What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Director, Plasmids position at Addgene?
TITLE
Product Director, Plasmids
What You Will Achieve
The Product Director, Plasmids will join the business team to act as a leader in coordinating cross-functional operational initiatives to achieve operational excellence, deliver on our annual operating plan goals, and further Addgene’s mission. These contributions will allow the cross-functional operational teams to make important strides in establishing accountability, shared analysis of benefits and risks to new and existing initiatives, and advance our services for customers with efficiency in cross-collaboration.
POSITION REPORTS TO
VP, Global Business Strategy
APPROXIMATE START DATE
Q1/Q2
SALARY
$160,000- $200,000 our amazing benefits (see below)!
LOCATION & POLICY ON REMOTE WORK
This position will work out of our Watertown, Massachusetts Headquarters with an opportunity to work on a hybrid schedule. Our beautiful office space has free, ample parking with a complimentary shuttle from Harvard Square, and is on multiple bus lines. The cost of public transit is covered by Addgene for those onsite 4 days a week or more.
The Role:
Addgene is a leader in plasmid, viral and antibody repository library curation, production and global distribution services. We are a self-sustaining nonprofit generating revenues over $26M with a headcount of just over 100 employees. This is a new role for the organization, and an exciting opportunity to help expand our mission by driving initiatives as Addgene's plasmid products industry expert. We are primed to launch new services to advance our customers’ research objectives, and support further advancement of scientific research. The Product Director, Plasmids is the central orchestrator of ensuring prioritization, timelines, and new initiatives are met according to our annual operational plan. The Product Director will be the central planner and communicator across all functions that touch the plasmid business, deploying project management and communication skills to ensure the business is managed according to the goals and timeline of the annual operating plan. In this position, you will establish a core cross-functional team to monitor and innovate the plasmid business and services. You will interface with all functional leaders, such as lab operations, scientific and customer support, scientific curation, sales and marketing, business development and web product services to ensure each function is coordinating and communicating project objectives to deliver business improvements and/or onboard new products and services to meet business goals. The Product Director will embrace our mission to accelerate research and discovery by improving access to useful research materials and information. This role will report to the VP, Global Business Strategy.
To Succeed in this Role, You Will:
At Addgene, we prioritize our people with comprehensive benefits that support both your work and your life.
Full-time employees receive:
Addgene is a self-sustaining, thriving nonprofit life sciences organization that was created to help scientists share DNA-based research materials called plasmids. Our mission is to accelerate research and discovery by improving access to useful research materials and information. Since its founding in 2004, Addgene has grown and innovated in order to assist the research community by archiving and sharing useful DNA-based research materials and resources (such as plasmids, viral vectors, and recombinant antibodies) with scientists worldwide. Broad availability of these unique research materials promotes the advancement of research in a wide variety of disciplines, including cancer, heart disease, and neurodegenerative disorders, while increasing collaboration within the scientific community. Learn more here from one of our founders, Melina Fan.
As an “Addgenie”, you will work collaboratively with internal teams to help fulfill this mission, including scientists, software engineers and product developers, renowned customer support teams, scientific content creators, and business development professionals. Together, Addgenies create and enhance opportunities for research scientists to deposit their materials, find products and resources easily on our website, and receive unparalleled support in receiving and expertly using our materials in their own experiments.
Life at Addgene:
Addgene is a truly special place to work. We are an inclusive and welcoming group of people from many backgrounds and perspectives. We believe in flexibility, actively supporting professional development, and a strong work/life balance. We value sharing ideas and feedback with each other and the company. Learn more about Life at Addgene
We also believe it's important to make time for fun, whether it's eating popcorn at our outdoor movie night, sharing cute photos in the #pets slack channel, or sampling whiskeys at our end-of-year social hour. Bookworms, athletes, gamers, parents, foodies, and more will find community in Addgene's events and Slack channels.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging at Addgene
Addgene is committed to creating and fostering a diverse, supportive, and inclusive working environment. We work with a diverse and open global scientific community, and we know that the best innovations and discoveries come from diverse teams. Addgene strives for diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of our work. We continuously learn from and celebrate a variety of perspectives and backgrounds as we grow, while working as a community to identify and unlearn all forms of bias. We seek to create an environment where all people can feel a sense of belonging.
Addgene is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, ancestry, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, active military or veteran status, age, handicap, or any other characteristic protected by Federal, State or Local law.
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Product Director, Plasmids
What You Will Achieve
The Product Director, Plasmids will join the business team to act as a leader in coordinating cross-functional operational initiatives to achieve operational excellence, deliver on our annual operating plan goals, and further Addgene’s mission. These contributions will allow the cross-functional operational teams to make important strides in establishing accountability, shared analysis of benefits and risks to new and existing initiatives, and advance our services for customers with efficiency in cross-collaboration.
POSITION REPORTS TO
VP, Global Business Strategy
APPROXIMATE START DATE
Q1/Q2
SALARY
$160,000- $200,000 our amazing benefits (see below)!
LOCATION & POLICY ON REMOTE WORK
This position will work out of our Watertown, Massachusetts Headquarters with an opportunity to work on a hybrid schedule. Our beautiful office space has free, ample parking with a complimentary shuttle from Harvard Square, and is on multiple bus lines. The cost of public transit is covered by Addgene for those onsite 4 days a week or more.
