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Senior Director of Product Management, Materials Discovery

SandboxAQ· AI Simulation
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Remote$236k - $354kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior leadership role owning strategy, roadmap, and commercial trajectory of the ChemSim materials discovery platform within SandboxAQ's AISim division; dual mandate to deliver CHIPS Act R&D program milestones and to build a product-led, revenue-generating business across adjacent verticals.

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end ChemSim product strategy, vision, and roadmap — spanning CHIPS Act contractual deliverables, vertical platform depth, and commercial expansion into new markets.
  • Hire, develop, and lead a team of 3-4 PM ICs across the Catalysis, Batteries, PFAS, and Magnets verticals — driving key deliverables personally until the team is fully ramped.
  • Partner with the Senior Director of PM, Core Platform in a two-in-a-box model to define, prioritize, and sequence the platform capabilities required to support ChemSim's contractual and commercial milestones.
  • Own the ChemSim commercial strategy: define the go-to-market approach, pricing and packaging model, and customer segmentation for semiconductor ecosystem customers and expansion verticals (oil and gas, energy, specialty chemicals, advanced manufacturing).
  • Build and manage strategic partner relationships at the product level — with fabs, equipment OEMs, chemical suppliers, national laboratories, and manufacturing partners — translating partner requirements into platform and vertical product features.
  • Establish a data-driven operating rhythm: define metrics across contract performance (validated MVP candidates, dataset quality, workflow adoption) and commercial KPIs (ARR, net revenue retention, expansion pipeline).
  • Develop and defend build-vs-buy and build-vs-partner decisions for domain-specific scientific engines, LQMs, and validation tooling across ChemSim verticals.
  • Serve as the primary product voice to DOC/CRDO program stakeholders, semiconductor ecosystem partners, and prospective commercial customers for ChemSim.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in product management, including 5+ years managing teams of individual contributors.
  • Strong domain expertise in materials science, chemistry, chemical engineering, or adjacent discipline.
  • Track record shipping AI/ML-driven scientific or engineering platform products at enterprise scale (multi-tenant SaaS, API governance, enterprise security and compliance).
  • Experience building and executing B2B go-to-market strategy for technical software, including pricing, packaging, sales motion, and expansion into new verticals.
  • Ability to navigate deep ambiguity and translate problems into structured roadmaps and measurable outcomes.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
  • MBA, or equivalent business leadership and P&L experience.

Skills

Required:Product management leadershipDomain expertise in materials science/chemistry/chemical engineeringAI/ML-driven platform product developmentB2B go-to-market strategyStakeholder management

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents with generous employer premium contributions
  • Retirement savings with company matching
  • Paid parental leave
  • Inclusive family-building benefits
  • Fully remote work arrangement
  • Flexible paid time off
  • Company-wide seasonal breaks
  • Learning and growth opportunities through internal programs
Last updated Sep 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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