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We're seeking\na Senior Technical Product Owner to lead cross-functional system projects, someone who can\ndive deep into the details while helping improve how we work.\nIn this role, you will own hands-on work across requirements gathering, documentation, and\ntesting for high-impact system initiatives. We are looking for someone with a proven track record\nof maintaining effective business relationships to ensure IBT can deliver solutions that align with\nbusiness strategies and objectives. This role sits at the intersection of product, engineering,\nand business.\nThe ideal candidate has a strong analytical mindset, solid experience with enterprise and\ntechnical systems, and a knack for translating complex business and product needs into clear,\nexecutable technical requirements.\nWhat You will do \nYou will serve as the primary business-facing partner on system initiatives, owning the functional definition of what needs to be built and partnering closely with engineering and project management, who own technical design, delivery sequencing, and timelines.\nRequirements and Solution definition\nLead requirements intake and clarification with business stakeholders across functions\n(e.g., Product, Marketing, Sales Operations, Finance, Customer Support, and R&D).\nDefine and document functional requirements, business rules, edge cases, and\nacceptance criteria, including impacted existing logic, constraints, and exceptions, and\ntranslate them into epics and user stories ready for development and QA.\nIdentify impacted process areas, systems, and dependencies end to end (e.g., product\nsetup, pricing, quoting, order intake, manufacturing, fulfillment, and invoicing), along with\nthe SMEs and stakeholders within each.\nDrive alignment with cross-system partners and SMEs to ensure requirements are\ncomplete and consistent across integrated systems and address emerging business\nneeds, positioning the organization to stay ahead of new commercial requests.\nEnsure requirements and solutions are compliant and audit-ready (e.g., SOX, ISO),\npartnering with Finance, Quality and other internal stakeholders.\nDemonstrate strong customer empathy and advocate for customer needs throughout the\nproduct development process\nDelivery partnership and communication\nProvide development leads, architects, and project managers with the full end-to-end\ncontext and scope of each initiative, and lead functional grooming sessions.\nPartner with project management, scrum masters, developers, architecture, and SWQA\nthrough design, build, testing, and delivery, clarifying requirements and surfacing risks,\ngaps, and dependencies early.\nCommunicate proactively and consistently with business stakeholders on scope, status,\nrisks, and dependencies throughout each initiative.\nInfluence scope tradeoffs and solution options by bringing business and cross-system\ncontext to technical discussions.\nTesting, launch, and stabilization\nPlan and lead end-to-end user acceptance testing across multiple systems: kick off with\ntesters, provide context and demos, support issue logging and defect clarification, and\nobtain stakeholder sign-off before go-live.\nSupport release, hypercare, and post-launch stabilization, providing business context to\nhelp assess the criticality of issues.\nStay informed on production issues and contribute business and system context to their\nresolution.\nContinuous improvement\nShare feedback and ideas to continuously improve how the team runs projects, gathers\nrequirements, and tests, including intake playbooks, documentation standards, and\ntesting practices.\nLook for opportunities to leverage AI tools to work more efficiently, such as in\nrequirements documentation, analysis, and testing.\nQualifications\nBachelor's degree in a technical, engineering, or scientific field; minimum of 5+ years of\nexperience in a related field\n5+ years of experience in technical product management, customer relationship\nmanagement, or products, systems, or applications experience.\nAbility to translate scientific, operational, or customer needs into functional specifications\nthat align with technical constraints and business goals.\nExcellent communication and collaboration skills, comfortable partnering with both\nbusiness stakeholders and technical teams.\nGrowth mindset, with a drive to continuously improve systems and processes.\nCustomer-centric mindset and strong sense of customer empathy\nAbility to work in a fast-paced, agile development environment\nPreferred Qualifications\nAdvanced degree (Master’s or PhD)\nExperience in biotech, life sciences, or synthetic biology environments.\nHands-on experience with Salesforce (SFDC), such as Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, or\nrelated integrations.\nExperience with Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), including sample\ntracking, workflow configuration, or integration with lab and enterprise systems.\nAbout Twist Bioscience\nTwist Bioscience synthesizes genes from scratch, known as “writing” DNA. Just as children learn to both read and write, the next phase of development for the genomics revolution is the ability to write DNA.\nAt Twist Bioscience, we work in service of people who are changing the world for the better. In fields such as health care, agriculture, industrial chemicals and data storage, our unique silicon-based DNA Synthesis Platform provides precision at a scale that is otherwise unavailable to our customers.\nTwist Bioscience Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Twist Bioscience Corporation provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic characteristics, or any other category protected by law.\nThe base cash compensation for this California-based role is below. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for bonus, equity, and a generous benefits package. 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