Associate Director / Director, Customer Program Management, Life Sciences

The role

This person will drive the planning, execution, and delivery of therapeutic programs on Lila's platform. They will provide project management leadership to internal science, engineering, and automation teams and serve as a senior operational interface with pharmaceutical and biotech partners.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end project management for active therapeutic programs
• Drive day-to-day execution discipline for internal teams
• Manage resource allocation discussions and trade-off decisions
• Establish and maintain program-level reporting
• Identify, communicate, and manage program risks
• Structure and facilitate internal program meetings, decision forums, and reviews
• Serve as the primary operational interface with partner organizations
• Translate internal program status into updates for external partners
• Support alliance obligations including joint steering committees and milestone reporting
• Lead the development of scalable project management practices, templates, and tools

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry in roles associated with drug discovery or development, project management, or operations
• 5+ years in program management, project management, or a similar cross-functional coordination role with direct responsibility for timelines, resourcing, and tracking
• Ability to independently drive execution across complex, multidisciplinary programs
• Strong understanding of drug discovery and development processes
• Experience managing programs with external partners
• Outstanding communication skills

Nice to have

• Experience working at or partnering with AI-native or platform-based drug discovery companies
• Experience managing external collaborations in a discovery or preclinical setting
• Familiarity with project management tools and methodologies
• Familiarity with the rapid evolution of LLMs and AI-driven science platforms

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 into an operating system for science.