Vice President of Product Engineering, Genetics Portfolio

Role Description

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.

You will oversee a dedicated team of Digital Product Managers (DPMs), Product Solution Architects, and Product Integration Engineers. Your organization is responsible for defining "what" needs to be built to support a diverse portfolio, including:

• Horizon (Carrier Screening)
• Empower (Hereditary Cancer Screening)
• Renasight (Chronic Kidney Disease)
• Panorama (NIPT)
• Specialized panels for Rare Disease diagnostics

You will partner with the VP of Software Engineering to leverage a shared pool of ~350 engineers for the technical implementation of the roadmap.

In the first 90 days, the VP will establish deep partnerships with the GMs of Women’s Health, Organ Health, and Emerging Businesses to align on strategic goals. You will audit the existing Genetics and Rare Disease digital product roadmaps, identify critical gaps in the user experience, and establish a clear "service-level" relationship with the horizontal engineering teams.

Within the first year, you are expected to have successfully supported the commercialization of new products, driven measurable improvements to existing on-market products, and launched innovative software support for the Emerging Business/Rare Disease pipeline. Success will be reflected in:

• Product launch predictability
• Revenue enablement through new features
• A seamless digital experience that positions Natera as the market leader in reproductive, renal, and rare disease health

Qualifications

• 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents.
• Free testing for Natera employees and their immediate families.
• Fertility care benefits.
• Pregnancy and baby bonding leave.
• 401k benefits.
• Commuter benefits.
• Generous employee referral program.

Company Description

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.

The Natera team consists of highly dedicated statisticians, geneticists, doctors, laboratory scientists, business professionals, software engineers and many other professionals from world-class institutions, who care deeply for our work and each other.

Natera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace environment, and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.