Director / Senior Director, Origins

Lila Sciences
Cambridge
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 168,000 - 272,000 annuallyFunction: Executive & General ManagementSkills: ["Relationship-building","Interpersonal judgment","Negotiation","Strategic judgment","Partner stewardship"]

Build and own the Origins partner pipeline by opening relationships with deep-tech and life-sciences investors, venture and growth funds, asset managers, and family offices aligned with Origins’ thesis. Work alongside the Head of Origins to co-lead engagements from outreach through signed partnerships, maintaining sophisticated intelligence on partner priorities and nurturing long-term commitments. Serve as a trusted, senior external voice representing Lila and contributing strategic judgment to structuring and negotiation.

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Lila Sciences
Lila Sciences
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Director / Senior Director, Origins

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Job Summary

Build and own the Origins partner pipeline by opening relationships with deep-tech and life-sciences investors, venture and growth funds, asset managers, and family offices aligned with Origins’ thesis. Work alongside the Head of Origins to co-lead engagements from outreach through signed partnerships, maintaining sophisticated intelligence on partner priorities and nurturing long-term commitments. Serve as a trusted, senior external voice representing Lila and contributing strategic judgment to structuring and negotiation.
Location: Cambridge
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Open and build relationships with deep-tech and life-sciences investors, science-focused funds, asset managers, and family offices aligned with Origins’ thesis and mission.
  • •Build and own a sophisticated partner pipeline by identifying, qualifying, and prioritizing long-term strategic partner relationships.
  • •Maintain active intelligence on each relationship, including investment thesis, portfolio interests, decision dynamics, and evolving priorities.
  • •Co-lead engagements with the Head of Origins from initial outreach through signed partnership, ensuring the right stakeholders are involved.
  • •Represent Origins externally as a trusted, senior voice and steward/grow relationships over time, shaping partnership positioning from partner feedback.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 168,000 - 272,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionPaid ParentalLife InsuranceDisability InsuranceEducation AssistanceCommuter BenefitsMeal Allowance

Key Requirements

  • •Deep, active network across deep-tech investors, life-sciences investors, science-focused funds, or sophisticated family offices.
  • •Scientific fluency to engage credibly with technical partners and represent the platform with authority.
  • •Understanding of how institutional investors think and what they care about, including how partnerships work.
  • •Exceptional interpersonal judgment—read contexts well, build trust quickly, and balance when to push versus listen.
  • •Track record of opening new relationships and maintaining and growing them over years in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
Experience:Deep-techLife-sciencesVenture capitalGrowth fundsAsset managementFamily offices
Skills:Relationship-buildingInterpersonal judgmentNegotiationStrategic judgmentPartner stewardship
Languages:English
Tech Stack:AIAI-for-scienceAutonomous science

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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