Manager, Scientific Visual Communication

BioRender

BioRender

Canada · Remote

Posted on Apr 17, 2026
Manager, Scientific Visual Communication
Remote (Canada) • Remote (US)
Creative
Remote
Full-time
BioRender is the world's leading visual science communication platform, used by over a million scientists to create figures, presentations, and visual content that moves research forward. We exist because how science is communicated visually matters - it shapes understanding, drives discovery, and determines whether research reaches the people who need it. Every product decision we make is grounded in that belief.

About This Role

We’re hiring a Manager, Scientific Visual Communication to help lead BioRender’s scientific visual communication function as a senior subject matter expert, people manager, and cross-functional partner.
This is a role for someone who wants to shape how world-class scientific visual content gets made at scale. The core of our product is our scientific visual content. You’ll help drive the next chapter of BioRender’s content pillar: accelerating production, raising the quality and usefulness of the BioRender library, leading ambitious initiatives tied to new product bets and market expansions, and bringing your expert medical illustration judgment into the company’s decision-making.
We are looking for a leader who operates with domain authority and confidence, who spots and acts on where our library, systems, or standards need to evolve, and who can bring entirely new content styles and approaches to life. Just as importantly, this person can turn fast-moving founder/product directions into clear focus and strong team execution.
This is a high-trust leadership role that is well-suited for someone from a veteran medical illustration, biomedical communications, or agency background who is looking for broader influence on the future of science communications worldwide.

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

This role sits within BioRender’s scientific visual communication function, but its impact extends beyond any one content stream. You’ll help raise the quality of BioRender’s education, demos, marketing, and other outward-facing science communication, while also helping lead major scientific content-related work in partnership with the Scientific Content team (aka Creative Team).
It’s a hybrid role that combines scientific communication craft, people leadership, and close partnership on important cross-functional work. It’s especially well suited for someone who wants to raise the quality of BioRender’s outward-facing science communication while also helping teams navigate ambiguity, change, and high expectations.

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
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