Sara Balch

Sara Balch currently serves as the Director of Product Management at Dash Bio, a position held since August 2025. Prior to this role, Sara was a Senior Product Manager for the Data Platform at GRAIL from August 2022 to September 2024, focusing on product requirements and management skills. Sara's background also includes experience as a Data Scientist II at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, contributing to notable research on metastatic prostate cancer and co-authoring a paper in Cell Genomics. Earlier roles include Data Scientist I, where research centered on breast cancer treatments, and product development through patient-partnered research at Count Me In. Sara's career began with clinical research coordination at Match Education while also serving as a STEM AmeriCorps Teaching Fellow. Academic qualifications include a Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology from Tufts University and a Certificate in Bioinformatics from Harvard Extension School.