Partnerships, Life Sciences

OpenAI
San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 266,000 - 389,000 annuallyFunction: Business Development & PartnershipsSkills: ["Strategic judgment","Cross-functional collaboration","Commercial judgment","Relationship building","Operational execution"]

Lead strategic partnerships to advance OpenAI’s life sciences capabilities, translating AI innovations into real scientific workflows. Partner with research teams and external biopharma stakeholders to identify high-impact opportunities, build and execute agreements, and evaluate model and product usefulness. Collaborate across legal, finance, and research to define scope, incentives, and data/IP terms—then drive operational execution through milestones, ownership, and long-term initiative planning.

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Partnerships, Life Sciences

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Job Summary

Lead strategic partnerships to advance OpenAI’s life sciences capabilities, translating AI innovations into real scientific workflows. Partner with research teams and external biopharma stakeholders to identify high-impact opportunities, build and execute agreements, and evaluate model and product usefulness. Collaborate across legal, finance, and research to define scope, incentives, and data/IP terms—then drive operational execution through milestones, ownership, and long-term initiative planning.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Business Development & Partnerships

Key Responsibilities

  • •Shape life sciences capability priorities with research and cross-functional teams, balancing scientific value, feasibility, and commercial potential.
  • •Develop data, research, and commercial partnerships across biotech, pharma, and the broader life sciences ecosystem.
  • •Translate AI capabilities into real-world scientific workflows by partnering with external organizations to evaluate usefulness and inform iteration.
  • •Structure collaborations by aligning legal, finance, research, and other teams on scope, incentives, data access, intellectual property, commercial terms, and governance.
  • •Lead strategic initiatives end to end, setting objectives and milestones and coordinating internal/external resources to drive long-term value.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 266,000 - 389,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Experience developing and executing partnerships in life sciences, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, or a closely related field.
  • •Track record turning strategic opportunities into concrete agreements and successful execution.
  • •Ability to work deeply with scientific and technical teams and translate their work into partnership opportunities and operating plans.
  • •Strong commercial and financial judgment, including navigating incentives, economics, data rights, and intellectual property.
  • •Comfort moving between strategy-setting and the detailed execution needed to deliver results.
Experience:Life sciencesBiotechnologyPharmaceuticals
Skills:Strategic judgmentCross-functional collaborationCommercial judgmentRelationship buildingOperational execution

Company Brief

OpenAI
Develops and deploys advanced generative AI models (including ChatGPT and DALL·E) and AI infrastructure, providing APIs and consumer products to accelerate safe AGI for broad benefit.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2015
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