Over the coming years , biotech will fundamentally rewrite the way we live.
Gene editing and cell therapy are dramatically changing how we treat cancer and other major illnesses.
Biofuels and biomaterials are transforming the cars we drive, the clothes we wear, and the makeup of everyday objects.
Crop science and synthetic biology are producing sustainable and ethical food.
Benchling’s mission is to accelerate the research that propels us towards this reality, and magnify its impact, through modern software.
Every day, scientists around the world use Benchling’s applications, platform, & analytics in their efforts to solve humanity’s most pressing problems.
For these scientists, Benchling is the central technology they use to conduct their research.
Our customers include pharmaceutical giants, leading biotechs, and the world’s most renowned research institutes.
ROLE OVERVIEW
We’re looking for a Product Leader to own the expansion and evolution of our core product lines.
In this role, it will be your job to inspire and influence your team while partnering closely to support and enable our market expansion teams.
We are seeking someone who is comfortable using data to inform priorities, while also demonstrating strong customer empathy with solid product instincts.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
• Lead a team of product managers in building our core Applications platform, including Notebook, Registry, and Inventory products, as well as core navigation and user experiences across our entire product suite.
• Partner with the leadership team across Product, Engineering, Design, and Strategy to build and refine our strategy, organization, and product roadmaps.
• Define and deliver a best-in-class customer experience across our applications.
• Partner with and obsess over our customers, constantly refining your understanding of their needs, how we can make them more productive, and the market opportunities they represent.
• Author strategy documents (memos) and presentations, and represent your team’s work to both internal executives and key customers.
HOW YOU’LL SUCCEED
• You will create strong, collaborative relationships across the business that are built fundamentally on trust and communication, which will enable you to move extremely quickly while maintaining alignment.
This will be true not only across engineering, product, and design, but also with our go-to-market teams across Sales, Marketing, Customer Experience, and more.
• Beyond practicing empathy with our customers, you will rigorously fill in gaps of your own subject matter expertise to intimately understand their needs within fast-changing and technical complex fields of biotechnology and chemistry.
• You will measure the impact of your team and work by defining success metrics, tracking progress, and adapting your plans based on insights from that data.
• You will have a drive to question assumptions and validate hypotheses, obsessing over getting the product details right while still knowing how to ship on time.
WHO YOU ARE
• Have 10+ years as a product leader working on and selling enterprise collaboration products, with at least 5 years of experience as a people manager.
• A manager, coach, and mentor that has a proven track record of recruiting and building strong product teams.
• Solid foundational understanding of web application technologies and user experience design patterns, with the innate curiosity and drive to learn more.
• Someone that thrives in the challenge of distilling clarity and focus from ambiguity and complexity.
• Experience balancing competing needs in a platform, striking the right balance between flexibility and consistency, comfortable clearly communicating prioritization.
• A strong problem solver that can gather, prioritize, and drive execution on customer and business requirements, turning them into successful product strategies.
• Possess influential leadership and interpersonal skills that enable you to build strong relationships with customers, your reports, company peers, and company leadership.
• Are excellent at listening to others and articulating ideas in written and oral form.
• Ideally you have experience with both life sciences R&D and high growth software technology companies.
Benchling welcomes everyone.
We believe every member of our team enriches our diversity and inclusion by broadening our ways of problem-solving for future challenges.
Even if you dont meet 100% of the qualifications for this job, we strongly encourage you to apply.
LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES
• Admit mistakes and shortcomings
• Deliver results
• Disagree and commit
• Obsess over customers
• Rely on work ethic
• Show empathy
• Recruit and develop the best
• Sweat the details
• Think and communicate clearly
• Unite around the mission
PERKS AND BENEFITS
• Work with a talented yet humble team
• Competitive compensation & equity package
• Weekly virtual social events, and annual company retreats
• 401k, Medical, dental, and vision insurance (US Employees Only)
• Monthly health & wellness stipend
• Yearly educational stipend
• Flexible & Generous Vacation Policy: If you feel you need a break, you can talk directly with your manager to find coverage and support while you are out of the office.
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• Quarterly company-wide mental health days off
• Holiday Shut-down: company-wide holiday shut-down between Christmas Eve and New Years
• Major US and EMEA holidays observed
• To support remote work conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic, Benchling provides each employee a one-time stipend of $1,000(USD) upon commencing employment, and additional discounted employee purchase plans for home-office equipment.
Protecting the health of our employees and the candidates interested in a role at Benchling is our top priority.
We appreciate your understanding and being open and flexible with any changes related to our interviewing process.
For applicants for U.S.-based roles only: All new hires in the United States are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and to provide proof of vaccination prior to their first day of employment.
If you are unable to be vaccinated for medical or religious reasons, we will explore potential reasonable accommodations; however, Benchling may not be able to grant such accommodations in all cases if doing so would cause an undue hardship.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.