Vice President, Marketing

Boulder, CO (Remote)

$200K/yr – $250K/yrSenior Level15+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Owns end-to-end marketing leadership for a multi-pillar life sciences portfolio, aligning R&D, product, and commercial strategy to drive launches, pricing, and data-driven portfolio health.

  • Drive portfolio strategy across NGS, MDx/Enzymes, and emerging applications (In collaboration with R&D), in preparation for Portfolio Committee alignment, approval and prioritization
  • Lead commercial launch execution, ensuring campaigns, sales enablement, and customer engagement are ready
  • Directly manage and develop the marketing organization across Product Management, Product Marketing and Design, NPD Project Management and Product Operations

Job Description

Owns end-to-end marketing leadership for a multi-pillar life sciences portfolio, aligning R&D, product, and commercial strategy to drive launches, pricing, and data-driven portfolio health.

  • Drive product portfolio strategy across NGS, MDx/Enzymes, and emerging applications (In collaboration with R&D), in preparation for Portfolio Committee alignment, approval and prioritization
  • Lead commercial launch execution, ensuring campaigns, sales enablement, and customer engagement are ready
  • Directly manage and develop the marketing organization across Product Management, Product Marketing and Design, NPD Project Management and Product Operations
  • Support the marketing leadership team to operate at leadership level through coaching, team development, and structural support
  • Drive Portfolio Committee proposal quality with commercial depth, competitive positioning, and strategic clarity
  • Oversee the Product Operations pillar including centralized pricing analysis, forecasting, marketing analytics, and PCQT coordination
  • Lead marketing strategy including positioning, messaging, campaigns, conferences, digital presence, and competitive intelligence
  • Oversee the NPD Project management team, supporting the ELT and the company with portfolio and product level timelines and dashboards for on time, in full launches
  • Partner with the Chief Commercial Officer on commercial strategy, sales alignment, pricing, and revenue targets
  • Collaborate with R&D leadership on NPD pipeline, discovery priorities, product-market fit and 2-year rolling roadmaps
  • Drive QBR cadence for portfolio health visibility and data-driven decision-making
  • Manage marketing budget, headcount planning, and hiring
  • Implement and leverage marketing automation tools and CRM to manage the funnel and drive conversions
  • Lead and represent the company at key customer meetings, conferences, and industry events

Requirements

  • Masters with 15+ years of life sciences marketing experience and 5 years of experience leading a team. Experience in genomics, NGS, molecular diagnostics, or adjacent tools markets is required.
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • The ability to multitask, be able to work at a high standard, perform consistently under pressure along with pre-determined deadlines and work without supervision.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to work as an effective member of a team.
  • Good communication and personal task management skills and a high level of self-motivation and initiative.
  • A creative and disciplined approach to problem-solving.
  • Time management and prioritization under deadlines
  • Deep understanding of NGS, molecular diagnostics, and/or enzyme-based applications, able to engage technically with Product Managers and R&D
  • Track record of commercial launch excellence across multiple product launches in a high-growth life sciences environment
  • Experience building or scaling marketing analytics, pricing, and forecasting functions
  • Strong strategic thinker who can also operate hands-on in a scaling organization
  • Excellent cross-functional partnership skills, works effectively with Sales, R&D, Operations, and executive leadership
  • Both startup and larger company experience preferred
  • Comfortable navigating ambiguity in a growing and evolving organization
  • Demonstrated leadership of strong team culture in a high-performance environment
  • Masters in molecular biology, biochemistry, or related discipline. MBA is a plus. Will consider a Bachelor's degree only with additional relevant experience.
  • Minimum 15 years in Product Management and/or Product Marketing or related function in life sciences (genomics, diagnostics, biotech, tools).
  • Plus a minimum 5 years leading teams across product management and/or product marketing.

Nice to Have

  • MBA is a plus (certificate)
  • Both startup and larger company experience preferred
  • Comfortable navigating ambiguity in a growing and evolving organization

Benefits

  • Flexible Time Off
  • Holidays
  • employer covers 75% of base medical plan with buy-up options
  • EAP (employee assistance program)
  • employer paid dental with a buy-up option
  • employer paid vision
  • employer paid $25,000 life/AD&D policy
  • paid parental leave
  • a 401(k) retirement plan with a 4% match
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Watchmaker Genomics

3.5 Glassdoor

Watchmaker Genomics is a biotechnology company that specializes in advanced enzymology to develop precision tools for life sciences. We utilize a platform that integrates computational biology, protein engineering, and enzyme production to create high-performance, precision tools for next-generation sequencing (NGS) and advanced applications, including rare variant detection, ctDNA analysis, transcriptomics, and epigenetics. Our product range includes RNA and DNA library prep kits, enzymes, and proteins, designed to improve sensitivity and streamline sequencing workflows. Watchmaker Genomics emphasizes high-quality, large-scale enzyme manufacturing to meet the needs of demanding genomics applications.

Founded in 2019
Boulder, Colorado, USA
236 employees
66% recommend to a friend

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
14.4K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$5.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
40.4%
Direct
24.6%
Referral
6.4%
Social
22.5%
Paid
0%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~237

Funding

Total Funding
$48.3M
Last Raise
$40M
Series A, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2022
    Series A • $40M
  • Aug 2020
    Series Unknown • $8.3M

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