Founding Product Manager, Life Sciences Workflows
Turquoise is hiring a Founding Product Manager, Life Sciences Workflows for a remote role open to applicants in United States. It pays $185k-$245k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Turquoise.
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- Tools and skills the posting cites include product management, strategy and life sciences.
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- Level lists 15 other open roles at Turquoise.
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Build and define the Life Sciences product vertical from the ground up as a founding product manager.
This is a fully remote role within the United States.
About the Role
We are seeking a voraciously curious, systems-minded Senior/Staff Product Manager to build our Life Sciences product vertical from the ground up. This is a founding product role: you will define the strategy, ship the first products, and lay the foundation for a durable new line of business serving pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers. You will partner closely with a dedicated GM/subject-matter expert—but as a true peer, not a student. This role requires familiarity with life sciences commercialization and manufacturer contracting —chargebacks, rebates, gross-to-net, formulary, and coverage.
Qualified candidates bring a rare mix of 0→1 product ownership in a complex industry, deep fluency in the manufacturer data and contracting landscape, an intense focus on customers and eagerness to engage with them, and the inventiveness to build something where nothing existed before. If you are a systems-thinker who thrives in ambiguity and is passionate about solving complex problems that drive economic change, we invite you to join our dynamic team.
Why this Role Matters
Turquoise has built the most comprehensive picture of negotiated rates and contract data in US healthcare. Life sciences is the next frontier: pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers sit at the center of how drugs and devices are priced, contracted, and paid for, and bringing transparency to that economy is core to our mission to eliminate financial complexity and rebuild trust in US healthcare. This role owns that expansion end to end—what you build becomes the backbone of an entirely new business at Turquoise.
What You'll Do
Own the 0→1: define the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the Life Sciences vertical, from first customer conversations through first shipped products and early revenue.
Partner with the GM/SME as a peer—co-owning the commercial motion while holding the product line and translating market access and contracting knowledge into a concrete, sequenced product plan.
Develop and defend your own domain point of view across manufacturer economics—chargebacks, rebates, gross-to-net, formulary, and coverage—and use it to make sharp prioritization calls.
Relentlessly drive early-stage concepts through iteration, execution, and enhancement, validating with real customers and making the calls that move the vertical forward under uncertainty.
Turn Turquoise's pricing and contract data assets into products that solve concrete manufacturer problems, in close partnership with Engineering and Data.
Facilitate airtight coordination across disciplines within Turquoise—Engineering, Design, GTM, and Legal—and across key external stakeholders and customers.
Be the customer's voice: build direct relationships with pharma and medical device customers and bring their reality back into the roadmap.
Continuously hone industry and subject matter expertise, staying ahead of market trends and legislative developments so Turquoise anticipates the tailwinds and headwinds in life sciences.
What You'll Bring
7+ years of product management experience, with a track record of owning products end to end.
5+ years in health technology, with a strong grasp of how healthcare data, pricing, and payments fit together.
3+ years working with or adjacent to pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturers—you understand their commercial and contracting world from the inside.
Demonstrated ability to ship high-complexity, 0→1 solutions in a fast-paced startup environment with rapidly changing priorities.
Subject-matter credibility in your own right—you can go as deep as a GM/SME as a peer.
A clear track record of growth and increasing scope—impact and staying power, not just tenure.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence and align senior stakeholders both internally and externally.
Comfort operating in ambiguity and iterating in response to internal and market feedback.
Bachelor's degree OR equivalent experience/knowledge. We are happy to work with strong candidates with non-traditional educational backgrounds.
Bonus Points
Experience building EHR / data integration products.
Pharmaceutical or medical device contract management and modeling experience.
Strong hands-on background with healthcare claims, chargeback, EHR data, formulary, or coverage data.
Benefits
Competitive pay with equity options
Stellar health care plan options (Medical, Dental & Vision), with FSA, DCFSA, & HSA options
Company-sponsored disability & life insurance
Flexible PTO
401(k) + 4% Matching
Fully remote work + flexible working hours
$750 work-from-home setup budget
Paid bi-annual all-company in-person Summits
Quarterly $150 co-hanging stipend to meet up with coworkers
Monthly $100 health and wellness benefit
Generous paid family leave
Annual $1,200 learning & development stipend
Turquoise Health is a Series C price transparency platform for finance leaders across healthcare. Backed by a16z, Oak HC/FT, Adams Street, Yosemite, Bessemer Venture Partners, and others, we power price transparency for 300+ enterprise organizations and are building the infrastructure for a more open, efficient healthcare marketplace. We're a remote-first, US-based team that values transparency, empathy, inclusivity, creativity, and ownership.
We operate on US business hours and work with clients entirely based in the US. For this role, we are seeking US-based candidates.
We strongly encourage BIPOC, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ folks to apply for any open roles of interest. Healthcare affects all people differently, but it significantly affects those in underserved communities. With a robust, diverse team, we are stronger and better equipped to change the future of healthcare for all.
Work Authorization
This role requires current authorization to work in the United States. Turquoise does not sponsor employment visas (H-1B, PERM, etc.) or assume sponsorship of existing visas for this position.
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Turquoise is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment. If you require assistance or an accommodation with the hiring process, please contact recruiting@turquoise.health
Note: All official communication from Turquoise will come from a @turquoise.health email address and all open roles are listed at turquoise.health/careers. We never ask candidates for payment or financial information. If you're contacted by anyone using a different domain, please disregard and report it as spam.
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Founding Product Manager, Life Sciences Workflows at Turquoise rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
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