Please note:
this is not a hands-on research/laboratory role. Review the "must haves" to ensure a match prior to applying.
MUST HAVES:
- Background in BD&L and/or S&E within mid-sized pharma or mid/large biotech
- Strong experience evaluating industry (not academic) clinical-stage asset deals (e.g. licesning, acquisition, etc.)
- Advanced degree (PhD, PharmD)
- Sponsorship unavailable (H/F1, OPT, EAD). No C2C. Principal applicants only
- US-based. Remote.
The Opportunity
We are seeking an exceptional Scientific Director to drive the scientific strategy of our AI-powered life sciences platform. This is an opportunity to shape how an AI platform thinks—influencing the scientific models, frameworks, and assumptions that power our product—while also engaging directly with biopharma customers as a credible, trusted scientific advisor.
You will sit at the intersection of science, product, and commercial strategy. You will partner with our commercial teams on enterprise deals, serve as a scientific sounding board for clients navigating complex investment decision-making, and drive the scientific rigor of our platform. This role is designed for someone who has lived the end-to-end drug development process and wants to apply that expertise to build something transformative.
What You'll Do
Shape the Scientific Strategy of Our Platform
- Own the scientific integrity of the platform—defining how scientific domains, risk frameworks, and value drivers are modeled and represented across therapeutic areas and development stages
- Partner closely with Product and Engineering to translate scientific knowledge into platform features that reflect life sciences decision-making
- Develop and maintain scientific content and methodologies across key domains including preclinical and clinical development strategy, safety and toxicology, CMC, commercial, regulatory, and IP
- Ensure the platform stays current with evolving industry standards and emerging evidence, proactively identifying gaps and opportunities to enhance scientific credibility and value
- Build a scientific knowledge base that can scale: benchmarks, reference datasets, and content that powers the platform's recommendations and analyses
Serve as Scientific Advisor to Commercial Teams
- Serve as the resident scientific expert supporting Sales and Customer Success in client engagements, providing scientific credibility in conversations with executive-level pharma decision-makers across R&D, BD&L, and Portfolio Strategy
- Help customers and prospects understand how to use the platform to evaluate deal candidates and make investment decisions with greater confidence
- Lead scientific discovery sessions with prospective and existing clients to understand their pipeline challenges, identify use cases, and map the platform's capabilities to their strategic objectives
- Support development of scientific narratives, case studies, and proof-of-value materials that demonstrate the impact of the platform
Provide Scientific Support to Customers
- Act as a scientific resource for select strategic accounts, reviewing platform outputs with clients, contextualizing results within their therapeutic and competitive landscape, and helping them extract maximum scientific value from the platform
- Support facilitation of scientific workshops, executive briefings, and onboarding sessions that build client confidence and deepen platform engagement
- Collaborate with the Customer Success team to proactively identify at-risk accounts or underutilized workflows where deeper scientific engagement could drive retention and expansion
Drive Scientific Thought Leadership
- Represent the company at industry conferences, advisory boards, and scientific forums, building visibility and credibility in the biopharma and life sciences investment communities
- Develop white papers, educational content, and scientific commentary that position the organization as a trusted voice in AI-driven drug development decision-making
- Stay deeply connected to the pharma BD&L and portfolio management ecosystem
- Provide scientific input to fundraising narratives, investor materials, and strategic partnerships as needed
Who You Are
Essential Qualifications
- Advanced degree (PhD, MD, or PharmD) in a relevant life science discipline
- 8+ years of experience spanning multiple stages of drug development—from discovery through commercialization—ideally with direct exposure to R&D and/or business development and licensing
- Proven ability to engage executive-level pharma stakeholders as a scientific peer
- Experience