Director of Product, Life Sciences (Chemistry)

Cambridge, MA USA. Posted 13 months ago

The role

You will lead product strategy and delivery for platforms spanning molecular design, synthesis, wet-lab automation, and ML. You will shape the vision and roadmap for therapeutics products and drive commercial outcomes through customer-facing engagement.

What you will do

Set long-term product vision, roadmap, and portfolio priorities
Translate platform capability into commercial therapeutic programs
Define target product profiles across design, synthesis, and scale-up
Drive product execution from concept to launch
Represent product to executives, scientific leaders, partners, and customers
Own commercial outcomes including opportunity shaping, proposals, and deal closure
Define and report success metrics and milestones to leadership

Required qualifications

MS, PhD, or equivalent experience in biochemistry, protein science, medicinal chemistry, chemical biology, or related field
Deep understanding of drug discovery and development workflows and assays
Track record of advancing therapeutic programs or building platforms and products
7+ years of product leadership building and launching complex technical products
Strong executive communication
Highly collaborative leadership style

Nice to have

Experience with automated/self-driving labs
Experience working with ML approaches relevant to drug discovery and molecular science
Thoughts and opinions on how LLMs and AI solutions impact scientific discovery
Background in partnering with biopharma or research organizations

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Employer-paid life and disability insurance
Flexible time off with generous company wide holidays
Paid parental leave
Educational assistance program
Commuter benefits including bike share memberships for office based employees
Company subsidized lunch program

About the company

Lila Sciences is building Scientific Superintelligence™ to solve humankind's greatest challenges. The company combines advanced AI models with proprietary AI Science Factory™ instruments to execute the scientific method autonomously.