VP of AI

Internetwork Expert; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Turbine is seeking a visionary VP of AI to lead AI and computational biology as we scale our Virtual Assay platform. You will build and mentor a world-class team, shape technical strategy, and keep our AI capabilities at the forefront of the field.

Your core mission is to scale reliable Virtual Assay capabilities while deepening our biological understanding and strengthening our competitive position in AI-driven biology.

Qualifications

• Extensive leadership experience overseeing large AI teams.
• Proven track record deploying AI inference tools in production.
• Strong network and visibility in the AI community.
• Strategic thinker with ability to translate AI value into product roadmaps.
• Comfort operating where AI, biology, and product intersect, with domain learning ability.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a healthy AI team equipped to deliver current products and anticipate future needs.
• Coach and develop your department to operate as part of a modern product organization.
• Ensure all work streams connect to Virtual Assay development and extract learnings from each initiative.
• Partner with our Lab team to streamline data flow and data requests for model development.
• Drive the strategic direction of Virtual Assay development to differentiate Turbine in the market.
• Collaborate with the CTO to guide development toward zero-shot assay capabilities.
• Represent Turbine at international conferences and raise our AI-driven biology profile.

Skills

People leadership

AI strategy

Machine learning

Product leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

MBA or PhD in a relevant field

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

ML Ops tooling

Job description

Join our team as a VP of AI and help virtualize biological experiments to accelerate discovery!

About Turbine

Turbine is building Virtual Assays—AI-powered predictive models that can run biological experiments in silico. We're combining deep learning with a systematic approach to biology to enable faster, cheaper, more extensive testing. Our team is small, focused, and composed of researchers and engineers who care deeply about getting biology right.

We're seeking an experienced VP of AI to lead Turbine's AI and computational biology efforts as we scale our Virtual Assay platform. In this role, you'll build and mentor a world-class team, guide technical strategy, and ensure our AI capabilities remain at the forefront of the field.

Your core mission: ensure we can scale reliable, reproducible Virtual Assay capabilities while continuously deepening our understanding of biology and improving our competitive position in the AI-driven biology space.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a healthy, well-staffed AI team equipped to deliver current products and anticipate future needs
• Coach and develop your department to operate seamlessly as part of a modern product organization
• Ensure all work streams are clearly connected to Virtual Assay development and that we extract learnings from each initiative
• Partner with our Lab team to streamline data flow—ensuring up-to-date data requests, efficient handoffs, and that generated data feeds productively into model development
• Drive the strategic direction of Virtual Assay development to position us as a differentiated, valuable player in the market
• Collaborate with our CTO to guide internal development toward a general virtual cell capable of zero- shot assay prediction
• Represent Turbine at international conferences and contribute to our visibility as a leader in AI-driven biology

You are a Turbiner if these personality traits apply to you

• You have self‑awareness and strong intention on personal growth
• You seek out feedback and learn from mistakes and apply what you learned
• You take responsibility and focus on the outcomes over tasks
• You focus on shared success and are open to challenging others respectfully to get the best possible outcome
• You are in it for the long haul and have passion for our mission

What We're Looking For

You bring a combination of technical depth, leadership experience, and professional visibility in the AI community:

• Strong people leadership skills; ability to build trust, develop talent, and create a high-performing culture
• Direct experience building or working with AI inference tools at production complexity
• Established credibility and network in the AI in drug discovery space
• Strategic thinking about where AI creates real value, both in research and in commercial applications
• Comfort operating at the intersection of AI, biology, and product; you don't need to be a computational biologist, but you must be curious and capable of learning the domain

Nice to Have

• Prior experience scaling AI teams or shipping AI products in regulated industries
• Exposure to or understanding of biological assays, phenotyping, or drug discovery
• Track record of publishing or speaking at major AI/ML conferences