Benchling Hiring for Engineering Leader, Molecular Biology at San Francisco, California, US Full Time

Biotechnology is rewriting life as we know it, from the medicines we take, to the crops we grow, the materials we wear, and the household goods that we rely on every day.

But moving at the new speed of science requires better technology.

Benchlings mission is to unlock the power of biotechnology. The worlds most innovative biotech companies use Benchlings R&D Cloud to power the development of breakthrough products and accelerate time to milestone and market.

Come help us bring modern software to modern science.

ROLE OVERVIEW

Benchling is on a mission to unlock the power of biotechnology.

The Scientific Modalities group builds tools and platforms that help scientists do their research – like our molecular biology suite, which scientists use to analyze and work with DNA, RNA and proteins.

Some of the tools help scientists better manage their data and collaborate easily by replacing their spreadsheets and manual workflows, while others are tools that are innovatively built to enable new forms of research in the cloud by integrating with the rich Benchling platform, or by supporting emerging research techniques.

We are also looking towards extending our capabilities with a rich ecosystem of first party and third party applications.

We’re looking for an experienced manager to support the engineers on our Molecular Biology team within the Scientific Modalities group.

We’re particularly excited to hear from managers with a track record of obsessing over customer needs and product quality as they build their roadmaps and guide their team’s execution.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Recruit, develop, and grow a team of exceptional full-stack engineers.
• Partner closely with product, design, and data science to define the team’s roadmap and long-term product strategy.
• Nimbly support a continuous execution model with near-constant collaboration among design, product and development teams.
• Hold an unreasonably high bar for product quality as the team executes its work.
• Meet with customers to understand their science & what they need from Benchling.
• Build a strong partnership with stakeholders across other engineering organizations and other functions across the company.
• Engage executive leadership on the long term product and business goals and strategy for the team
• Contribute to engineering-wide organizational improvements as part of the management team

QUALIFICATIONS

• 2+ years of experience managing high-performing engineering teams.
• Managed engineering teams that were responsible for a customer-focused product.
• Managed geographically distributed teams.
• Has demonstrable experience or interest in molecular biology
• Grown high-trajectory, early-to-mid-career engineers into leaders with company-wide impact.
• Experience (and enjoy!) working directly with customers, product, design and other internal teams and stakeholders to inform your team’s roadmap.

SALARY RANGE

Benchling takes a market-based approach to pay. The candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, interview performance, and work location.

For this role the base salary range is $186,575 to $252,425.

To help you determine which zone applies to your location, please see this resource . If you have questions regarding a specific location’s zone designation, please contact a recruiter for additional information.

Total Compensation includes the following :

• Competitive salary and equity
• Broad range of medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and their dependents
• Fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits
• Four months of fully paid parental leave
• 401(k) + Employer Match
• Commuter benefits for in-office employees and a generous home office set up stipend for remote employees
• Mental health benefits, including therapy and coaching, for employees and their dependents
• Monthly Wellness stipend
• Learning and development stipend
• Generous and flexible vacation
• Company-wide Summer & Winter holiday shutdown
• Sabbaticals for 5-year and 10-year anniversaries

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Benchling welcomes everyone.

We believe diversity enriches our team so we hire people with a wide range of identities, backgrounds, and experiences.

We are an equal opportunity employer. That means we dont discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.