# Product Manager, Platform at Benchling

- Company: Benchling
- What the company does: Backed by Y Combinator, a16z and ICONIQ.
- Company website: http://benchling.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $163K to $307K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-18
- Apply by: 2026-11-02
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/benchling/358ff26c-7b23-4645-b906-2244c76e2cb2
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/benchling-product-manager-platform/

## About the role

AI is only as good as the data underneath it. Schemas is the configuration layer where customers model their scientific data and processes. It's the customer-defined data model that makes Benchling different from a point solution, and the contract every other system (internal apps, integrations, AI agents) relies on when reading or writing to Benchling. Get it right, and AI inherits a solid foundation; get it wrong, every layer above inherits the problem.

## What they're looking for

- Energized by platform work and systems thinking, comfortable building the right abstraction ahead of need
- Has designed, owned, or significantly evolved a data-modeling, schema, or configuration system used by external developers or technical admins — not just consumed one as a feature
- Becomes the go-to person for customers, field, and engineers — not a router to engineering
- Deep, demonstrated discovery practice: has built personas and JTBD frameworks from scratch, not just used ones handed to them
- Track record balancing long-term vision with incremental shipping
- Strong communicator across technical and executive audiences, B2B SaaS or developer-platform background preferred

Tags: Product & Design