Product Marketing Lead
Senior Product Marketing role at Mithrl. San Francisco · full-time · $150,000–$200,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Shape Mithrl’s product story, market position, and core messages for its AI Co-Scientist
- Run launches from planning through follow-up, measuring effects on pipeline, adoption, and revenue
- Define customer personas, ideal customer profiles, and buying paths across biotech and pharma
- Create scientific and commercial content, then equip sales with decks, battlecards, and objection responses
- Turn customer conversations and market research into campaigns, roadmap input, and go-to-market guidance
What you bring
- Hold a doctorate in a relevant field such as pharmacology, molecular biology, computational biology, bioinformatics, or biology
- Bring at least five years of product marketing experience across tech bio, life sciences software, scientific platforms, or AI
- Show successful launches or major feature releases that improved pipeline, adoption, or revenue
- Explain complex science clearly for technical audiences while preserving accuracy in your writing
- Provide relevant content, launch, or campaign work and collaborate effectively with sales, customer success, product, and engineering
Who this fits
You’ll suit a scientist-storyteller role with senior-level product marketing ownership and a strong bias toward measurable results. You’ll work onsite in San Francisco within Mithrl’s in-person culture. The job involves close work with product, engineering, sales, applications, prospects, and users, plus visibility at industry events.
From the employer
ABOUT MITHRL
We imagine a world where new medicines reach patients in months, not years, and where scientific breakthroughs happen at the speed of thought.
Mithrl is building the world’s first commercially available AI Co-Scientist. It is a discovery engine that transforms messy biological data into insights in minutes. Scientists ask questions in natural language, and Mithrl responds with real analysis, novel targets, hypotheses, and patent-ready reports.
Our traction speaks for itself:
12X year-over-year revenue growth
Trusted by leading biotechs and big pharma across three continents
Driving real breakthroughs from target discovery to patient outcomes.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We are hiring a Head of Product Marketing to define the narrative, positioning, and go to market strategy for Mithrl. This is a high visibility, high impact leadership role that requires deep scientific understanding and proven product marketing experience. A PhD is required because you will be translating complex discovery science and AI driven workflows into simple, compelling stories that resonate with research leaders, computational biologists, and executive buyers.
You will shape how the world understands Mithrl, why it matters, and why it is fundamentally changing the way biology is programmed. You will own messaging, launches, scientific content, cross functional alignment, and the campaigns that drive awareness and adoption. You will partner closely with product, engineering, sales, and applications teams to turn scientific capabilities into clear commercial value.
If you are a scientist turned storyteller, a strategic thinker, and a data-driven marketer who loves building from first principles, this is a rare opportunity to help define and lead a category.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
Own the product narrative, positioning, and messaging for the Mithrl AI Co-Scientist
Translate complex scientific workflows into clear value propositions for R&D and computational buyers
Lead product launches, end to end, with defined success metrics and measurable outcomes
Build persona definitions, ICPs, and buyer journey maps for biotech and pharma customers
Create compelling scientific and commercial content including whitepapers, case studies, webinars, and narratives that highlight discovery impact
Partner with sales to develop decks, one pagers, battlecards, and objection handling materials
Work with product and engineering to align roadmap and capabilities with GTM needs
Collaborate with marketing on targeted campaigns with measurable KPIs that drive pipeline creation and product adoption
Build competitive intelligence and market landscapes that guide both product and GTM strategy
Interface directly with prospects and users, synthesizing customer insights and converting them into messaging, content themes, and campaign directions
Represent Mithrl at conferences, industry events, and external thought leadership opportunities
Establish product marketing as a core strategic function as part of Marketing for the company and scale it as we grow
WHAT YOU BRING
Required Qualifications
PhD in biology, bioinformatics, computational biology, molecular biology, pharmacology, or a closely related field
5 or more years of experience in product marketing at a tech bio, life sciences software, scientific platform, or AI company
Demonstrated success launching products or major features with measurable impact on pipeline, adoption, or revenue
Proven ability to craft narratives that resonate with scientific and technical audiences
Strong writing and communication skills with the ability to simplify complexity without losing accuracy
Experience partnering closely with sales, customer success, product, and engineering
Comfort working in a fast moving, high ownership startup environment
A portfolio of content, launch materials, or campaigns that shows creativity and commercial impact
Nice to Have
Experience marketing AI enabled scientific tools or computational biology platforms
Experience selling into enterprise biotech or pharma environments
Familiarity with discovery workflows, omics analysis, or preclinical development
Experience with demand generation or growth marketing
Prior leadership or mentorship experience within marketing teams
WHAT YOU WILL LOVE AT MITHRL
You will build the story that drives scientific adoption and commercial growth
You will have significant ownership over GTM strategy and product communication
Team: Join a tight-knit, talent-dense team of engineers, scientists, and builders
Culture: We value consistency, clarity, and hard work. We solve hard problems through focused daily execution
Speed: We ship fast (2x/week) and improve continuously based on real user feedback
Location: Beautiful SF office with a high-energy, in-person culture
Benefits: Comprehensive PPO health coverage through Anthem (medical, dental, and vision) + 401(k) with top-tier plans
We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.