Senior Product Manager, Discourse Graphs

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• You are drawn to the problem of how research gets documented, connected and built upon, and you'd like to spend a year or more making that easier for working scientists. You are comfortable synthesizing diverse user needs and feedback into a set of high-level priorities and concrete prototypes. Your design instinct centers usability and meeting users within their existing workflows. You like to put something early-stage in front of people and change course based on what you see, and you are at ease guiding a team as a team member. You're likely to do well in this role if you have:
• Comfort soliciting and navigating user input in context of documented user flows
• A habit of talking with users every week, and of showing ideas as prototypes
• A way of working alongside designers and engineers rather than handing work to them
• Experience working without a manager: noticing what needs doing, taking it on, and keeping others posted in writing
• The post is full-time for 12 to 18 months, either as a temporary employee of the Astera Institute or on contract at the same annual rate. It is fixed-term because our funding is, and we will be open about where the funding stands for as long as you are with us. It is fully remote, with some overlap with North American working hours, and you can also work in person at Astera in Emeryville, California. We'd like you to start as soon as you can. Pay is $110,000 to $195,000 a year, depending on where you are based. We also offer:
• A flexible approach to working hours and remote working
• Astera-sponsored health, vision and dental benefits for employees
• Onboarding help from peer product teams
• We are an equal opportunity employer and are invested in fostering a culture where everyone can thrive. We are committed to equity and inclusion, and we encourage women, people of color, LGBTQIA individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, older members of society, and others from minority communities and diverse backgrounds to apply.
• We start with a 30-minute call to get to know each other, with the last ten minutes for your questions. Next is a working session of up to 90 minutes with two of us on a real piece of our product work, in place of a take-home task. After that you'll talk with the founders about where you think the product should go, and finally we'll ask for two references, from an engineer and a designer you have worked with.
• Please apply through the form below. Along with your CV, we'll ask for a short note about a time something a user told you changed your product's direction, a description of your previous work in this area, and a link to something that shows how you think about product direction, such as a strategy write-up, a talk, a post or a prototype you built. We'll also ask about your availability, and whether you would prefer employment or a contract. We will start reviewing applications November 2. If you have questions about the role, write to discoursegraphs@homeworld.bio.