Senior Associate, Corporate Development

TL;DR

Senior Associate, Corporate Development: Evaluate and advance scientific opportunities by building analytical frameworks, partner-facing materials, and financial models. Focus on assessing scientific, commercial, and strategic fit within Lila's platform, supporting venture structuring and execution, and synthesizing complex information for senior leadership.

Location: Cambridge, MA USA

Salary: $68,000 - $117,333 USD

Company

hirify.global is the world’s first scientific superintelligence platform and autonomous lab for life, chemistry, and materials science.

What you will do

• Build and maintain financial models and projections to evaluate scientific opportunities and inform decisions.
• Develop partner-facing materials, presentations, and analyses to support external conversations and deal processes.
• Evaluate opportunities in the context of Lila's platform, assessing scientific, commercial, and strategic fit.
• Support structuring and execution of ventures from early-stage diligence through deal close.
• Synthesize complex scientific and financial information into clear, decision-ready outputs for senior leadership.
• Collaborate across Lila's scientific, finance, legal, and product/revenue teams to advance active opportunities.

Requirements

• Typically 4-6 years of experience, with a background in investment banking, private equity, or growth equity, and subsequent experience in venture capital, a startup, or a similarly fast-paced environment.
• Bachelor's degree in a scientific or engineering discipline, or equivalent technical training.
• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills, with the ability to build models independently from scratch.
• Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality partner-facing materials and executive presentations under tight timelines.
• Comfortable working in ambiguity with limited oversight, and able to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distill complex information for senior audiences.

Nice to have

• Experience evaluating early-stage scientific or technology opportunities.
• Familiarity with deep tech or life sciences sectors.
• Ability to engage substantively with scientific concepts and translate them into business and financial terms.
• Experience working directly with senior leadership in a high-growth or fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, and data visualization platforms.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation including bonus potential and generous early equity.
• 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.