Senior Product Manager, Research Participation

23andMe is looking for a Senior Product Manager to join our Product team.

In this role youll lead the charge in reimagining how our members engage with research . You will identify and execute on lean experiments to transform research participation from a clinical transaction into an engaging rewarding and appealing experience that delivers value back to our members and drives scientific discovery .

Who We Are

We are a group of individuals passionate about genetic discovery. 23andMe Research Institute is a nonprofit medical research organization that enables people everywhere to access their genetic information learn about themselves and participate in the worlds largest crowdsourced research initiative. The Institute aims to be the worlds most significant contributor to scientific advancement uniting people with the common goal of improving health and deepening our understanding of DNA the code of life.

What Youll Do

• Revolutionize Research Engagement: Chart out new ways for consumers to participate in research moving beyond traditional surveys to explore new channels and interaction patterns.

• Drive Experimentation: Champion a culture of rapid learning by designing and executing experiments. You will test hypotheses around gamification health communities and social interaction to find what truly motivates our users.

• Maximize Participation & Data Quality: Drive high engagement rates in study participation and ensure the collection of a broad range of high-quality data across a wide swath of participants. You will focus on making participation feel worth it for the user ensuring a high probability that members accept invitations and complete studies.

• Increase Motivation & Reduce Friction: Identify and implement mechanisms that encourage people to take part in research. You will focus on identifying the right balance of increasing user motivation and reducing friction to create an experience that is seamless and compelling.

• Accelerate with AI: Leverage the latest AI prototyping and coding tools to rapidly build test and iterate on your ideas effectively multiplying your efforts and speed to market.

• Define Strategy & Roadmap: Define the long-term product roadmap and specify requirements that will create the best user experience for our research participants.

• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Build cross-functional relationships and processes with other product managers R&D engineering analytics design and marketing to drive initiatives.

• Measure Impact: Define success metrics for measure and evaluate the impact of product efforts specifically focusing on participation rates retention and data quality.

• Data-Driven Decision Making: Analyze and understand data and leverage that understanding to make data-driven decisions regarding feature prioritization and user experience improvements.

What Youll Bring

• 8 years experience in product management role.

• Experimentation Mindset: A strong track record of using lean methodology to test learn and iterate on consumer-facing products.

• Engagement Expertise: Proven track record of driving deep user engagement and retention. Experience with community building gamification or interactive consumer apps is highly valued.

• AI Fluency: Demonstrated ability to use modern AI prototyping and coding tools to accelerate product development and personal productivity.

• Experience with web and mobile app development practices.

• Laser-focus on crafting high quality products.

• Ability to build relationships and effectively collaborate with all levels of the organization from C-level to individual contributors.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to evangelize a compelling product vision to senior leadership and stakeholders.

• Ability to manage and influence through persuasion negotiation and consensus building.

• Enthusiasm and creativity to inspire others.

• Note: Ability to work from 23andMes office in Palo Alto CA a minimum of 3 days per week Strongly Preferred.
  

About Us
23andMe headquartered in California is a leading consumer genetics and research company. The companys mission is to help people access understand and benefit from the human genome. 23andMe has pioneered direct access to genetic information as the only company with multiple FDA authorizations for genetic health risk reports. The company has created the worlds largest crowdsourced platform for genetic research with 80 percent of its members electing to participate. 23andMe research participants consent to research conducted by 23andMe which is overseen by an independent third-party Institutional Review Board (IRB) regulated under the Common Rule (45 CFR part 46). More information is available at 23andMe we value a diverse inclusive workforce and we provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to an individuals race color sex gender identity gender expression religion age national origin or ancestry citizenship physical or mental disability medical condition family care status marital status domestic partner status sexual orientation genetic information military or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal state or local laws. If you are unable to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability please contact us at 23andMe will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities to the extent required by applicable law.

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