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BACKGROUND

Computercraft seeks a Scientific Product Manager to develop and manage the Variation Group's product portfolio (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/variation). The portfolio ranges from simple text reports to dynamic, interactive web displays and reporting tools, all working to communicate NCBI content about large- and small-scale genomic variation data and its impact on human health. Improving the Variation Group's product portfolio of databases and tools such as ClinVar, dbSNP, dbVAR, dbGaP, Variation Viewer, and Clinical Remap will positively impact the work of both scientists and clinicians.

The successful candidate will work onsite at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland with experts from the NIH's National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) in the National Library of Medicine (NLM).

RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities include identifying user categories and their needs, both internal and external, making product proposals, creating action plans for product development and marketing, influencing decision-makers and managing the committed and backlog product lists. The successful candidate will synthesize information from internal weblogs and external feedback and define conversion metrics and goals.

REQUIREMENTS

4+ years' experience in content-rich environments
Experience working on large, complex projects
Experience in product development, ideally for scientific environments
Excellent project management, consensus-building, and communications skills
Ability to balance multiple goals and deadlines under resource constraints
Ability to incorporate and resolve conflicting direction from multiple management, user, and technical stakeholders
Strong interest in contributing to the development of public database resources

PREFERENCES

Experience in biological sciences, molecular biology or genetic variation
Experience working in a professional web or application development organization
Solid understanding of the technical software development process
Solid grasp of scientific perspectives of the products developed
Specific experience with web analytics, accessibility, usability testing, and software QA/Testing

LOCALE

Bethesda, MD

COMPENSATION

Computercraft offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits, the opportunity for excellent work-life balance with a standard 40 hour work week and the chance to work with accomplished scientists at NIH/NCBI.

HOW TO APPLY

To apply for this position or learn about other Computercraft job opportunities, please visit the Careers section of our website: http://www.computercraft-usa.com

POLICY

Computercraft is an equal opportunity employer.

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