Principal Product Leader - Therapeutics Discovery & AI

Genentech; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 149,000 - 276,000; Full time

Job summary

Genentech, based in California, seeks a Principal Product Leader for the Data and Digital Catalysts (DDC) within the CS CoE. Define strategy and roadmaps for a family of products that accelerate drug discovery and enable AI/ML data products, partnering with scientists, domain heads, and software teams.

You will lead cross‑functional delivery, build stakeholder relationships, and push future‑facing solutions to reduce technical debt and improve decision making across Therapeutics Discovery and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus at least 7 years, or an advanced degree plus at least 2 years leading delivery of impactful internal solutions.
• Leads by example and acts as a mentor and coach for others.
• Strong in Product Management, such as definition of product vision, strategic thinking, and extended stakeholder management.
• Hands on domain expertise in the design‑make‑test‑learn aspects of biotechnology.
• Experience documenting detailed software requirements, user stories, business processes, and/or software specifications for both custom and COTS systems.
• Highly collaborative and demonstrated ability to build positive relationships with internal and external partners.
• Outstanding oral and written two‑way communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define the strategy and product vision for a product family in the Therapeutics Discovery Domain to ensure we enable the highest impact scientific outcomes.
• Develop deep scientific and problem understanding, articulate the strategic product roadmap, nurture stakeholder relationships, and drive delivery.
• Boldly advocate for future‑facing solutions, anticipate emerging capabilities, understand the Drug Discovery scientific landscape, and influence the Roche/Genentech informatics ecosystem.
• Contributes to consolidation and deprecation of legacy systems and overall reduction of accumulated technical debt.
• Establish and cultivate strong internal and external partnerships and relationships with extended collaborators in DDC, CS CoE and beyond.

Skills

Product Management

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree

Job description

Genentech, based in California, seeks a Principal Product Leader for the Data and Digital Catalysts (DDC) within the CS CoE. Define strategy and roadmaps for a family of products that accelerate drug discovery and enable AI/ML data products, partnering with scientists, domain heads, and software teams.

You will lead cross‑functional delivery, build stakeholder relationships, and push future‑facing solutions to reduce technical debt and improve decision making across Therapeutics Discovery and