Product Management Returnship

Role Summary

Product Returnship role within Recursion’s Product team. The program provides a 16-week pathway for individuals who have been on a hiatus from the STEM industry to re-enter the workforce while contributing to the development of a core discovery-enabling product within the Recursion OS. The position is based in Salt Lake City, UT with hybrid flexibility.

Responsibilities

• Define the product vision for a core discovery-enabling product within the Recursion OS
• Partner closely with biologists, chemists, data scientists, and engineers to advance the early pipeline through development of methods for target identification and hit identification
• Define and prioritize product requirements to improve semi-automated evaluation systems
• Plan and coordinate delivery of complex, high-impact initiatives
• Articulate strategy and progress to stakeholders at all levels, from individual scientists to leadership, ensuring alignment and excitement around the shared vision

Qualifications

• 3 years of total professional work experience in one or more of the following domains:
  • Scientific: laboratory, academic research, or clinical operations
  • Technical: software development, data science, informatics, or technical program management
  • Product: Product Management, Product Marketing, Strategy, or equivalent roles
• Scientific curiosity and appetite for learning complex drug discovery terminology
• Stakeholder management experience aligning diverse stakeholders to a unified goal
• Customer empathy and discovery: ability to understand pain points and user workflows to define problems worth solving
• Career hiatus of 2+ years from the STEM industry with a strong foundational background

Skills

• Product management mindset with ability to translate strategy into actionable initiatives
• Collaborative skills to work with cross-functional teams (biology, chemistry, data science, engineering)
• Strong communication and stakeholder management
• Strategic thinking with ability to articulate vision and progress

Education

• Relevant bachelor’s degree or higher in a STEM field or related discipline (implied by domains above)

Additional Requirements

• Location-based: Salt Lake City, UT with hybrid working flexibility
• Program duration: February 2026 through end of May 2026 (four months) with potential transition to full-time based on performance