Staff Software Technical Product Manager — DRAGEN
IlluminaUS - California - San Diego$142k – $212kPosted 7 April 2026
Job Description
What if the work you did every day could impact the lives of people you know? Or all of humanity?
At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world. Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients.
Working at Illumina means being part of something bigger than yourself. Every person, in every role, has the opportunity to make a difference. Surrounded by extraordinary people, inspiring leaders, and world changing projects, you will do more and become more than you ever thought possible.
Illumina's BioInsight organization develops and commercializes enterprise grade genomics analysis SW that deploy worldwide in the cloud and on-prem to maximize the value of the data generated from our world-class sequencing instruments. DRAGEN is our flagship bioinformatics platform — the industry standard for fast, accurate secondary analysis used by thousands of labs worldwide. As a Staff Software Technical Product Manager — DRAGEN, you join a high-performing team at a moment of significant growth and transition. You own a defined product area within the DRAGEN portfolio, drive roadmap execution and cross-functional alignment, and help an overextended team keep pace with accelerating demand from clinical, research, and enterprise customers.
Responsibilities
Own one or more DRAGEN product areas end-to-end — likely a combination of core pipeline capabilities (variant calling, secondary analysis workflows) and/or SW products or tools crucial for secondary analysis
Define and maintain a multi-release roadmap for assigned DRAGEN product areas with clear problem statements, success metrics, and customer outcomes
Author product requirement documents, develop business telemetry and drive competitive analysis to identify differentiation and respond to competitive threats
Operate with high autonomy in a defined domain; contributes to broader DRAGEN strategy set by the leadership team
Partner closely with DRAGEN engineering leadership to shape architecture decisions, manage tradeoffs, and land releases reliably by ensuring field readiness with enablement materials and demo environments to reflect current product capabilities
Collaborate with the existing DRAGEN TPMs and field solutions architects to translate customer needs and field issues into product requirements
Engages with clinical/regulatory stakeholders on quality and compliance requirements for regulated DRAGEN products
Fully responsible in managing all business-related activities like forecasting, tracking, training commercial and sales teams and presenting quarterly product reviews to leadership
Work closely with SW Marketing to build visibility and awareness of the products and engage with customers to get feedback and understand usage patterns
Support enterprise deals and strategic customer engagements including briefings, RFP responses, technical evaluations, and proof-of-concept design
Create and maintain product documentation, release notes, and knowledge base content in collaboration with the technical writing team
Contribute to pricing and packaging decisions for DRAGEN products in partnership with the commercial lead
Listed responsibilities are an essential, but not exhaustive list, of the usual duties associated with the position. Changes to individual responsibilities may occur due to business needs.
Experience / Education
Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years of experience; or equivalent experience.
Bachelor's degree in a technical field (bioinformatics, genomics, computer science, molecular biology, biomedical engineering, or related) or equivalent experience; advanced degree preferred
Typically 7–10 years in product management, with 3 years managing shipped soft ... (truncated, view full listing at source)
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