Director of Product, Life Sciences

Lila Sciences
Cambridge
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 184,000 - 256,000 annuallyFunction: Executive & General ManagementExperience: 7+ yearsEducation: mastersSkills: ["Communication","Leadership","Problem-solving","Collaboration","Influencing without authority"]

Strategic product leader directing the roadmap and execution for life sciences products and platforms at the intersection of drug discovery, chemical synthesis, and scientific intelligence. You will guide cross-functional teams across science, ML, automation, and software engineering, shaping opportunities with customers and partners and translating insights into actionable product requirements.

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Lila Sciences
Lila Sciences
10 months ago

Director of Product, Life Sciences

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Job Summary

Strategic product leader directing the roadmap and execution for life sciences products and platforms at the intersection of drug discovery, chemical synthesis, and scientific intelligence. You will guide cross-functional teams across science, ML, automation, and software engineering, shaping opportunities with customers and partners and translating insights into actionable product requirements.
Location: Cambridge
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Drive the strategic direction for turning our AI capabilities toward breakthrough solutions in drug discovery, chemical synthesis, and molecular characterization
  • •Translate strategic objectives into target product profiles (TPPs) and development campaigns that guide science and engineering teams and enable breakthrough innovations in life sciences
  • •Lead customer and internal-user discovery, serving as the technical link to external customers and partners in the life sciences
  • •Identify and shape product opportunities grounded in real-world discovery challenges, partnering closely with collaborators, customers, and strategic partners to ensure relevance and downstream value
  • •Translate insights into clear product requirements, acceptance criteria, and experiment plans that guide engineering and science teams

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 184,000 - 256,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •MS, PhD, or equivalent experience in medicinal chemistry, chemical biology, chemical engineering, biochemistry, or a related field with a strong grounding in experimental science
  • •7+ years in Product Management building new and/or experimental products in drug discovery, molecular profiling, machine learning, or scientific software development
  • •Deep understanding of drug development processes, molecular and cellular research tools, and wet and dry lab workflows
  • •Experience with small molecule discovery workflows (e.g., lead optimization, ADMET profiling, synthesis planning) is strongly preferred
  • •Experience defining and executing target product profiles (TPPs) for new drug products, life sciences research tools, or scientific data platforms
Experience:7+ yearsLife sciencesDrug discoveryMachine learningScientific software
Education:Master's
Skills:CommunicationLeadershipProblem-solvingCollaborationInfluencing without authority
Languages:English
Tech Stack:Machine learningAIAutomationSoftware engineeringLab workflows

Company Brief

Lila Sciences
Develops AI-driven platforms to accelerate drug discovery and biological research by integrating machine learning with chemical and biological data to predict molecular properties, streamline candidate selection, and enable faster therapeutic development.
Industry: Biotech
Company Size: Small (11 to 50 employees)
Growth: Early Stage Startup
Funding: Seed
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