Senior Director/Director, Software Product

🚀 About Lila Sciences

Lila Sciences is the world’s first scientific superintelligence platform and autonomous lab for life, chemistry, and materials science.  We are pioneering a new age of boundless discovery by building the capabilities to apply AI to every aspect of the scientific method.  We are introducing scientific superintelligence to solve humankind's greatest challenges, enabling scientists to bring forth solutions in human health, climate, and sustainability at a pace and scale never experienced before. Learn more about this mission at  www.lila.ai    

At Lila, we are uniquely cross-functional and collaborative. We are actively reimagining the way teams work together and communicate. Therefore, we seek individuals with an inclusive mindset and a diversity of thought. Our teams thrive in unstructured and creative environments. All voices are heard because we know that experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way.

If this sounds like an environment you’d love to work in, even if you only have some of the experience listed below, please apply.

🌟 Your Impact at Lila

Lila Sciences is seeking a dedicated (Senior) Director of Software Product to join our team. This role will be Product lead for our Agentic Biologist software - the toolchain at the heart of reinventing the wheel of science. You will learn from customers, set roadmaps, and work cross-functionally to own the delivery of Lila’s most important product. This role is the first Software Product Manager, joining a team of Materials and Platform Product Manager, reporting to the Chief Product Officer.

🛠️ What You'll Be Building

• Set the roadmap for the ongoing development of AI-enabled scientific software
• Collaborate across the software and machine learning teams to define the product requirements and ensure coordination
• Regularly talk with and learn from customers, informing software design decisions and feature prioritization
• Constantly seek to identify areas for improvement and serve as a conduit for feedback from early customers to continuously improve KPIs
• Own on-time completion, supporting project management delegation where reasonable and stepping in where gaps arise
• Take on overall communication responsibilities for the status of software development, including to executive leadership
• Serve as a mentor within the company, using your experience to elevate those around you

🧰 What You’ll Need to Succeed 

• >5 years experience as a product manager leading complex software projects, preferably with biologists as your customer
• >5 years experience in python development and familiarity with common tooling (machine learning, databases, git, docker, etc.
• Proven experience with managing extremely complex, multidisciplinary projects using project management best practices
• An academic background in biology or related field

✨ Bonus Points For

• Experience with automated/self-driving labs and experience working with (not necessarily having run) machine learning
• Deep understanding of the scientific method, preferably applied to life science
• Highly collaborative and empathetic
• High degree of comfort with ambiguity and able to adapt to changing teams and needs
• Able to create small, achievable units of work from large, complex, and ambiguous goals
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, capable of conveying technical information to any audience
• Relentlessly output-focused—driven by impact against our mission and program goals, not by doing tasks, owning decisions, or being in meetings
• Able to influence without authority

🌈 We’re All In

Lila Sciences is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

🤝 A Note to Agencies

Lila Sciences does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Lila Sciences or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Lila Science’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Lila Sciences, and Lila Sciences will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.