Company Overview: NewAtlantis Labs is pioneering the future of marine science with a transformative AI platform designed for marine bioprospecting, ecosystem health assessments, and predictive digital twin modeling. By integrating multi-omics, metabarcoding, and time-series data with advanced machine learning, we deliver scalable insights to foster ocean conservation and drive the blue economy. Our mission is supported by a robust roadmap for scaling our platform’s engineering and scientific capabilities. Role Overview: As the Head of Product, you will own the strategic development of our Marine AI platform to ensure product-market fit across multiple customer segments. You will work closely with the co-founders, Head of Science, and Head of Engineering to ensure that the timelines and budgets of the teams are met when delivering on the product roadmap, constantly refining the product strategy to better align with the company’s vision. You will lead cross-functional teams, guiding them to deliver critical product components such as the data registry, model pipeline, workflow infrastructure, and bioprospecting capabilities. In addition, you will be responsible for customer outreach to evaluate the product-market fit across multiple customer verticals and provide insights back to leadership and engineering/science teams. Key Responsibilities: Product Vision & Roadmap: Provide feedback on the product roadmap in the context of customer needs, focusing on core initiatives such as data registry, Kafka infrastructure, and the digital twin platform. Collaborate closely with the leadership team to ensure all product strategies and execution plans are in line with the overarching business goals and scientific advancements. Manage feature rollouts, including the Feature and Model Registries, front-end application for MPAs (Marine Protected Areas), and SageMaker integrations to accelerate scientific research and marine health assessments. Cross-functional Leadership: Partner with engineering teams to deploy workflow infrastructures, ensuring seamless data processing across integrated tools such as VEBA, Leviathan, and graph-based knowledge systems. Align with the Head of Science on integrating cutting-edge scientific discoveries into the product, ensuring the platform scales to meet the needs of marine biodiversity and bioprospecting efforts. Ensure timely delivery of engineering and scientific milestones by collaborating with leadership to adjust strategies as necessary. Customer Outreach & Product Market Fit: Lead customer outreach efforts to evaluate product-market fit across multiple verticals, including marine research institutes, environmental agencies, consumer packaged goods, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Gather and analyze customer feedback to ensure the platform addresses real-world problems, aligning product features with market demands. Provide actionable insights to leadership, engineering, and science teams to inform future product development and adjustments. Collaboration & Strategy Refinement: Collaborate closely with co-founders, ensuring the product’s direction and deliverables reflect the company’s vision. Constantly refine strategies with input from both the Head of Science and the Head of Engineering to meet changing needs, scientific insights, and technological advances. Act as a key liaison between leadership and operational teams, ensuring clear communication on progress, roadblocks, and adjustments to meet both short- and long-term goals. Innovation & Scalability: Drive data-as-a-service and model-as-a-service offerings, enabling external clients to deploy workflows and ML models. Spearhead the development of new capabilities such as protein optimization through machine learning. Develop and implement professional services (e.g., Features-as-a-Service, Visualization-as-a-Service) to help clients leverage platform capabilities effectively, leading to faster onboarding and revenue generation. Platform Integration & Performance: Oversee the integration of Kafka infrastructure, graph databases, and workflow orchestration systems to ensure seamless data flow and ecosystem performance assessments. Manage ongoing development of key platform features such as data bundling services, large-scale dataset downloads, and automated reporting systems for monitoring real-time ecosystem health metrics. Key Qualifications: Domain Expertise: Proven background in marine biology, AI/ML, and bioinformatics, with experience in managing complex, multi-disciplinary projects that integrate multi-omics data and predictive modeling Technical Leadership: Hands-on experience with SageMaker, Kafka, GraphDB connectors, and workflow automation. Familiarity with deploying and scaling bioprospecting pipelines and ecosystem models. Strategic Thinking: Ability to shape and drive a cohesive product strategy that balances scientific innovation with engineering deliverables, managing feature rollouts and ensuring alignment with business objectives. Collaboration & Communication: Exceptional skills in working with diverse teams, from engineering to science, ensuring clear communication of priorities and managing stakeholder expectations across research partners, pilot projects, and customers. Agile Experience: Comfortable leading in an Agile environment, using capacity planning and iterative development to meet evolving product and customer needs. Team Collaboration: Strong interest in working collaboratively with co-founders, Head of Science, and Head of Engineering, ensuring alignment on timelines, budgets, and product vision. Preferred Experience: Experience working with eDNA, multi-omics datasets, and marine biodiversity monitoring tools such as PlanktoScope. Deep knowledge of machine learning models, including protein language models (e.g., HyenaDNA) and digital twin ecosystems for marine health simulations Familiarity with SOC-2 compliance, event observability, and professional services enablement to deliver high-quality, scalable product experiences. Why Join Us? Be at the forefront of developing AI-powered solutions for the ocean’s future. Lead the integration of marine science with cutting-edge technology, driving innovation in both ecosystem management and marine bioprospecting. Join us to shape a product that directly impacts global sustainability and marine health, working closely with the company’s leadership and customers to ensure our vision becomes a reality. Location: This position is hybrid and based in the West Coast of the United States for easy travel to Los Angeles. How to Apply: Please send your resume to jjnewatlantis.io