Digital Product Leader, Data Science - Culture Biosciences

About Us:

Culture’s mission is to simplify and accelerate bioprocess development to enable our customers to bring their biopharmaceutical products to market faster.

With a focus on upstream cell culture process development, Culture has developed a unique platform that merges products, services and data management that can be applied to mammalian, microbial and viral vector production processes. This platform enables high-throughput process development projects to be rapidly and seamlessly executed directly by our customers in their own facilities, in our service laboratories, or both, all driven by our cloud-connected web application, accessible from anywhere, for designing, managing and analyzing experiments.

At Culture, we combine our passions for biomanufacturing, engineering, and operations to build new solutions that make bioprocess development faster. We value curiosity, communication, collaboration, a customer focused mindset and a drive for results.

The Opportunity: 

We are seeking a Digital Product Leader, Data Science to lead the definition, development, and go-to-market strategy for our digital transformation and data science products within the bioprocessing domain. This is a strategic leadership role where you will be responsible for shaping our data science strategy and delivering impactful data-driven solutions. 

What you'll do:

• Positioning data science as a core driver of business growth and innovation by developing and executing a comprehensive data science strategy aligned with the company's overall business objectives.
• Standing up ML/data science & customer analytics capabilities; meeting biopharma customer needs, steer the direction of technology advancement & AI/ML tooling decisions within the company itself
• Identifying opportunities to leverage data science and Al to address critical challenges in bioprocessing, such as process optimization, quality control, and predictive analysis.
• Translating market insights and customer feedback into well-defined product requirements and roadmaps.
• Collaborating closely with data scientists, engineers, and bioprocessing domain experts to ensure successful development and deployment of data products.
• Collaborating with marketing and sales teams and communicate the value proposition of our data product offerings to potential customers.

About you:

• 6+ years of experience as a technology lead or product lead, with a strong focus on datascience, Al/ML, or analytics products. 
• Biopharma experience, a must
• Data architecture & cloud experience, AWS ideally - Multi cloud experience is a plus, especially GCP
• Ability to work with customer teams, both technical and non-technical
• Proactive problem solver excited about the opportunity to build something from the ground up
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• A Master's degree in a relevant field such as Bioinformatics, Bioengineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field. Advanced degree (PhD) in a relevant field is a plus.

Location & Schedule: 

• This is a hybrid position. We’re looking for someone based in the San Francisco Bay Area who is able to work in person at our office in South San Francisco at least 2-3 days per week. 

Base Salary Range:

Culture Biosciences's compensation package includes market competitive salary, equity for all full time roles, and great benefits. Our expected salary range for this role is $250,000 - $275,000. Final offer may vary within the range provided based on experience, expertise, and other factors.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and equity compensation
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life insurance
• Medical and Dependent Care FSA (prorated based on start-date)
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Responsible Time Off (non-accrual based) policy, 10 paid company holidays and a week-long winter break
• 12 weeks of parental leave at full salary
• For onsite employees:
• Commuter benefits
• Access to on-site child care facility, subject to availability
• Free onsite breakfast, lunch, snacks, coffee, and gym

Culture Biosciences provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. We seek to build a company that promotes inclusion and expands the diversity of our industry as a whole. We encourage people with identities underrepresented in biotech and technology to apply.