Join Guardant Health and help shape the product roadmap for an internal LIS (LIMS) system that supports end-to-end laboratory workflows. This hybrid role in Redwood City, CA connects operational laboratory needs with software development, translating complex requirements into a clear, prioritized plan that aligns with clinical growth and regulatory commitments.
What you’ll work on
As a Clinical System Product Manager, you will partner across Product, Software Engineering, and sample operations teams to develop and communicate the long-term vision for LIS. You will bridge domain language and technical concepts bidirectionally, ensuring that operational realities are reflected in software capabilities and that technical constraints are understood by stakeholders.
- Develop and communicate the long-term LIS vision aligned to business strategy, clinical growth, regulatory commitments, and operational priorities.
- Gather and synthesize software requirements and enhancement requests from production-critical teams, then translate stakeholder feedback and operational observations into documented prioritized requirements.
- Map current-state and future-state workflows across pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical operations from sample order through sample report.
- Consolidate competing or overlapping requests by identifying common patterns and grouping related needs into cohesive feature sets.
- Translate operational requirements into technical user stories, swim lane diagrams, and wire frames as needed for design and development.
- Partner with Software Engineering to assess technical feasibility, architectural considerations, dependencies, and level of effort.
- Build and maintain a quarterly operations product roadmap aligned with operational priorities, regulatory requirements, and enterprise software architecture.
- Use operational data and analytics to identify opportunities, quantify improvement areas, and prioritize LIMS and workflow automation investments.
- Oversee products and features from conception through design, development, testing, deployment, and optimization.
- Participate in sprint demos and support UAT, gathering feedback to validate that delivered features meet operational needs.
- Identify continuous improvement opportunities and feed learnings back into the roadmap.
- Manage stakeholder expectations around timelines, scope, and trade-offs with clarity and high emotional intelligence.
- Facilitate collaborative decision-making when requirements conflict or resources are constrained.
Core skills and experience
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline (computer science, engineering, informatics, life sciences or related) or equivalent professional experience.
- 8+ years of experience in laboratory systems, process engineering, requirements management, product management, or technical program management.
- Demonstrated experience with a LIS or LIMS in a regulated clinical diagnostic lab.
- Strong knowledge of laboratory workflows, sample life cycle, accessioning, testing, result review and reporting, quality controls, and system integrations.
- Proven ability to gather, synthesize, and translate complex stakeholder requirements into clear technical specifications.
- Working knowledge of product development processes and software development lifecycles, including regulated computer-system validation, change control, data integrity, and applicable requirements such as CLIA, CAP, and/or ISO standards.
- Track record of working across technical and non-technical teams in regulated environments.
- Experience with software architecture, platform design principles, and technical debt management.
AI and digital fluency
You will demonstrate curiosity and sound judgment, using AI-enabled tools responsibly in line with company policies, ethical standards, and regulatory requirements to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of work.
Hybrid work model
This position is based in Redwood City, CA (hybrid). Guardant has defined days for in-person/onsite collaboration and work-from-home time. All U.S. employees who live within 50 miles of a Guardant facility will be required to be onsite on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Scheduled in-office days are intended to support focused collaboration while maintaining flexibility for work-life balance.
Compensation and other notes
- Annualized base salary ranges: Primary Location (Redwood City, CA): $165,700 - $227,850; Other US Location(s): $140,845 - $193,673; Colorado: $149,130 - $205,065.
- Work environment: Majority of work is desk/office based, with possible exposure to high noise levels, fumes, and biohazard materials in the laboratory environment; ability to sit for extended periods.
- Reasonable accommodations: Guardant is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in hiring processes for candidates with disabilities, long-term conditions, mental health conditions, or sincerely held religious beliefs. Reach out to Peopleteam@guardanthealth.com.
- Background screening: A background screening including criminal history is required. Guardant will consider qualified applicants with criminal arrest or conviction histories consistent with applicable law, including but not limited to the LA County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952).
