Senior Technical Product Manager
Absci
August 20, 2026
Remote friendly (New York, NY)
United States
$145,000 - $180,000 USD yearly
IT
Senior Technical Product Manager (AI Research & Development)
Remote within the United States (hybrid work available in Vancouver, WA; New York City, NY).
Responsibilities:
- Gather and synthesize product requirements from AI, Engineering, Wet Lab Scientists, and Business Development; align with leadership on actionable product strategy
- Own product roadmaps and make trade-off decisions between competing priorities and risk
- Partner with managers and technical leads to establish a cohesive product vision
- Build roadmaps, backlogs, and execution plans; define OKRs and KPIs; track performance and adjust strategy based on data
- Lead cross-functional teams from conception through deployment and optimization; proactively remove blockers
- Conduct research with product team and potential users to understand needs, pain points, and opportunities
- Drive adoption and successful deployment in internal programs and external partnerships
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Data Science, Engineering, Life Sciences, or related field
- At least 5 years of experience in production-grade software or technical product development
- 3+ years of working/educational experience in AI/ML and/or Protein Engineering
- Strong technical knowledge to collaborate effectively with engineers and scientists
- Proven track record creating/executing product roadmaps
- Ability to manage complex stakeholder relationships
- Excellent written and oral communication; can explain complex technical/business concepts
- Excellent organizational skills; manage multiple priorities
- Comfortable in fast-paced environment with autonomy, accountability, and bias for action
Preferred (not required):
- Master’s or PhD; biotech/pharma experience
- GenAI/NLP/computer vision/LLMs/protein language models; MLOps (e.g., Weights & Biases)
- Deep domain knowledge (bioinformatics, computational protein design/genomics, immunology, structural biology, antibody engineering)
- Experience with NGS, SPR, Flow Cytometry
- Agile coach/product owner/Scrum Master
Compensation: Salary range $145,000–$180,000/year; competitive equity; medical/dental/vision benefits; employee stock purchase plan.
Application instructions: Legal authorization to work in the United States is required.
Remote within the United States (hybrid work available in Vancouver, WA; New York City, NY).
Responsibilities:
- Gather and synthesize product requirements from AI, Engineering, Wet Lab Scientists, and Business Development; align with leadership on actionable product strategy
- Own product roadmaps and make trade-off decisions between competing priorities and risk
- Partner with managers and technical leads to establish a cohesive product vision
- Build roadmaps, backlogs, and execution plans; define OKRs and KPIs; track performance and adjust strategy based on data
- Lead cross-functional teams from conception through deployment and optimization; proactively remove blockers
- Conduct research with product team and potential users to understand needs, pain points, and opportunities
- Drive adoption and successful deployment in internal programs and external partnerships
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Data Science, Engineering, Life Sciences, or related field
- At least 5 years of experience in production-grade software or technical product development
- 3+ years of working/educational experience in AI/ML and/or Protein Engineering
- Strong technical knowledge to collaborate effectively with engineers and scientists
- Proven track record creating/executing product roadmaps
- Ability to manage complex stakeholder relationships
- Excellent written and oral communication; can explain complex technical/business concepts
- Excellent organizational skills; manage multiple priorities
- Comfortable in fast-paced environment with autonomy, accountability, and bias for action
Preferred (not required):
- Master’s or PhD; biotech/pharma experience
- GenAI/NLP/computer vision/LLMs/protein language models; MLOps (e.g., Weights & Biases)
- Deep domain knowledge (bioinformatics, computational protein design/genomics, immunology, structural biology, antibody engineering)
- Experience with NGS, SPR, Flow Cytometry
- Agile coach/product owner/Scrum Master
Compensation: Salary range $145,000–$180,000/year; competitive equity; medical/dental/vision benefits; employee stock purchase plan.
Application instructions: Legal authorization to work in the United States is required.