in shaping the future direction of our innovative medical device products and services. 

The responsibilities of the role includes, but is not limited to: 

• Partnering with engineers, designers, data science, clinical, marketing and regulatory to realize the product vision
• Demonstrate a sense of urgency and “ownership attitude” while working closely with design and engineering teams to deliver the best experience for our users.
• Identifying the most valued unmet user needs
• Ensuring a product is commercially viable (product/market fit) and,
• Continuously improving products via iterative innovation (discover, define/design, develop and delivery)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with senior management to create product plans and roadmaps.
• Supervise and support designers and coordinate cross-functional teams.
• Document and communicate priorities, requirements, and product plans with key stakeholders throughout the organization on an ongoing basis.
• Lead the discovery, ideation, scoping, execution, launch and growth of user centric features to address pain points and   business opportunities.
• Develop hypotheses, experiments, and research plans with the product design team.
• Conduct user research alongside the product design team to identify and evaluate unmet user needs. Use insights to inform product decisions, deliver on user needs, and drive meaningful outcomes for the business.
• Collaborate with Engineering and Design to plan, build, and launch features, from concept through launch
• Manage complex schedules that involve both internal and external teams, across hardware and software. Serve as the external and internal point of contact for key partners.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to create go-to-market plans and materials to communicate, position, and promote the value proposition of your product(s).
• Define and measure product success metrics, and evaluate the impact on the business
• Maximize efficiency in a constantly evolving environment where the process is fluid
  
   

• Bachelors Degree required. MBA preferred or at least 8 years previous engineering, design, and/or business experience.
• 7+ years of experience as a product manager on growth or new product development, or equivalent experience in user   research, product design or engineering.
• Captivating and compelling presentation, communication, and storytelling skills
• Self-starter and resourceful with a “can do” attitude
• Innovative and able to develop and deliver a vision for user experience and business strategy
• Naturally curious, and passionate about learning about customers, product, and industry
• Strong analytical skills and able to draw conclusions from data, user and market insights, management information, and industry trends
• Able to organize and facilitate high-impact meetings and workshops
• Demonstrates product leadership and able to collaborate with cross-functional team
• Sound time management skills, delivering high quality results on tight deadlines
• Highly organized, focused and committed to achieving goals
• Thrives under pressure in prioritizing and managing multiple projects
• Entrepreneurial mindset who searches for ways to improve the product and user experience.
• Is metrics minded and thinks about how your product team’s work ladders up to business and user value.
• Can take rough themes and turn them into a roadmap of features, experiments, and research with minimal guidance.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with aptitude for clearly articulating customer needs.
• High user empathy with a strong focus on execution and being able to put ideas into action.
• Proven ability to take a product from conception to successful market adoption
• Experience developing software, e.g. iOS and/or Android mobile applications, and Web applications in an agile environment.
• Experience working with AI-driven or data-driven consumer experiences.
• Healthcare, wellness, medical device experience, especially diabetes device or application experience is a nice to have.
• Experience with human factors analysis and reporting is a nice to have.

Working Conditions

•  Willingness to travel internationally as required (<20%)

Physical Requirements

•  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; see, talk or hear in a standard office environment. The employee may occasionally climb or balance; stoop, kneel, or crouch; and lift/or move up to 15 pounds. 

BENEFITS

Medical, dental, vision, health savings account, flexible spending account, life and long-term disability insurance, 401(k) plan, holidays, and PTO.

At Biolinq we fully subscribe to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity. It is our policy to provide employment, compensation, and other benefits related to employment based on qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, veteran status, genetic information, disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. In accordance with requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable federal, state and/or local laws, it is our policy to provide reasonable accommodation upon request during the application process to applicants in order that they may be given a full and fair opportunity to be considered for employment. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we intend to comply fully with applicable federal, state and/or local employment laws and the information requested on this application will only be used for purposes consistent with those laws. To the extent required by applicable law, The Company maintains a smoke- free workplace.

 As part of our efforts to ensure fair and equal pay based on merit, Biolinq supports pay transparency internally and during the recruitment process.  The U.S. base salary range reasonably expected to be paid for this role is: $115,000 to $145,000 per year.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range.  Actual compensation packages are commensurate with experience and based on a variety of factors that are unique to each candidate including, but not limited to: skill set, depth of experience, education, certifications, and specific work location. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the job across the U.S.  The total compensation package for this position may also include an annual performance bonus and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans.  Biolinq also offers a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick time, parental leave), medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and any written agreement between the parties.  Your recruiter can share more about the total compensation package during the hiring process.  

Please note:  The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job.  Management may, at its discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.  The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

An Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. 

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Biolinq Talent Acquisition at Careers@biolinq.com