Founding Product Manager, Life Sciences Workflows

Turquoise


Job Location:

San Diego, CA - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 185000 - 245000
Posted on: 21 hours ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

This is a fully remote role within the United States.

About the Role

We are seeking a voraciously curious systems-minded Senior/Staff Product Manager to build our Life Sciences product vertical from the ground up. This is a founding product role: you will define the strategy ship the first products and lay the foundation for a durable new line of business serving pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers. You will partner closely with a dedicated GM/subject-matter expertbut as a true peer not a student. This role requires subject matter expertise in life sciences commercialization and manufacturer contracting in your own rightchargebacks rebates gross-to-net formulary and coverage.

Qualified candidates bring a rare mix of 01 product ownership in a complex industry deep fluency in the manufacturer data and contracting landscape an intense focus on customers and eagerness to engage with them and the inventiveness to build something where nothing existed before. If you are a systems-thinker who thrives in ambiguity and is passionate about solving complex problems that drive economic change we invite you to join our dynamic team.

Why this Role Matters

Turquoise has built the most comprehensive picture of negotiated rates and contract data in US healthcare. Life sciences is the next frontier: pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers sit at the center of how drugs and devices are priced contracted and paid for and bringing transparency to that economy is core to our mission to eliminate financial complexity and rebuild trust in US healthcare. This role owns that expansion end to endwhat you build becomes the backbone of an entirely new business at Turquoise.

What Youll Do

  • Own the 01: define the product vision strategy and roadmap for the Life Sciences vertical from first customer conversations through first shipped products and early revenue.

  • Partner with the GM/SME as a peerco-owning the commercial motion while holding the product line and translating market access and contracting knowledge into a concrete sequenced product plan.

  • Develop and defend your own domain point of view across manufacturer economicschargebacks rebates gross-to-net formulary and coverageand use it to make sharp prioritization calls.

  • Relentlessly drive early-stage concepts through iteration execution and enhancement validating with real customers and making the calls that move the vertical forward under uncertainty.

  • Turn Turquoises pricing and contract data assets into products that solve concrete manufacturer problems in close partnership with Engineering and Data.

  • Facilitate airtight coordination across disciplines within TurquoiseEngineering Design GTM and Legaland across key external stakeholders and customers.

  • Be the customers voice: build direct relationships with pharma and medical device customers and bring their reality back into the roadmap.

  • Continuously hone industry and subject matter expertise staying ahead of market trends and legislative developments so Turquoise anticipates the tailwinds and headwinds in life sciences.

What Youll Bring

  • 7 years of product management experience with a track record of owning products end to end.

  • 5 years in health technology with a strong grasp of how healthcare data pricing and payments fit together.

  • 3 years working with pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturersyou understand their commercial and contracting world from the inside.

  • Demonstrated ability to ship high-complexity 01 solutions in a fast-paced startup environment with rapidly changing priorities.

  • Subject-matter credibility in your own rightyou can go as deep as a GM/SME as a peer.

  • A clear track record of growth and increasing scopeimpact and staying power not just tenure.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence and align senior stakeholders both internally and externally.

  • Comfort operating in ambiguity and iterating in response to internal and market feedback.

  • Bachelors degree OR equivalent experience/knowledge. We are happy to work with strong candidates with non-traditional educational backgrounds.

Bonus Points

  • Experience building EHR / data integration products.

  • Pharmaceutical or medical device contract management and modeling experience.

  • Strong hands-on background with healthcare claims chargeback EHR data formulary or coverage data.

Benefits

  • Competitive pay with equity options

  • Stellar health care plan options (Medical Dental & Vision) with FSA DCFSA & HSA options

  • Company-sponsored disability & life insurance

  • Flexible PTO

  • 401(k) 4% Matching

  • Fully remote work flexible working hours

  • $750 work-from-home setup budget

  • Paid bi-annual all-company in-person Summits

  • Quarterly $150 co-hanging stipend to meet up with coworkers

  • Monthly $100 health and wellness benefit

  • Generous paid family leave

  • Annual $1200 learning & development stipend

About Turquoise Health

Turquoise Health is a Series C price transparency platform for finance leaders across healthcare. Backed by a16z Oak HC/FT Adams Street Yosemite Bessemer Venture Partners and others we power price transparency for 300 enterprise organizations and are building the infrastructure for a more open efficient healthcare marketplace. Were a remote-first US-based team that values transparency empathy inclusivity creativity and ownership.

We operate on US business hours and work with clients entirely based in the US. For this role we are seeking US-based candidates.

We strongly encourage BIPOC people with disabilities and LGBTQIA folks to apply for any open roles of interest. Healthcare affects all people differently but it significantly affects those in underserved communities. With a robust diverse team we are stronger and better equipped to change the future of healthcare for all.

Disability Accommodation Email

Turquoise is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures providing documents in an alternate format using a sign language interpreter or using specialized equipment. If you require assistance or an accommodation with the hiring process please contact


Required Experience:

IC

This is a fully remote role within the United States.About the RoleWe are seeking a voraciously curious systems-minded Senior/Staff Product Manager to build our Life Sciences product vertical from the ground up. This is a founding product role: you will define the strategy ship the first products an...