Senior Manager / Associate Director, Life Science Partnerships (AI)

TL;DR

Senior Manager / Associate Director, Life Science Partnerships (AI): Building and scaling Life Sciences Partnerships function by owning pipeline, revenue, and deal execution with an accent on leading complex, multi-stakeholder engagements and refining offerings. Focus on bringing structured market, commercial, and financial insight to inform product strategy and go-to-market.

Location: Onsite in Cambridge, MA, USA

Salary: $140,000 – $197,333 USD per year

Company

hirify.global is the world’s first scientific superintelligence platform and autonomous lab for life, chemistry, and materials science, pioneering boundless discovery by applying AI to the scientific method.

What you will do

• Own and grow Lila’s Life Sciences pipeline and revenue by managing end-to-end deal cycles with pharma, biotech, and life science organizations.
• Lead repeatable offerings and complex, multi-stakeholder engagements, turning qualified interest into strategically-aligned partnerships.
• Provide structured market, commercial, and financial insights to Product, Science, and Corporate Development to refine offerings, pricing, and go-to-market strategies.
• Build, manage, and grow a high-quality pipeline, from lead generation and qualification through proposal, negotiation, and close, with clear accountability for revenue targets.
• Drive outreach and closing for repeatable Life Sciences offerings, applying and refining standard scopes, deliverables, and success metrics.
• Partner with Product Management and Science to ensure proposed engagements are technically feasible, aligned with capabilities, and executed smoothly.

Requirements

• BS, MS, PhD or equivalent experience in biology, bioengineering, chemistry, computational biology, or a related field, with strong fluency in scientific concepts and experimental or computational workflows.
• 5+ years in client-facing roles serving biopharma or life science customers (e.g., business development, enterprise sales), with demonstrated experience owning revenue targets and running multi-stakeholder sales cycles.
• Strong communication and presentation skills; able to translate complex concepts into clear, actionable value for customers.
• Highly organized and execution-oriented; comfortable managing multiple opportunities in parallel and moving work forward with limited oversight.
• Collaborative, low-ego working style; able to build trust quickly with Product Managers, scientists, engineers, and operations.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the USA as this is an onsite role in Cambridge, MA.

Nice to have

• Experience at an AI-native biotech, platform biotech, autonomous lab, or data platform selling into pharma or life sciences.
• Exposure to partnerships or offerings combining AI/ML, data, and wet-lab or experimental platforms.
• Prior experience in a founding GTM / early-stage BD or sales role.
• Hands-on use of AI tools in your day-to-day workflows and curiosity about how AI and autonomous science will reshape healthcare and life sciences.

Culture & Benefits

• Work for the world’s first scientific superintelligence platform and autonomous lab.
• Be a foundational member of the team defining how leading life science organizations engage with scientific superintelligence.
• Opportunity to solve humankind's greatest challenges in human health, climate, and sustainability.
• Receive generous early equity as part of compensation.
• Company is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.