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Lila Sciences · 2 days ago

Vice President of Life Sciences Experimentation

Cambridge, MA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$280K/yr - $335K/yr

10+ years exp

Lila Sciences is pioneering a new age of boundless discovery through its scientific superintelligence platform. As the Lead of Life Sciences Experimentation, you will set the vision for Lila's wet-lab and manage a multidisciplinary team to advance biological discovery and achieve the mission of scientific superintelligence.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AILife ScienceSoftware

Responsibilities

Own the strategy, portfolio, roadmap, and outcomes for the Life Science Experiment team

Establish operating rhythms, capacity planning, and sequencing to execute against the strategy and roadmap

Orchestrate a dynamic portfolio of programs that span grand scientific challenges and real-world applications, advancing the frontier of biological discovery

Build and scale AI-integrated wet-lab workflows and ensure rigorous data capture and quality control across the Life Sciences, for example cDNA display, arrayed CFE, Octet/Dianthus analysis, plate QC, and developability screens

Champion new conceptual models for life science experimentation; transforming how assays, data, and design cycles are conceived, connected, and scaled

Clarify and govern project/process management to realize scientific discover alongside scaled execution of the scientific method under AI guidance

Partner with the Product and Commercial teams to identify high-value commercial opportunities that align with our path to scientific superintelligence

Cultivate a culture of scientific imagination, operational excellence, and principled ambition in pursuit of transformative breakthroughs

Hire, mentor, and develop exceptional experimental leaders; build an inclusive, high-ownership culture that scales with Lila’s ambition

Qualification

Molecular biologyBiochemistryBioengineeringLife Sciences R&DHigh-throughput biologyAutomated biology workflowsProject managementLeadership skillsCommunication skillsTeam mentoring

Required

Advanced degree in molecular biology, biochemistry, bioengineering, or related field—or equivalent experience—plus 10+ years in Life Sciences R&D, including 5+ years leading multi-team experimental organizations in discovery/platform environments

Demonstrated ownership at scale: you have built and scaled multi-disciplinary wet-lab teams, instituted operating rhythms and standards, and delivered portfolio outcomes in ambiguous, fast-moving settings

Hands-on experience with high-throughput or automated biology workflows and the associated data analyses

Demonstrated experience partnering with automation, data and compute teams to industrialize methods, shorten cycles, and raise data quality

Fluent in project/portfolio management (capacity planning, stage-gates, risk registers, resourcing)

Exceptional leadership and communication skills; ability to set clear strategy, coach leaders, and align cross-functional teams around measurable objectives

Preferred

Experience integrating agentic AI/ML-guided design with wet-lab loops and benchmarking AI-driven experimental campaigns

Experience with transitioning in vitro research to in vivo studies

Familiarity with stage-gate processes and transitioning ownership between scientists and engineering to maximize velocity and accountability

Benefits

Bonus potential

Generous early equity

Company

Lila Sciences

Lila Sciences creates a scientific superintelligence platform and autonomous labs for life sciences, chemistry, and materials science. It is a sub-organization of Flagship Pioneering.

Founded in 2023

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

201-500 employees