Production Manager

LatchBio • San Francisco, CA

11h • Onsite

About The Position

Latch is hiring a Production Manager to coordinate staffing and delivery as its science team grows beyond 100 people. The role matches scientists to projects based on their expertise, growth areas, and availability, while coordinating project scope, timelines, costs, and output. The Production Manager works across science, sales, engineering, and finance to ensure projects are delivered on time and on budget, and helps shape scientific direction by developing projects that build on the team's strengths. The position reports to Chief Product Officer Hannah Le.

This is an on-site role in San Francisco, working closely with science, partnerships, operations, and engineering. The team meets on Mondays and Fridays, with additional meetings as needed. Work schedules are flexible and are not tracked; the focus is on delivering projects well and on time. The company describes its culture as transparent, respectful, focused on solutions, and oriented toward innovation and output rather than hours.

Requirements

• Background in biology and experience doing scientific work, either at the bench or computationally.
• Experience managing projects or production for a team of experts, such as at a CRO, core facility, or biotech, with multiple concurrent projects, deadlines, and quality standards.
• Ability to quickly understand scientists' areas of expertise and match them to suitable work.
• Ability to adapt plans quickly when customer scope or deadlines change and keep stakeholders aligned.

Nice To Haves

• An MS or PhD; hands-on experience is also valued.

Responsibilities

• Match scientists to projects based on their expertise, growth areas, and availability, without managing them directly.
• Gather customer requirements and ensure the team understands them.
• Coordinate with sales and engineering to set achievable project scopes and timelines.
• Track project output and costs across projects.
• Partner with finance to forecast and deliver against targets.
• Work with engineering on tools to make project delivery faster and less costly.
• Understand the science behind the company's work and help develop projects that build on the team's strengths.

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO.
• Paid lunch and dinner.
• Cigna platinum health plan with 100% of the employee premium covered, with $0 premium and $0 deductible; 50% of dependent premiums covered.
• Top-tier Guardian dental and vision plans with 100% coverage.
• Work visa sponsorship for most visas, often all.
• Relocation assistance.
• 401(k) plan.
• Company-sponsored professional development.
• Equity.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed