Manager, Scientific Visual Communication

About This Role

What You’ll Work On

• Accelerate content production
  • Ensure the BioRender library is effectively maintained as a world-class scientific visual repository (e.g. monitoring for inaccuracies/errors, content overhauls to eliminate stylistic inconsistencies, resolve content UX issues, curated for different customer segments, etc).
  • Find opportunities to accelerate and automate manual steps in the production process to be able to service more scientific communities and fields.
• Lead innovative initiatives
  • Partner closely with Product leadership to bring new products to market (e.g. lead the execution of entirely new scientific figure styles within the BioRender platform; smart template wizards to create exact figures in seconds).
  • Broaden / deepen market reach through strategic content expansions (e.g. icon-sets and visual narratives for cancer therapeutics R&D based on in-depth customer research; “ice-breaker” expansions into bioengineering or agriculture).
• Shape product direction
  • Apply your medical illustration expertise to inform and influence how complex science should be explained and represented across formats, surfaces, and audiences.
  • Support cross-functional partners (e.g. Marketing/Branding) on visible initiatives where scientific communication quality dictates customer understanding, trust, or adoption.
• People leadership
  • Collaborate with founders and senior leadership to define priorities, turn into clear direction for teams and projects.
  • Coach team members toward stronger judgment, ownership, and capability over time.
  • Scale and grow yourself by delegating, coaching, and training the next generation of great visual science communicators.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong experience in scientific communication, medical/scientific illustration, biomedical visualization, life science education, or a related field (Graduate degree in Medical Illustration, Biomedical Visualization, or a closely related program is a plus).
• Deep judgment in scientific visual communication - not just correctness, but clarity, usefulness, and quality for the audience and context.
• Operationally strong, with a track record of accomplishing challenging initiatives with clear ownership, timelines, and measurable outputs.
• A thoughtful and evolving point of view on BioRender’s product, platform, and scientific communication standards.
• Strong point of view on quality, with the ability to explain your reasoning and guide others toward better decisions.
• Experience managing or leading people in a high-bar, collaborative environment.
• Ability to operate as both a functional SME and a strong cross-functional partner.
• Comfort with ambiguity, shifting priorities, and high-expectation work.
• Strong curiosity about customers: how they work, what they need, where they struggle, and what good scientific communication helps them achieve.
• Ability to build trust, maintain morale, and keep important work moving.

What Makes This Role Unique

Details

• Remote-first, with the team coming together in person at least once per quarter
• Competitive salary and equity
• Opportunity to define and lead a new function at a high-growth company