Chief Partnerships Architect, AI-for-Science

Lila Sciences; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 272,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Life & disability insurance

Flexible time off

Parental leave

Educational assistance

Commuter benefits

Lunch program

Job summary

Lila Sciences is seeking a senior leader to open doors with world-class deep-tech and life-sciences investors, turning conversations into lasting partnerships that drive the Origins portfolio and Lila's mission. You will manage high-level relationships, co-lead engagements, and shape strategic partnerships while preserving Lila's reputation as a credible, mission-driven partner.

In this founding-type role, you will build a scalable commercial engine, engage top-tier institutions, and influence

Qualifications

• 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 Lila's platform with authority.
• Understanding of how institutional investors think, what they care about, and how partnerships work.
• Exceptional interpersonal judgment; you read contexts well, build trust quickly, know when to push and when to listen.
• Track record of opening new relationships and the discipline to maintain and grow them over years.
• Comfort operating in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.

Responsibilities

• Open and build relationships with deep-tech and life-sciences investors, science-focused venture and growth funds, asset managers, and family offices aligned with Origins' thesis and Lila's mission.
• Build and own a sophisticated partner pipeline, identifying, qualifying, and prioritizing relationships most likely to become long-term strategic partners.
• Maintain active intelligence on each relationship, their investment thesis, portfolio interests, decision-making dynamics, and evolving priorities.
• Co-lead engagements alongside the Head of Origins, from initial outreach through signed partnership, managing momentum and ensuring the right stakeholders are at the table.
• Represent Origins as a trusted, senior voice externally, protecting Lila's reputation and positioning Origins as a sophisticated partner.
• Steward and grow relationships over time, expanding each partner's commitment to the Origins portfolio as it matures.
• Contribute strategic judgment to structuring and negotiation where external perspective adds value.
• Shape Origins' partnership positioning by synthesizing feedback from partners into recommendations on capabilities and deals.

Skills

Relationship building

Strategic partnerships

Investor relations

Business development

Communication

Industry knowledge

Job description

Lila Sciences is seeking a senior leader to open doors with world-class deep-tech and life-sciences investors, turning conversations into lasting partnerships that drive the Origins portfolio and Lila's mission. You will manage high-level relationships, co-lead engagements, and shape strategic partnerships while preserving Lila's reputation as a credible, mission-driven partner.

In this founding-type role, you will build a scalable commercial engine, engage top-tier institutions, and influence