Omics Partnerships & Data Licensing Lead

Protege; New City (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Protege is building a platform to unlock AI training data by enabling secure, privacy-centric data exchanges. We are seeking a Partnerships Lead to drive external relationships with genomics and life sciences organizations, structuring data licensing and collaboration opportunities.

You will coordinate NDAs, determine provenance and permitted uses, and align pricing and statements of work with Commercial and Healthcare Operations.

Qualifications

• Experience in partnerships, business development, or data licensing in life sciences, with a track record of advancing external relationships into execution.
• Direct experience with genomics and working knowledge of transcriptomics, proteomics, and the broader multi-omics landscape.
• Familiarity with raw and processed sequencing files such as FASTQ, BAM, and VCF; able to discuss dataset quality, provenance, and relevant documentation with technical stakeholders.
• Understanding of how cohort characteristics, assay methods, and linked clinical or phenotype information affect dataset usefulness.
• Ability to surface consent, de-identification, and data-use restrictions for expert review; strong cross-functional coordination and judgment in an early-stage environment.
• Experience with AI data partnerships, research data commercialization, or sample evaluation workflows.

Responsibilities

• Qualify sequencing labs, biobanks, diagnostics providers, life sciences companies, and research consortia with genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, or multi-omics data.
• Assess dataset differentiation through cohort composition, assay or sequencing methods, raw and processed data availability, quality documentation, and linked clinical or phenotype information.
• Coordinate NDAs, sample access, and DataLab evaluation; clarify provenance, permitted uses, and consent or licensing restrictions with the appropriate internal reviewers.
• Work with Commercial on pricing, licensing structures, and statements of work, and coordinate activation with Healthcare Operations and Solutions.
• Build trusted partner relationships, surface underused molecular data assets, and recommend partnerships that address customer needs and gaps in the omics portfolio.

Skills

Partnerships

Business development

Data licensing

Genomics

Multi-omics

Cross-functional coordination

Job description

Protege is building a platform to unlock AI training data by enabling secure, privacy-centric data exchanges. We are seeking a Partnerships Lead to drive external relationships with genomics and life sciences organizations, structuring data licensing and collaboration opportunities.

You will coordinate NDAs, determine provenance and permitted uses, and align pricing and statements of work with Commercial and Healthcare Operations.