Founded in 2002 in New Jersey, GenScript Biotech Corporation accelerates innovation in biotech and healthcare by providing researchers and companies with the building blocks needed to develop groundbreaking treatments and products. Guided by its mission to Make People and Nature Healthier Through Biotechnology, and its role as a well-recognized biotechnology company, GenScript has a team of approximately 6,165 employees and has served more than 200,000 customers across over 100 countries and regions.
Job Title: Senior Product Designer / Senior Strategic Product Manager (Life Science Reagents)
Position Type: Full-time, Strategic/Front-end Portfolio Management
Location: Piscataway, New Jersey
Compensation: The estimated salary range is $125,000 - $155,000 based upon experience level.
Job Scope:
At GenScript, we believe great products begin long before the first experiment. As a Senior Product Designer under GenScript's Catalog Products Business Unit, you won't simply manage existing products—you will design the future of our life science research portfolio.
This role sits at the intersection of science, technology, customer insight, and business strategy, helping define WHAT products GenScript should build over the next 3–5 years. Focused purely on front-end strategic planning, you will define the target specifications (What) while liberating R&D to explore the best execution (How).
You will work closely with R&D, Marketing, Business Development, Commercial, and executive leadership to discover unmet customer needs, identify emerging technology opportunities, design high-barrier product portfolios, and shape long-term innovation strategy.
Key Responsibilities (What You'll Do):
1) Design Future Product Portfolio & Roadmaps
- Portfolio Strategy: Build long-term product portfolio strategies across antibodies, recombinant proteins, enzymes, bioassays, protein purification products, Cell & Gene Therapy (GCT) reagents, and emerging technology platforms.
- White Space Identification: Pinpoint technology white spaces and unarticulated customer needs to establish a sustainable, high-margin product menu.
- Strategic Roadmapping: Formulate and maintain future product roadmaps aligned with global business unit growth objectives.
2) Customer Insights & Actionable VOC
- Deep Workflow Understanding: Transform scientific insights into commercial opportunities by deep-diving into customer workflows, Jobs-to-be-Done (JTBD), and Voice of the Customer (VOC).
- Market Intuition: Keep a pulse on emerging research trends, technology evolution, and the global competitive landscape. Your goal is to discover latent opportunities that customers have not yet articulated.
3) Shape Innovation & Platform Strategy
- Multidimensional Evaluation: Evaluate future portfolio opportunities by integrating scientific feasibility, customer value, market potential, competitive differentiation, intellectual property (IP), and business economics.
- Make vs. Buy Assessment: Conduct thorough "Build vs. Buy vs. Partner" assessments to support annual strategic planning and executive innovation reviews.
4) Connect Science with Business
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner seamlessly with R&D, Marketing, Business Development, Commercial, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and QA/RA to transform raw ideas into high-impact product development programs.
- Executive Communication: Develop data-driven strategic recommendations and business cases to guide executive investment decisions.
Education:
- PhD preferred (Master’s degree with exceptional industry experience will also be highly considered) in:
- Biology / Cell Biology
- Immunology
- Protein Engineering / Antibody Engineering
- Biochemistry / Bioengineering or related life science disciplines.
Experience:
We are looking for an individual who seamlessly combines scientific depth with corporate strategic thinking. Preferred experience includes one or more of the following:
- Protein engineering, Antibody discovery & optimization
- Cell & Gene Therapy (GCT) reagent development
- Functional proteins and Bioassays
- Advanced protein purification technologies
Highly Desirable: Experience and service in Early Discovery, Platform Development, or CMC within biopharma or top-tier CROs.
A Strong Plus: Direct experience interacting with biopharma customers, supporting business development, technical marketing, or corporate strategic planning.
Core Competencies:
- Strategic Thinking & Systems Thinking
- Scientific Curiosity & Innovation Management
- Customer-Centric Mindset (VOC/JTBD)
- Portfolio Design & Market Insight
- Cross-functional Leadership & Executive Communication
- Data-driven Decision Making
What Makes You Successful:
You are someone who naturally enjoys asking questions such as:
- Why do customers need this? What problem are we really solving?
- Is this the best, highest-barrier product we could build?
- What technology will define the next five years of drug discovery?
You possess the rare ability to synthesize Scientific Innovation, Customer Insight, Business Opportunity, and Technology Strategy into clear, decisive product definitions.
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Benefits:
Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as a 401(k) retirement plan with a company match that vests fully on day one. We offer paid parental leave after just three (3) months of employment, and a paid time off policy that includes vacation time, personal time, sick time, floating holidays, and company holidays. Additional benefits include flexible spending and health savings accounts, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability coverage, legal assistance, and supplemental plans such as pet, critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance. We also provide commuter benefits, well-being initiatives, and peer-to-peer recognition programs; demonstrating our ongoing commitment to building a culture where our people feel empowered, supported, and inspired to do their best work.
GenScript USA Inc/ProBio Inc. is a proud equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to attracting, retaining, and maximizing the performance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the Company's policy to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, national origin, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status, uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
GenScript USA Inc./ProBio Inc. maintains a drug-free workplace.
Please note: Genscript USA Inc./ProBio Inc. will only contact candidates through verified application sources. GenScript/Probio does not request personal information from candidates through individual email or any other platform.
Skills Required
- PhD in Biology, Cell Biology, Immunology, Protein Engineering, Biochemistry, Bioengineering or related discipline (Master's considered with exceptional experience)
- Experience in protein engineering and antibody discovery & optimization
- Experience developing Cell & Gene Therapy (GCT) reagents
- Experience with functional proteins and bioassays
- Experience with advanced protein purification technologies
- Experience in Early Discovery, Platform Development, or CMC within biopharma or top-tier CROs
- Direct experience engaging biopharma customers, business development, technical marketing, or corporate strategic planning
- Demonstrated strategic and systems thinking with portfolio design and market insight capabilities
- Ability to collect and translate Voice of the Customer (VOC) and Jobs-to-be-Done into actionable product definitions
- Cross-functional leadership and executive-level communication skills to develop data-driven business cases
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Healthcare Strength — Feedback suggests medical coverage is solid, with mentions of comprehensive health plans and employer HSA support in some options. Company communications also emphasize robust health benefits alongside wellbeing and training initiatives.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests a range of paid time off types, including vacation, sick time, company holidays, and additional leave categories. Some roles reference flexible vacation arrangements that broaden usable time off.
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Retirement Support — Feedback suggests retirement offerings include a 401(k) with company match in certain postings. This provides a longer-term savings component within total rewards.
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What We Do
Founded in 2002 and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2015, GenScript has an established global presence across Greater China, North America, the EU, and Asia Pacific. Today, over 300,000 customers from over 160 countries and regions worldwide have used GenScript’s premier, convenient, and reliable products and services. GenScript currently has over 5,000 employees globally, 33% holding master’s and/or Ph.D. degrees. In addition, GenScript has a number of leading commercial technologies developed in the fields of synthetic biology, immunotherapy, antibody design, chemical synthesis, and bioinformatics, including more than 100 patents and over 270 patent applications. As of June 2022, GenScript's products and services have been cited by 74,700 scientific papers worldwide. GenScript is committed to striving toward its vision of being the most reliable biotech company in the world to make humans and nature healthier through biotechnology.
