Lila Sciences, Inc. - Cambridge, MA Senior Director/Director, Software Product

Company: Flagship Pioneering
Location: Cambridge
Posted on: January 21, 2025

Job Description:

Senior Director/Director, Software ProductCambridge, MA USACompany SummaryLila Sciences is a privately held, early-stage technology company pioneering the application of artificial intelligence to transform every aspect of the scientific method. Lila is backed by Flagship Pioneering, which brings the courage, long-term vision, and resources needed to realize unreasonable results. Join our mission-driven team and contribute to the future of science.Our Life Sciences effort is leveraging AI and high-throughput automation for valuable therapeutic discovery and development across biological modalities.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.The RoleLila 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.Responsibilities include:

• 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
• 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 authorityQualifications:
  • 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
  • [Nice to haves] Experience with automated/self-driving labs and experience working with (not necessarily having run) machine learningWorking at Lila, you would have access to advanced technology in the areas of:
    • AI experimental design and simulation
    • Automated custom instrumentation
    • Generative molecular and material designMore About Flagship PioneeringFlagship Pioneering is a biotechnology company that invents and builds platform companies, each with the potential for multiple products that transform human health or sustainability. Since its launch in 2000, Flagship has originated and fostered more than 100 scientific ventures, resulting in more than $90 billion in aggregate value. Many of the companies Flagship has founded have addressed humanity's most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture. Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE's "Change the World" list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies, and has been twice named to Fast Company's annual list of the World's Most Innovative Companies. Learn more about Flagship at www.flagshippioneering.com.Flagship Pioneering and our ecosystem companies are 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.At Flagship, we recognize there is no perfect candidate. If you have some of the experience listed above but not all, please apply anyway. Experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way. We are dedicated to building diverse and inclusive teams and look forward to learning more about your unique background.
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