The Role:
Addgene is a leader in plasmid, viral and antibody repository library curation, production and global distribution services. We are a self-sustaining nonprofit generating revenues over $26M with a headcount of just over 100 employees. This is a new role for the organization, and an exciting opportunity to help expand our mission by driving initiatives as Addgene's plasmid products industry expert. We are primed to launch new services to advance our customers’ research objectives, and support further advancement of scientific research. The Product Director, Plasmids is the central orchestrator of ensuring prioritization, timelines, and new initiatives are met according to our annual operational plan. The Product Director will be the central planner and communicator across all functions that touch the plasmid business, deploying project management and communication skills to ensure the business is managed according to the goals and timeline of the annual operating plan. In this position, you will establish a core cross-functional team to monitor and innovate the plasmid business and services. You will interface with all functional leaders, such as lab operations, scientific and customer support, scientific curation, sales and marketing, business development and web product services to ensure each function is coordinating and communicating project objectives to deliver business improvements and/or onboard new products and services to meet business goals. The Product Director will embrace our mission to accelerate research and discovery by improving access to useful research materials and information. This role will report to the VP, Global Business Strategy.
To Succeed in this Role, You Will:
- Establish a product management function, and organize a cross-functional team to monitor and address objectives and make decisions/recommendation for the plasmid business and new products and services within the plasmid business
- Work closely with senior leadership to develop annual operating objectives and help coordinate implementation of those objectives across functions
- Provide executive-level communications, including project plans, gaant charts, executive team updates to ensure the organization is informed of progress, risks and recommended solutions to overcome barriers to achieving goals
- Operationalize new initiatives through cross-functional sub-teams when needed
- Support business development initiatives such as creating key-account goals and objectives, or large depositor opportunities
- Ensure all elements of the business are considered and communicated in team decisions or recommendations, such as lab workflows, cost impacts, dependencies, contractual obligations, marketing initiatives, etc
- Create a forum and track team monitoring of sales and distributions via monthly oversight meetings, reports, monthly catalog demand, customer feedback, distributor performance, opportunities to drive organizational performance
- 8 years’ experience in a contract manufacturing, commercial-stage drug development or related scientific organization
- Demonstrated experience leading product/project management function
- In-depth understanding of molecular biology, specifically plasmid creation and use in research laboratories
- Data driven decision making skills, and ability to present findings to leadership effectively
- Demonstrated successful collaboration with scientific operations within organizations; strong science communicator able to competently carry on a technical conversation with product users
- Proven experience in understanding the importance of SOPS, financial controls (audit preparation, annual budget planning, setting up P/Os), and P&L management of $10-$15M
- Demonstrated experience with cross-functional senior leadership communications and peer-to-peer influence without direct supervision resulting in positive organizational change
- Proficient in project management tools
- Skilled in agenda setting, prioritization, ensuring proper team representation, meeting efficiency, documentation of decision-making
- Advanced degree in synthetic biology/molecular biology, and business degree or background
At Addgene, we prioritize our people with comprehensive benefits that support both your work and your life.
Full-time employees receive:
- 100% company-paid benefit package that includes health & dental (extending to family members), life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance
- Twenty days of PTO on top of our winter break closure and company holidays.
- A 403(b) retirement account with a company match of 4% after 2 years of employment.
- Annual professional development stipend
- Annual lifestyle stipend
- Fully paid public transportation for employees who work onsite four or more days per week.
- Onsite yoga classes & wellness reimbursement
- Pet insurance
- Annual financial planning one-on-ones with our plan administrator
Addgene is a self-sustaining, thriving nonprofit life sciences organization that was created to help scientists share DNA-based research materials called plasmids. Our mission is to accelerate research and discovery by improving access to useful research materials and information. Since its founding in 2004, Addgene has grown and innovated in order to assist the research community by archiving and sharing useful DNA-based research materials and resources (such as plasmids, viral vectors, and recombinant antibodies) with scientists worldwide. Broad availability of these unique research materials promotes the advancement of research in a wide variety of disciplines, including cancer, heart disease, and neurodegenerative disorders, while increasing collaboration within the scientific community. Learn more here from one of our founders, Melina Fan.
As an “Addgenie”, you will work collaboratively with internal teams to help fulfill this mission, including scientists, software engineers and product developers, renowned customer support teams, scientific content creators, and business development professionals. Together, Addgenies create and enhance opportunities for research scientists to deposit their materials, find products and resources easily on our website, and receive unparalleled support in receiving and expertly using our materials in their own experiments.
Life at Addgene:
Addgene is a truly special place to work. We are an inclusive and welcoming group of people from many backgrounds and perspectives. We believe in flexibility, actively supporting professional development, and a strong work/life balance. We value sharing ideas and feedback with each other and the company. Learn more about Life at Addgene
We also believe it's important to make time for fun, whether it's eating popcorn at our outdoor movie night, sharing cute photos in the #pets slack channel, or sampling whiskeys at our end-of-year social hour. Bookworms, athletes, gamers, parents, foodies, and more will find community in Addgene's events and Slack channels.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging at Addgene
Addgene is committed to creating and fostering a diverse, supportive, and inclusive working environment. We work with a diverse and open global scientific community, and we know that the best innovations and discoveries come from diverse teams. Addgene strives for diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of our work. We continuously learn from and celebrate a variety of perspectives and backgrounds as we grow, while working as a community to identify and unlearn all forms of bias. We seek to create an environment where all people can feel a sense of belonging.
Addgene is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, ancestry, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, active military or veteran status, age, handicap, or any other characteristic protected by Federal, State or Local law.
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