Full-Time

Product Lead

Forager AI/Saas

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Brightseed

Brightseed

51-200 employees

AI platform for discovering health-boosting compounds

AI & Machine Learning
Healthcare

Compensation Overview

$225k - $300kAnnually

Expert

San Bruno, CA, USA

The job is onsite, indicating that employees are expected to work in the office most days each week.

Category
Applied Machine Learning
AI Research
AI & Machine Learning
Required Skills
Data Science
Product Management
Machine Learning
JIRA
Confluence

You match the following Brightseed's candidate preferences

Employers are more likely to interview you if you match these preferences:

Degree
Experience
Requirements
  • Experience leading and supporting successful commercial launches of SaaS or platform technology related products is a must.
  • Deep familiarity with the life sciences industry or sub-industries.
  • Deep understanding of machine learning algorithms, data science principles, and AI technologies.
  • A bachelor's degree with 15+ years of experience, technical field is a nice to have.
  • Experience partnering with executive leadership to provide cohesive direction towards company goals with accountability for financial results which impact company performance.
  • Seasoned leader who is highly collaborative and able to build strong working relationships and alignment across multiple cross-functional teams to support successful Product initiatives.
  • Self-starting, entrepreneurial orientation and a contributor to company culture are a must.
  • Technical proficiency with Product/SaaS tools such as Jira, Confluence, Open DevOps.
Responsibilities
  • Set vision and GTM strategy for Forager’s AI SaaS platform.
  • Design Forager’s platform for customers to access insights directly.
  • Partner with Senior Leadership to design the fundamentals behind Forager’s SaaS business model, including its subscription service, data usage and design.
  • Work with sales and marketing teams to drive market adoption, retention, and expansion strategies.
  • Own Forager’s P&L for the SaaS platform and manage modular products through lifecycle.
  • Design a modular product offering on platform, including overseeing end to end development, product build, pricing, and launch.
  • Ensure product performance by guiding a focused team of Product Managers: determine success metrics, manage product improvements, stay informed of competitors, and unlock sales enablement.
  • Obsessively service customer needs across life sciences.
  • Seek constant customer input to distill customer needs into insightful product solutions.
  • Design the roadmap with features that address feedback from customers, sales and tech teams.
  • Move with the speed of fast-paced tech, leaning into MVPs to validate wherever needed.
  • Maintain our cutting-edge AI advantage.
  • Drive innovation ensuring technical feasibility and alignment while delivering a 'wow' experience for our customers.
  • Ensure Forager’s AI solutions adhere to regulatory and compliance standards, while maintaining industry-leading data privacy and security protocols.
  • Work closely with engineering, operations, design, marketing, sales, and other teams to ensure smooth execution of product initiatives.
Desired Qualifications
  • Technical field is a nice to have.

Brightseed discovers beneficial compounds in nature that can enhance human health using artificial intelligence. Their Forager® platform identifies bioactive compounds, which are small molecules from plants and microbes that positively affect biological functions in the body. They also offer Brightseed™ Bio Gut Fiber, a dietary fiber that improves gut health and is suitable for various applications. Brightseed partners with companies to provide insights into bioactives and their health benefits, aiming to make these compounds more accessible.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Grant

Total Funding

$123.8M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2017

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Growing consumer interest in personalized nutrition boosts demand for Brightseed's bioactive products.
  • Rising gut health awareness increases demand for Brightseed's gut health-focused bioactives.
  • Regulatory support for bioactives in supplements facilitates Brightseed's market expansion.

What critics are saying

  • Increased competition from established brands like Centrum in the bioactive market.
  • Over-reliance on partnerships like Manitoba Harvest could limit market reach.
  • Regulatory scrutiny poses challenges as Brightseed expands in the health and wellness sector.

What makes Brightseed unique

  • Brightseed uses AI to discover bioactives, accelerating discovery from years to months.
  • Forager® A.I. maps bioactives to health outcomes with unprecedented accuracy and speed.
  • Brightseed's Bio Gut Fiber is made from upcycled hemp hulls, appealing to eco-conscious consumers.

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Benefits

Hybrid work flexibility

Medical, dental, & vision

Unlimited PTO

Life insurance

EAP

401(k) plan

Mental health platform

Employee discounts

Cell phone & commuter costs

Parental leave

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

12%

1 year growth

12%

2 year growth

15%
Nutraceutical Business Review
Sep 13th, 2024
Brightseed and Botalys team up to uncover potent botanical bioactives with AI

AI-powered bioactive discovery specialist Brightseed has partnered with Botalys.

Yahoo Finance
Apr 10th, 2024
Global Dietary Supplements Market to Grow Immensely by 2030, Predicts DelveInsight | Key Companies - Amway, Abbott, Bayer, Pfizer, Otsuka, GlaxoSmithKline, American Health, Good Health New Zealand

In September 2022, Centrum, a multivitamin brand, announced the launch of the Centrum Multivitamin range recognizing the difference in nutritional requirements by gender and age in India offering 4 multivitamin variants tailored to meet the new age nutrition needs of different consumer cohorts namely Centrum Women, Centrum Men, Centrum Adults 50+ and Centrum Kids.

NutraIngredients USA
Feb 21st, 2024
Expo West 2024 supplement preview: What's happening on the show floor

Brightseed recently announced the launch of Manitoba Harvest Bioactive Fiber into Whole Foods Markets nationwide, which uses its novel Bio Gut Fiber ingredient, made from upcycled hemp hulls to help close the fiber gap and promote a healthy gut, improve digestion, reduce bloating and gas and support weight management.

AgFunder News
Feb 7th, 2024
Leaky Gut? Manitoba Harvest And Brightseed Target Gut Barrier Function With Bioactive Fiber Launch

[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Brightseed.]. Hemp food specialist Manitoba Harvest has teamed up with foodtech co Brightseed to launch a new product nationwide at Whole Foods in the US featuring Brightseed’s first commercial ingredient: a bioactive fiber offering an intriguing new slant on gut health. Manitoba Harvest organic bioactive fiber contains psyllium husk fiber and Brightseed’s Bio Gut Fiber, an ingredient sourced from upcycled hemp hulls that contains contains N-trans-caffeoyl tyramine (NCT) and N-trans-feruloyl tyramine (NFT), bioactives that impact a metabolic regulator called HNF4α, which is found in the gut, liver, pancreas and kidneys

AgFunder News
Jan 12th, 2024
Meet The Founder: Brightseed’S Dr. Jim Flatt Illuminates The ‘Dark Matter Of Nutrition’

Dr. Jim Flatt: ‘We’ve often been told by investors that it’s unusual to have three cofounders that are still enjoying working together after all this time!’ Image credit: Brightseed. [Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Brightseed.]. Launched by three former Eat Just executives in 2017 (Sofia Elizondo, Dr Lee Chae, and Dr Jim Flatt), Brightseed​​ harnesses AI and machine learning to illuminate the ‘dark matter’ of nutrition lying untapped in plant and fungal kingdoms