Scientific Product Owner, QDI

Responsibilities

Own and refine the backlog for clinical interpretation software, translating scientific and customer needs into clear requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria. Guide scientific design and testing for hereditary disease and somatic cancer workflows, prioritize clinical issues, and support design controls and release readiness.

Requirements

Requires an MS or PhD in genetics, molecular biology, genomics, or a related life science, with expertise in cancer and/or hereditary disease; clinical NGS interpretation experience and knowledge of variant classification guidelines are preferred. Candidates should have product ownership, business analysis, or requirements experience, familiarity with agile tools and practices, strong scientific and technical writing, and the ability to collaborate across teams and time zones.

Skills

• Genomics
• Clinical NGS Data Interpretation
• Variant Classification
• ACMG/AMP Guidelines
• Product Backlog Management
• Requirements Engineering
• User Stories
• Acceptance Criteria
• Agile Development
• Jira
• Confluence
• Scientific Testing
• Clinical Decision Support
• Design Control Documentation
• ISO 13485
• Cross-Functional Collaboration

Benefits

• Bonus Plan
• Local Benefits
• Referral Program
• Volunteer Day
• Internal Academy
• Employee Assistance Program
• Hybrid Work

About this role

Overview

At QIAGEN, we are driven by a simple but powerful vision: making improvements in life possible.
We’re dedicated to revolutionizing science and healthcare for the better. From our entrepreneurial roots to our current global presence, we've grown into a force for positive change. With thousands of employees across six continents, collaboration is our greatest strength. We’re always striving to identify talented individuals to join our exceptional teams.

We have played a pivotal role in shaping modern science and healthcare, and we're just getting started. If you're someone who thrives on new challenges, values diversity and wants to make a tangible difference in people's lives, then QIAGEN is the place for you.
At QIAGEN, every day is an opportunity to make a real-life impact.
Join us, grow with us, and together, let's shape the future of biological discovery.
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About the opportunity

QIAGEN Digital Insights is hiring a Scientific Product Owner: a genomics scientist who owns the backlog for our clinical interpretation software and turns scientific and customer needs into requirements engineering can build. You will be the scientific voice inside the development team, with enough technical fluency to write precise user stories, review acceptance criteria, and test what ships.

You will work daily with Product Managers, Software and QA Engineers, UX Designers, Content Scientists, and customer-facing teams across the US and Europe. Your focus is the QIAGEN Clinical Insight (QCI) product lines for hereditary disease and somatic cancer NGS interpretation.

Our mission is “Making Improvements in Life Possible.” QIAGEN Digital Insights research products have been cited in over 36,000 scientific publications, and our clinical products have supported decisions in over 3 million patient cases for genetic disease and cancer precision medicine. If you want your science to reach patients through software, this is the place for you.

Your tasks include

Own the product backlog for assigned releases: write and refine user stories and acceptance criteria so work is ready for development.
Translate scientific needs from product managers, content scientists, key opinion leaders, and customers into clear software requirements.
Be the scientific voice for engineering: lead refinement sessions and resolve domain questions quickly so the team stays unblocked.
Shape scientific design for hereditary and somatic workflows with product management and content science teams.
Work with engineers on how scientific content, variant annotation, and classification logic flow through the platform.
Test new features from a scientific user’s perspective and confirm requirements are fully covered.
Prioritize customer-reported issues and enhancement requests by clinical impact.
Assess reported issues for severity, patient safety, and usability risk in our IVD clinical decision-support product.
Maintain design control documentation and support release readiness, including release notes, user guides, and training for field application scientists and support teams, within an ISO 13485 quality system.
Act as scientific subject-matter expert and contribute to roadmap planning.
You profile

MS or PhD in genetics, molecular biology, genomics, or a related life science, with expertise in cancer and/or hereditary disease.
Preferred: 2+ years interpreting clinical next-generation sequencing (NGS) data in a clinical lab, research, or testing environment.
Working knowledge of variant classification guidelines (e.g. ACMG/AMP) and common genomic data formats and databases.
1+ year in a product owner, business analyst, or requirements role on a software or bioinformatics product, or equivalent hands-on experience writing specifications for developers.
Familiarity with agile development (Scrum or Kanban) and tools such as Jira, Confluence, and requirements-management systems.
Preferred: comfort discussing APIs, data models, and system behaviour with engineers (no software engineering background required).
Excellent written and spoken English, including scientific and technical writing.
Collaborative team player who can coordinate work across functions and across US and European time zones.
Attentive to detail, curious, and comfortable with complex scientific, technical, and regulatory topics.

The estimated base salary range for this position is $120,000 - $165,000. Compensation will be based on the candidate’s experience, skills, geographic location, and other job-related factors. In addition to base salary, we offer a total compensation package that includes a bonus plan and generous benefits.
What we offer
Bonus/Commission
Local benefits
Referral Program
Volunteer Day
Internal Academy (QIALearn)
Employee Assistance Program
Hybrid work (conditional to your role)
Our people are the heartbeat of everything we do. Passion drives us as we push boundaries to innovate and evolve. We inspire with our leadership and make an impact with our actions. We cultivate a collaborative, supportive environment where each individual and team can flourish. We champion accountability and encourage entrepreneurial thinking.
QIAGEN is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, or disability.

About QIAGEN

Biotechnology Research · 5,001-10,000 employees · headquartered in Venlo, Limburg