Sr. Product Manager - Core Services
Color Health · South San Francisco · $170,000–$200,000 (stated in the posting)
Color is revolutionizing cancer care with the nation’s first Virtual Cancer Clinic, delivering high-quality, physician-led multidisciplinary care across all 50 states. Our innovative, guideline-based approach spans cancer screening, risk assessment, prevention, diagnosis, treatment support, and survivorship. In addition to personalized direct medical care, our services include cancer genetics risk assessment, nutrition, mental health support and at-home cancer screening diagnostics. Using technology-driven, patient-centric solutions, Color is transforming how employers, unions, health plans, and governments address cancer. Color’s goal is to close critical cancer care gaps, improve cancer outcomes, and guide patients with empathy through their healthcare journeys.
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The Role:
We are seeking a Senior Product Manager to own our Core Services platform- the foundational infrastructure and user experience powering Color’s business operations. This platform drives our end to end customer implementations, lab and fulfillment operations, and underlying core services (such as authentication). This role is responsible for driving the product strategy and roadmap for the next generation of our business-enabling platform- making it faster and easier to onboard customers, configure products, manage billing and eligibility, and operate our lab and fulfillment systems at scale. This is a highly cross-functional role that will partner closely with Customer Success, Sales, Finance, Legal, Implementations, Product, Engineering, and Design.
This role is ideal for someone who is both strategic and pragmatic- someone who thrives tackling complex problems to provide urgent solutions to today’s issues while building the reliable, scalable systems that lets the business move fast. We are looking for someone who will lead the integration of AI into both how we build and what we build. Success in this role means enabling Color to scale its business operations- reducing friction for customers, accelerating implementation timelines, and building the platform reliability and self-service capabilities that the company depends on.
How You'll Contribute:
Create the next-generation vision for the Core Services platform in alignment with Color’s goals and vision to leverage AI to drive business efficiency and customer success
Drive the strategy and roadmap for Core Services, including customer implementations, billing, eligibility, contract configuration, fulfillment, lab systems, and authentication
Lead the integration of advanced technologies- deeply embedding AI to automate operational workflows, reduce manual effort, and accelerate customer time-to-value
Lead a cross-functional team to deliver product changes that meaningfully improve operational efficiency, customer satisfaction, and Color’s ability to scale
Leverage, advocate for and enable self-service and “AI builder” capabilities, while maintaining the flexibility, integrity, and safety of our systems
Provide thought leadership on novel approaches to business automation, self-service configuration, and platform extensibility
Collaborate and drive alignment with execs, business operations leaders, customers, and cross-functional stakeholders to balance customer experience, operational efficiency, and business goals
Collaborate with data teams to define and track metrics that measure the impact of the Core Services platform on operational efficiency, customer onboarding, and system reliability
Champion Color’s culture and lead by example- we work hard and also have fun doing it!
Our Ideal Candidate Will Have:
5+ years of product management experience, preferably with a focus on business operations platforms, internal tooling, or customer-facing implementation and configuration systems
Excellent communication skills- able to break down complex topics and adjust to the audience
Experience building complex operational workflows or business platforms (e.g., billing, eligibility, customer onboarding, or configuration systems)
Experience working with subject matter experts users and complex stakeholder groups
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives including multiple teams with different functions
Demonstrated ability to dive into highly technical problems alongside engineers (interfaces, data modeling, events, etc.) and influence the solution design choices
Demonstrated ability to deliver highly impactful solutions with urgency
Demonstrated experience and enthusiasm for using and experimenting with AI and emerging technologies as an unlock in daily team productivity
Highly collaborative and shows up as a strong teammate within product and the company as a whole
A drive to learn, iterate, and adapt quickly to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and business in a dynamic environment
Nice to Have:
Experience with eligibility file standards (EDI 834) or healthcare billing and claims systems
Experience building or integrating AI-enabled products
Experience consolidating fragmented systems into unified platforms
Proficiency in SQL
Possible Projects To Contribute To:
Customer Implementation Platform: building self-service and automated tooling to reduce manual effort in customer onboarding, product configuration, and contract setup- accelerating time-to-launch and enabling the operations team to scale without headcount.
Eligibility and Billing Modernization: unifying eligibility file ingestion, member management, and billing infrastructure into a reliable, auditable system that reduces errors, accelerates reconciliation, and surfaces actionable data to Finance and Operations teams in real time.
What We Offer:
💰 Competitive salary
✨ Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
📈 401k match
📝 Monthly phone and wifi stipend for employees, annual ergonomic stipend
🏝 Generous vacation policy, paid holidays and company-wide recharge days
🍼 Equal paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents
Free cancer screening and prevention resources for employees and their adult dependents
Base Salary Range: $170,000 - 200,000/yr
The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: work experience, market data, skills, geographic location, and business need. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for equity and benefits.
Color prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Color conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants with disabilities in our recruitment process.