Product Design Leader, Benchling
Data and Apps
$195.2-292.8k
+ Equity
Cloud-based platform for biotech R&D
Job no longer available
Cloud-based platform for biotech R&D
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$195.2-292.8k
+ Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To unlock the power of biotechnology.
Role
Who you are
- You’ve successfully built and managed world-class enterprise SaaS Design teams to build complex platform products that serve complex customers
- You have 8+ years as a design leader working on enterprise SaaS platforms with at least 5+ years of experience as a people manager
- You thrive in the challenge of distilling clarity and focus from ambiguity and complexity, and are a strong problem solver that can gather, prioritize, and drive execution on customer and business requirements
- You possess influential leadership and interpersonal skills that enable you to build strong relationships with customers, your direct team, company peers, and company leadership
- You have a growth mindset that allows you to change your mind and readily admit mistakes. You ask for and give direct feedback
- You are excellent at listening to others and articulating ideas in written and verbal form, both for internal and external communication
- 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 undue hardship
What the job involves
- As the Design Leader for the Data and Applications pillar, you will be responsible for guiding a skilled and dynamic team of designers in redefining how scientists do their work
- The primary objective of this team is to innovate scientific workflows, enhancing efficiency, quality and speed in their endeavors—ultimately helping to drive the biotech revolution
- You will collaborate with fellow leaders in Product and Engineering to gain insights into customer needs, shape our product strategy, facilitate seamless execution and maximize the value of our solutions
- Additionally you will be instrumental in providing clarity and fostering growth within your design team
- Partner with leadership teams across Product, Engineering, Design, and Strategy to build and refine our strategy, organization, product roadmaps, and approach to execution
- Work closely with our customers to understand how they’re using our product, and what we can do to make them more productive
- Enable your designers to deliver meaningful solutions, helping them work through uncertainty and obstacles
- Grow the next generation of design leadership within your team
- Contribute to developing a culture of design in a company that recognizes user experience as a key differentiator
- We support a flexible hybrid environment that balances in-person collaboration and remote work
- An ideal person for this team will be able to balance customer needs and priorities with the goals of our R&D team to deliver highly consistent, delightful user experiences at scale
Our take
As the pioneer of the R&D Cloud, Benchling offers a cloud-based informatics platform tailored for biotechnology. Its platform enables scientists across the globe to make breakthrough discoveries and bring next-gen biotechnology to market.
There’s a sincerity and consciousness to Benchling’s approach that stands out. This has led to the company being adopted by over 200,000 scientists from 1,000+ companies and 7,500 academic and research institutions globally (including 23andMe, Moderna, and the U.S. Department of Defense).
The rapidly advancing Biotechnology industry was at the forefront of the so-called “fourth industrial revolution”, with the industry driving $2 to $4 trillion per year of economic impact over the next 20 years.
Benchling has put itself in a position of immense value within the industry with its expanding offerings. And now, off the back of over $400 million in total funding, the company is seeing accelerated growth.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Nov 2021
$100m
SERIES F
Apr 2021
$200m
SERIES E
Total funding: $411.2m
Company benefits
- Competitive salary and equity
- Robust healthcare benefits
- Family-forming benefits
- Four months of fully paid parental leave
- Retirement benefits
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Sajith Wickramasekara
(Co-Founder & CEO)Sajith studied at MIT before spending 2 years as a Research Assistant at Duke University Medical Centre and Liquidia Technologies. They used this biotechnology understanding to found Benchling in June 2012, serving as CEO since.
Ashu Singhal
(Co-Founder & President)They previously co-founded Hotspots.io which was later acquired by Twitter in 2012. After this, became Staff Software Engineer at Twitter for 2 years, leaving to co-found Benchling.
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