Director, On-Market Portfolio Leader

What if the work you did every day could impact the lives of people you know? Or all of humanity? At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world. Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients. Working at Illumina means being part of something bigger than yourself. Every person, in every role, has the opportunity to make a difference. Surrounded by extraordinary people, inspiring leaders, and world changing projects, you will do more and become more than you ever thought possible. Illumina's Director, On-Market Portfolio Leader, reports into the Head of R&D Strategy and Portfolio and is responsible for driving the performance, quality, lifecycle management, and strategic evolution of Illumina's on-market products, ensuring that investments are aligned with organizational objectives and customer needs. This role leads governance, prioritization, and execution across the on-market portfolio, balancing customer impact, product quality, compliance, business objectives, and return on investment. The Director serves as a key partner across Development, Quality, Operations, Regulatory, Marketing, and Commercial organizations to ensure successful management of products from launch through end of life (EOL).

Responsibilities: Ensure that on market products consistently meet customer expectations in performance, quality, reliability and customer experience while bringing key insights back to new product development programs. Accountable for on market product portfolio through key partnerships in Development, Operations, Marketing and Commercial. This role has overall responsibility for sustaining, improving, and supporting products starting prior to product launch and continuing through product End of Life (EOL). Structure data and insights to support evaluation, prioritization, and execution of on-market portfolio investments and initiatives. Allocate resources across projects to optimize efficiency and effectiveness, identifying and resolving resource constraints and conflicts. Track portfolio, product, and project performance, reporting progress, risks, quality metrics, customer impact, and business outcomes to stakeholders and senior management. Engage with stakeholders to ensure their needs and expectations are met by facilitating communication between project teams and stakeholders. Oversee performance, mentor and develop on market leadership staff responsible for product health, lifecycle management, quality, and portfolio execution, ensuring successful delivery of sustaining activities, product enhancements, design changes, compliance initiatives, and reliability improvements across the on-market portfolio. Assign and monitor the work of project/program management staff, offering support and direction, and hold overall responsibility for coordinating efforts leading to project release. Establish and continuously improve governance structures and processes that ensure compliance with organizational policies, quality requirements, regulatory obligations, and product lifecycle standards. Implement best practices and lessons learned from past projects, continuously improving product development processes and methodologies. Lead the On-Market Portfolio governance process, establishing visibility to product health through quality, reliability, customer experience, lifecycle, and business performance metrics while driving portfolio prioritization and investment decisions. Provide leadership and oversight for cross-functional processes governing product health, including quality management, risk review, design change governance, lifecycle planning, compliance, and escalation management. Listed responsibilities are an essential, but not exhaustive list, of the usual duties associated with the position. Changes to individual