Head of Product

About the Role

We are seeking a dynamic, hands-on Head of Product to lead the product strategy and roadmap across our entire automated manufacturing portfolio. As Head of Product, you will own the end-to-end product lifecycle, working closely with engineering, biosciences, and commercial teams to translate complex customer needs into scalable, high-impact systems. This is a critical leadership position where you will build and mentor our product and biosciences teams, steer strategic roadmaps with global pharmaceutical partners, and help make transformative, life-saving therapies more accessible to patients.

Responsibilities

- Define, communicate, and execute the long-term product strategy and roadmap for our automated advanced biologics manufacturing systems, aligning platform development with key commercial milestones.

- Partner closely with the CEO, hardware, software, bioprocess, and quality leadership to drive a cohesive product vision, architecture, and product requirements.

- Hire, mentor, and scale high-performing product and biosciences teams.

- Oversee the Biosciences team in defining biological product requirements, executing internal cell testing, and partnering directly with pharma customers to analyze pilot data and demonstrate process comparability.

- Make decisive prioritization tradeoffs balancing custom customer requirements, core platform standardization, and ongoing engineering improvements.

- Serve as the primary product partner to executive leadership and cross-functional teams at major pharmaceutical client accounts, translating strategic customer goals into executable product initiatives.

- Collaborate with customers and partners to understand critical needs, synthesizing them into customer requirements for our product development teams.

- Collaborate with Business Development, Strategic Alliance Management, Supply Chain, and Engineering to ensure product readiness for customer deployments and platform launches.

- Partner with Business Development, Strategic Alliance Management, Supply Chain, and Engineering to ensure product readiness for customer deployments and platform launches.

- Drive systematic customer discovery, market analysis, and user interviews across the biopharma landscape to identify unmet clinical manufacturing needs and emerging industry trends.

Qualifications

- 8+ years of product management experience, with at least 3+ years directly managing and scaling a team of Product Managers.

- Proven track record leading complex hardware-software products—specifically involving robotics and electromechanical systems.

- Demonstrated success taking complex, technical products from concept (0-to-1) through deployment and commercial scale.

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or a related field.

- Superb executive communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills; thrive in a fast-paced, high-accountability startup environment.

- Hands-on proficiency with project and product management frameworks and tools (e.g. JIRA, Asana, SmartSheets).

Additional preferred qualifications:

- Prior experience within biotech, medical devices, laboratory automation, or pharmaceutical manufacturing.

- Experience operating within regulated development environments (e.g., FDA, cGMP, ISO 13485/9001 standards).

- Track record of scaling a product organization through early commercialization at a high-growth, venture-backed company.

- Experience navigating joint development milestones, pilots, and acceptance criteria with customers and partners.

Nice to Haves

- Familiarity with advanced therapy (cell and gene, antibody, etc.) manufacturing or bioprocess development.

- Experience incorporating computer vision, machine learning, or AI capabilities into products.

Physical & Working Conditions

- Occasional use of PPE (lab coat, safety glasses, gloves) for customer site visits and deployment walk-throughs.

- Standard full-time schedule, with occasional evening/weekend flexibility required around critical customer deployments.

Total Rewards & Life at Multiply Labs

- Competitive Compensation: Salary range of $220,000 – $290,000 plus meaningful early-stage equity. We want our team to have a real stake in the future we’re building.

- Premium Health: Premium Medical, Dental, and Vision plans with subsidies for child dependents.

- Wealth Building: 401(k) with a 4% company match to help you plan for the long term.

- Pre-Tax Commuter Benefit. Pay for eligible transit and parking with pre-tax dollars to save on commuting costs.

- Parental Support: Robust Paid Parental Leave to support your family’s newest additions.

- True Flexibility: We offer Flexible PTO and 12 Paid Holidays , trusting you to manage your time and recharge when you need it.

- No Set Hours: Set your own schedule in alignment with your manager and team. We hold a high bar, measuring success by impact and outcomes – not hours logged.

- Office Perks: A vibrant SF office culture featuring catered team lunches , stocked kitchen, and frequent team events.

- H-1B and Green Card sponsorship available for exceptional talent.

- Referral bonuses for helping us build a world-class team.

- Great people, meaningful work , and a team that genuinely believes in what we're building .

Come build the world’s best robots—and help make life-saving therapies accessible to all.