Technical Product Manager

Oxford Nanopore Technologies is headquartered at the Oxford Science Park outside Oxford, UK, with satellite offices and commercial presence in many global locations across the US, APAC and Europe. Oxford Nanopore employs from multiple subject areas including nanopore science, molecular biology and applications, informatics, engineering, electronics, manufacturing and commercialisation. The management team, led by CEO Dr Gordon Sanghera, has a track record of delivering disruptive technologies to the market.

Oxford Nanopore’s sequencing platform is the only technology that offers real-time analysis (for rapid insights), in fully scalable formats from pocket to population scale, that can analyse native DNA or RNA and sequence any length of fragment to achieve short to ultra-long read lengths.

Our goal is to enable the analysis of any living thing, by anyone, anywhere. We offer real-time nanopore-based DNA/RNA sequencing technology: accessible, easy to use and fully scalable for any requirement.

We are looking for a technical product manager to join us and work alongside one of our software development teams as their agile scrum product owner. This is an exciting role collaborating with dedicated and knowledgeable colleagues from across the business!

Reporting to the Director of Technical Product Management you will have a background in agile product or project management. A good understanding of software and curious about hardware and biology so you can collaborate with developers, engineers and product owners working on other parts of the product.

Develop a deep understanding of our software product and overall technology solution

Develop and maintain an appropriately prioritized backlog of user stories for implementation

Work closely with product management and senior management in order to build a product that fits the company strategy

Increase the understanding and implementation of Agile practices

Collaborate with other product owners to align the software feature releases with the overall product releases

Write product specifications to ensure the software team has a clear understanding of requirements

Act as the team scrum master by coordinating and leading agile ceremonies for the team

A technical background with a computer science degree (or proven experience) plus a solid understanding of agile scrum practices in software product development

Experience in roles similar to product owner, project manager or scrum master

Ability to facilitate user story sessions and requirements workshops with cross-functional stakeholder groups and technical team members

Excellent written and verbal communication, with an ability to detail processes

A real passion for technology, innovation and a curiosity about DNA sequencing

An ability to build effective relationships and is flexible and collaborative in approach

Experience with life sciences or biotechnology products is a plus

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability, or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job.

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Oxford Nanopore Technologies: Our goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere. The company has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology for faster, information rich, accessible and affordable molecular analysis. The first application is DNA/RNA sequencing, and the technology is in development for the analysis of other types of molecules including proteins. The technology is used to understand and characterise the biology of humans and diseases such as cancer, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses, and whole environments. With a thriving culture of ambition and strong innovation goals, Oxford Nanopore is a UK headquartered company with global operations and customers in more than 125 countries.