Sr. Director, Technology and Product UX
Remote | San Diego, California, United States | South San Francisco, California, United States Development Office
At Veracyte, we offer exciting career opportunities for those interested in joining a pioneering team that is committed to transforming cancer care for patients across the globe. Working at Veracyte enables our employees to not only make a meaningful impact on the lives of patients, but to also learn and grow within a purpose driven environment. This is what we call the Veracyte way – it's about how we work together, guided by our values, to give clinicians the insights they need to help patients make life-changing decisions.
Our Values:
We Seek A Better Way: We pursue bold ideas, embrace complexity, and keep pushing forward.
We Make It Happen: We act with urgency, deliver with excellence, and always find a way.
We Are Stronger Together: We engage with empathy, align around what's best for Veracyte, and celebrate as one team.
We Care Deeply: We show up with integrity, kindness, and respect for one another.
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. The position will be hybrid in San Diego or South San Francisco. We are also open to remote for the ideal candidate.
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 align teams on decisions that best serve Veracyte and its customers.
Foster an inclusive, high-trust culture that values difference, respect, kindness, and accountability.
Pursue excellence with urgency, balancing quality, responsible use of resources, and enjoyment in the work.
Collaborate effectively across locations and time zones, especially with teams in San Diego and San Francisco.
Who You Are:
12+ years in product leadership or digital product management, owning strategy, roadmap, and measurable outcomes for customer-facing products.
8+ years of people leadership, including managing managers and leading multidisciplinary Product and UX teams.
Experience defining technology roadmaps and translating them into executable product requirements in an enterprise environment.
Demonstrated success leading agile product delivery and partnering with engineering to ship iteratively and improve outcomes.
Experience translating complex operational workflows and data into intuitive user experiences, including lab workflows and results systems.
Experience delivering products in a regulated medical environment, with knowledge of quality systems, validation, documentation, and risk management.
Strong cross-functional leadership, with success partnering across Software Development, PMO, IT, Commercial, and Marketing.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex technical and
