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Lila Sciences

AI-powered scientific discovery for medicines

Director Enterprise Account Management - Life Sciences

Account ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeCambridge, MA, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 10 years in enterprise sales, business development, or commercial leadership, including ownership of strategic accounts.
  • A track record of closing large, multi-quarter enterprise agreements with top 20 pharmaceutical companies or comparable accounts.
  • A degree in biology, chemistry, biochemistry, bioengineering, or adjacent fields, or equivalent experience.
  • Fluency across the pharmaceutical research and development value chain, from discovery through early development.
  • Executive presence with research and development leadership and C-suite buyers.
  • Ability to translate AI and autonomous laboratory capabilities into credible scientific and commercial narratives.
  • Comfort operating where the category, product, and commercial motion are still being defined.
  • Hands-on use of AI tools in daily work.

Responsibilities

  • Own a named portfolio of top 20 pharmaceutical accounts end to end, with direct accountability for revenue.
  • Build and execute multi-year account strategies covering expansion, whitespace, and renewal.
  • Establish and maintain executive relationships at the research and development leadership and C-suite level.
  • Lead complex, multi-quarter pursuits across discovery, translational, platform, data and AI, and business development and licensing stakeholders.
  • Negotiate and close large enterprise agreements, working with legal, finance, and procurement.
  • Maintain accurate forecasts and surface tradeoffs, priorities, and risks to the leadership team.
  • Partner with product and science teams to scope high-value engagements and unblock technical inputs.
  • Own technical RFI and DDQ responses for strategic accounts, packaging polished customer-facing deliverables.
  • Shape enterprise commercial strategy, including qualification standards, deal structures, and pricing input.
  • Translate the AI and life sciences partnership landscape into implications for the company's positioning.

Desired Qualifications

  • Working familiarity with AI and machine learning applied to life sciences, including target identification, generative models for molecules and biologics, predictive ADMET, and computational biology.
  • Direct experience with pharmaceutical enterprise research and development buying cycles, including alliance and partnership structures.
  • Prior experience at a frontier AI, biotech, or platform company selling to technical buyers.
  • Early go-to-market or commercial hire experience defining playbooks and deal structures.
  • A clear point of view on where AI is and is not useful in life sciences research and development today.

About the Company

Lila Sciences

AI-powered scientific discovery for medicines

Lila.ai uses artificial intelligence to speed up scientific discovery in medicines and advanced materials. The system ingests large sets of scientific data, experimental results, and literature to identify patterns, generate hypotheses, and guide research programs. It differentiates itself by tackling deep scientific problems at scale and combining AI with domain expertise, rather than offering generic tools. The goal is to help humanity by delivering new medicines and materials that solve major biological and materials challenges through data-driven discovery.

Company size
501-1,000
Company stage
Series A
Total funding
$550M
Headquarters
Cambridge, MA
Founded
2024

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