Director, Product Management

About the position

The Director, Product Management will play a pivotal role in the development of Generate's Machine Learning platform to produce novel therapeutics. This is a unique opportunity to drive the definition of cutting-edge platform capabilities working across dry and wet lab teams. The successful candidate will be able to influence stakeholders and cross-functional team members in a fast-paced, highly interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial environment. This role will report to the VP, ML Strategy & Operations.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategic product roadmaps aligning with company goals and vision in collaboration with research and engineering teams, conducting user research and assessing opportunities
• Drive the development, testing and launch of new capabilities on the platform, working with cross functional teams and program management
• Collaborate with research and engineering leads to define and track performance metrics
• Identify and work to acquire new datasets that would contribute to the development of new platform capabilities
• Keep up to date on the competitive landscape to ensure Generate's platform continues to be differentiated relative to SOTA

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience, including managing and driving the delivery of AI / ML products in cross functional teams and in research
• Proven experience in defining and driving a long-term product strategy, aligning business objectives with product development goals
• Experience working in drug discovery
• Highly effective communication skills across all levels of an organization
• Proactive ability to learn and acquire domain knowledge to enhance skillset
• Experience working with cross functional teams, with the ability to foster an inclusive and collaborative environment, and build relationships and trust with a diverse group
• Masters or PhD in Molecular Biology, Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline