Product Manager

As a key member of the Product Team, reporting to the Director, Product, the Product Manager will be responsible for translating the platform vision and defining the direction of the product and its roadmap. This individual will take part in a cross-functional team working together to realize our ambitious mission of decreasing the time it takes to develop a new drug and bring it to patients by 50%. We're on the look out for someone who enjoys building products that deliver disproportionate value to bench Scientists that are working for the largest and most advanced pharmaceutical companies in the world. This role sits at the intersection of science and data and combines an ability to deeply empathize with bench scientists, their needs, and their pain points, especially in the pre-clinical phase of new drug development.  This is a challenging, impactful, and highly collaborative position. 

You Will:

• Be the voice of the user and customer within BenchSci
• Have a deep understanding of scientists’ needs and ensure they are taken into consideration when building our product
• Conduct end-user research to ensure we build features customers will love, including creating user personas, mapping user workflows, and identifying addressable pain points along those workflows
• Develop strategy and roadmap for our products, including further innovation and also optimization of the existing features and functionality
• Drive execution as part of a cross-functional team focused on this particular product including Design, Engineering, Science, Machine Learning, R&D, and Project Management 
• Translate customer needs into user, technical, and data requirements and related resources and iterate quickly on the product
• Measure and report key metrics to internal stakeholders to demonstrate the value created by the team
• Communicate often - keep teams aligned on the purpose of our work
• Be expected to both represent our product in an unbiased way to end-users as well as communicate priorities to a variety of internal stakeholders

You Have:

• 3+ years as a Product Manager on SaaS enterprise products or platforms with technically complex solutions
• Experience working on scientifically-informed data and products is preferred A PhD in biology (or a related field) and/or experience and knowledge of Biological Sciences (e.g., Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, etc.) or equivalent, would be a very strong asset in this role
• A proven track record in bringing clarity to a complex domain and driving alignment between technical and data teams, and the rest of the company 
• Successfully taken new features from conception, through launch to adoption, engagement, and retention
• Experience influencing cross-functional teams to deliver outcomes over outputs
• Experience interacting directly with highly technical stakeholders
• Strong problem-solving skills - can deal with ambiguity, lead discovery efforts, prioritize, and drive execution on objectives, ensuring they ladder up to key strategies
• A data-informed decision-making process, and can identify new opportunities and provide sound reasoning for strategy decisions from that data

Benefits and Perks: 

An engaging remote-first culture 

A great compensation package that includes BenchSci equity options

A robust  vacation policy plus an additional vacation day every year

Company closures for 14 more days throughout the year

Flex time for sick days, personal days, and religious holidays

Comprehensive health and dental benefits.

Annual learning & development budget

A one-time home office set-up budget to use upon joining BenchSci

An annual lifestyle spending account allowance

Generous parental leave benefits with a top-up plan or paid time off options

The ability to save for your retirement coupled with a company match!

About BenchSci:

BenchSci's mission is to exponentially increase the speed and quality of life-saving research and development. We empower scientists to run more successful experiments with the world's most advanced, biomedical artificial intelligence software platform. 

Backed by Generation Investment Management, TCV, Inovia, F-Prime, Golden Ventures, and Google's AI fund, Gradient Ventures, we provide an indispensable tool for scientists that accelerates research at 16 top 20 pharmaceutical companies and over 4,300 leading academic centers. We're a certified Great Place to Work®, and top-ranked company on Glassdoor.

Our Culture:

BenchSci relentlessly builds on its strong foundation of culture. We put team members first, knowing that they're the organization's beating heart. We invest as much in our people as our products. Our culture fosters transparency, collaboration, and continuous learning. 

We value each other's differences and always look for opportunities to embed equity into the fabric of our work. We foster diversity, autonomy, and personal growth, and provide resources to support motivated self-leaders in continuous improvement. 

You will work with high-impact, highly skilled, and intelligent experts motivated to drive impact and fulfill a meaningful mission. We empower you to unleash your full potential, do your best work, and thrive. Here you will be challenged to stretch yourself to achieve the seemingly impossible.  Learn more about our culture.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: We're committed to creating an inclusive environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We believe that improving diversity, equity and inclusion is our collective responsibility, and this belief guides our DEI journey.  Learn more about our DEI initiatives.

Accessibility Accommodations: Should you require any accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs. Please reach out to [email protected].

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