Associate Director, Product Management

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead the product lifecycle for tDesign and establish a roadmap that aligns with Terray’s scientific and business objectives.

• Regularly present to executive leadership and key stakeholders regarding product impact and strategy.

• Comprehend the workflows of medicinal chemists, molecular design scientists, and small molecule program leads.

• Develop and enhance features that alleviate friction points in the design-make-test-analyze (DMTA) cycle.

• Convert intricate internal scientific tools into user-friendly, robust experiences.

• Serve as a liaison between scientific stakeholders and engineering/AI teams.

• Collaborate with scientific stakeholders to accurately translate technical specifications into biological and chemical realities.

• Foster organizational alignment across scientific, engineering, and AI teams.

• Lead the integration of AI agents and automated workflows into the user interface.

• Make advanced computational tools accessible to users without computational expertise.

• Track user engagement and program success metrics.

• Continuously refine the tDesign platform by applying SaaS product principles.

• Report directly to the Chief Technology Officer.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of experience managing complex, highly technical software products in a tech-first, SaaS, or high-growth environment.

• Proven expertise in product fundamentals across discovery, definition, and execution phases.

• Demonstrated success in building and managing complex internal tools or platforms for highly technical teams.

• Ability to grasp complex AI/ML/computational concepts and translate them into features for end users.

• A history of delivering highly reliable, robust software within an agile framework.

• Capability to balance long-term vision with immediate scientific requirements.

• Preferred: experience in transitioning complex internal tools into external-facing enterprise solutions.

• Preferred: experience in scoping requirements, defining SLAs, and managing expectations for sophisticated external clients.

• Preferred: ability to collaborate with SRE and DevOps teams to design and deliver highly available software.

• Preferred: familiarity with secure VPCs and deployment in diverse, secure, or client-hosted cloud environments.

• Preferred: in-depth understanding of data privacy, security, and enterprise governance for sensitive proprietary datasets.

• Preferred: ability to balance internal stakeholder needs with the requirements of broader external users.

🏝️ Benefits

• Participation in the Company's option plan.

• 3% retirement safe harbor contribution.

• Fully-paid medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits.