Senior Customer Program Manager

The MicroByre team makes pets out of bacteria. The vast majority of prokaryotes on the planet are not currently considered cultivable, let alone genetically modifiable. MicroByre domesticates and then genetically engineers otherwise reluctant, recalcitrant, and rebellious bacteria. We get them to eat out of our hands.

With friends like these, who needs petroleum? Newly cooperative bacteria will help us replace ancient biomass (petrochemicals) with renewable biomass (such as lawn clippings) efficiently and economically.

This is not the synthetic biology you’ve read about. We do not design genetic circuits in yeast or E. coli. We engineer naturally cool but standoffish bacteria to be cooperative, and thus even cooler.

As a member of the Business Development Team

You are the Bacteria Facilitator. You will direct and oversee development and commercialization projects where our domesticated bugs go to thrive and create the value that our customers desire. You’ll directly interact with industry-leading companies that are seeking our expertise, either to tame their unruly strains, find something that will eat their process wastes, or better yet, create climate-friendly products with our stable of bacteria to help support their sustainability initiatives. No one will support the commercialization development of a broader selection of bacteria!

Responsibilities:

• Maintain customer stakeholder relationships during joint development and commercialization project execution

• Support business development activities from scoping projects to negotiating and closing deals

• Manage multiple projects using project management tools

• Guide and coordinate Project Management related activities with other groups and functions across the organization

• Meet and speak with customers at industry conferences

• Travel potential up to 25%

• Other duties that may be assigned

• The position can be remote/home office based or hybrid in the Berkeley/Oakland Bay area

Required qualifications:

• Minimum bachelor degree in STEM-related fields

• At least 4 years of Project Management experience, using tools to document timelines, milestones and status updates

• Strong organizational skills paired with operational flexibility

• Clear communication, both written and oral, and strong interpersonal skills

• Ability to train, correct, and learn from peers

• Proficiency in using project management tools to track the status of projects

• Able to self-manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment

Also helpful:

• Experience managing joint development agreement activities and/or executing licensing agreements in the chemical and/or biotechnology industry

• Strong awareness of the biotechnology industry and its applications

• Awareness of the petrochemical value chain

• Strong desire to serve customers and solve problems

• Demonstrates openness to learn and a drive for personal and professional improvement

• Digitally proficient to leverage data and digital solutions to improve the customer experience, processes and systems

• The Salary range for the position is $110k-$140k + bonus and equity

MicroByre considers factors such as responsibility and scope of the role, experience, education and/or training, key skills, as well as location, business and market considerations before extending an offer.

As an Employer

MicroByre is a biotech startup in the Berkeley/Oakland Bay Area. We recently closed a round of funding and are growing fast!

We offer competitive benefits:

• Three weeks paid vacation each year

• Every federal holiday is a paid holiday

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• Life insurance and disability coverage

• 401(k) program with 3% employer match

We offer a professional and intellectually stimulating work environment with plenty of opportunities to train up.

We take a lesson from the diversity evident from the study of ecology: it takes a lot of different kinds of skills working together with mutual respect to make a dent in the world. We are committed to maintaining a work environment free of harassment and discrimination. All recruitment, salary, & promotion decisions are based on business need, qualification, and job requirements with no regard to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, family or parental status, veteran or disability status, religion or belief, or age. MicroByre is not sponsoring work visas or reimbursing relocation expenses for this position.