Director, Product Management

Montai Health is a privately held, early-stage biotechnology company within the Flagship Pioneering Portfolio founded in 2019. Montai Health’s mission is to improve health outcomes for as many people as possible by unlocking the power of natural bioactives to more rapidly develop safe and efficacious therapies to treat and preempt disease. We do that through our CONECTA™ platform which comprehensively maps Anthromolecule bioactivity across pathways that drive disease. The CONECTA platform leverages rapid and ever-growing advancements in the digitization of natural chemistry and human biology coupled with powerful computational tools for linking chemical structure and bioactivity. This confluence of biotechnologies enables Montai to build a powerful, one-of-a-kind discovery platform focused on creating safe, effective, and more human-centric medicines than ever before.

We know that pioneering is an expedition.  Our values reflect our mission and our culture:

• Human driven pioneering
• Relentless hunger for impact
• Interdependently ambitious
• Inclusive courage

Please join us on our expedition! For more information, please visit www.montai.com.

Position Summary

Montai is seeking an experienced Product Manager to drive cross-functional strategy around our data science and machine learning products for internal drug development. This role will be responsible for working cross-functionally with our science and technology teams to ensure alignment across our scientific product portfolio, reporting to the CTO. They will own the backlog for the team, and work with senior leaders across the company to set the vision and strategic direction for our internal products.

Responsibilities

• Define vision, gather requirements and set key metrics for our scientific software products
• Ensure cross-functional team alignment on our software products with company goals, including formulating project proposals, getting consensus, and driving execution plan
• Maintain and prioritize the product backlog with the technical team
• Build and implement the roadmap for our products
• Communicate roadmap solutions' functionalities, capabilities, and data science nuances to technical and non-technical audiences within the company
• Work with leadership team to identify, evaluate, and prioritize external data sources and data generation efforts
• Document, monitor and revise the following in support of product development: product requirements, process maps, use cases, user acceptance test plans, project plans, and release notes.
• Assist in creating product training and documentation materials in support of their implementation across the company
• Serve as the internal and external subject matter expert for the products, working with all appropriate stakeholders.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in product management in a drug discovery, biotech, or pharma related field
• MS or PhD in scientific or quantitative field
• Track record of tracking, delivering, and maintaining scientific software products working closely with engineering teams
• Strong technical background and understanding of software development methodologies.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organization
• Ability to create and communicate findings from data-focused analyses with a variety of technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute product strategies that drive business growth
• Experience working in a fast-paced Agile environment

Additional Qualifications

• Experience managing data science or AI products
• Deep understanding of the regulatory environment and drug development process
• Aptitude for understanding, digesting and analyzing complex systems integration and disseminating them into simple concepts.
• Ability to influence multiple stakeholders without direct authority
• Must be flexible and willing to undertake a wide variety of challenging tasks.
• Self-motivated and curious with strong desire to both learn from and teach others.
• Execution-focused.

Values and Behaviors

We are seeking individuals with an entrepreneurial spirit, strong communication skills, outstanding organization skills and impeccable record keeping, and comfort working in and contributing to a dynamic and cross-functional team environment. The level of the role will be commensurate with the education and years of experience of the identified candidate. 

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