Sr. Director, Technology and Product UX
About the role
The Position:
As Senior Director, Technology Product and UX, you will set the vision and lead the teams that build digital experiences connecting patients and providers to Veracyte testing by enabling insights and laboratory workflows on Veracyte’s multi-modal data including whole transcriptome and whole genome assays across the cancer care continuum. You will play a key role in our enterprise product development process by crafting both a roadmap for technology capabilities and clear product requirements for agile development, partnering closely with software engineering, PMO, and commercial marketing leadership to delight internal and external customers and serve our patients and providers. Reporting to the Chief Development and Technology officer, this role will own the suite of enterprise capabilities and services that span end-to-end product development.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the combined Technical Product Management and UX organization.
- Build, coach, and retain a high-performing Product and UX team; define roles, career paths, hiring plans, and development expectations.
- Define and own the multi-quarter product strategy, business case, and roadmap for Veracyte’s core technology platforms.
- Align product planning to enterprise needs, ensuring shared technology capabilities support multiple clinical product launches and business growth.
- Establish processes that turn strategy and discovery into clear product requirements for agile development, including PRDs, epics, user stories, and design mocks.
- Lead agile product delivery across the portfolio, including outcome-based planning, backlog management, dependency alignment, and iterative delivery informed by data.
- Lead and scale UX design and research, including discovery, journey mapping, information architecture, prototyping, usability testing, and accessibility.
- Partner with laboratory leaders and technical teams to align experiences with lab workflows, specimen lifecycle, and results systems.
- Advance scientific discovery by designing AI-native data systems and products that support bioinformatics, data science, and clinical development.
- Champion quality by design in a regulated environment, partnering with Quality/Regulatory, Security, and Privacy to ensure risk-based, audit-ready delivery.
- Engage stakeholders early, foster healthy debate, and drive cross-functional alignment and delivery.