Vice President, Scientific Partnerships

About the role

We're looking for a senior R&D leader from pharma to own our relationships with large research organizations. You'll be the connective tissue between Infera and pharma R&D, process and data teams: opening conversations, shaping pilots and making sure they turn into lasting partnerships. You'll also be a senior scientific voice for Infera with customers, partners and investors. This role starts as a part-time contract, with the option to grow into a full-time position.

Key responsibilities

• Own Infera's pharma partnerships end-to-end, from first introduction through pilot to contract
• Open doors with R&D, process engineering, lab digitization and analytical teams, and lead executive-level conversations
• Frame Infera around what pharma cares about: reproducibility, data integrity, batch quality, compliance and risk
• Design pilots with clear success metrics that large organizations can approve, and guide us through security review, procurement and IP terms
• Build co-selling relationships with instrument makers and lab-buildout partners
• Bring field signal back to the founders on which workflows, instruments and data problems matter most in pharma labs

Minimum qualifications

• Have held a Senior Director, VP or equivalent role in research, process development, lab operations or R&D informatics at a pharma or large biotech company
• Have owned or influenced budget for lab software, automation or instruments, and know how those decisions get made
• Have a network of R&D, process and data leaders who would take your call
• Can tell real AI and automation capability from hype, and explain the difference to executives

Preferred qualifications

• PhD or equivalent scientific training
• Experience advising or working at an early-stage company
• Experience with GxP-regulated environments

The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.

Annual Salary (full-time equivalent):
$100,000—$400,000 USD

Logistics

• Commitment: Part-time contract to start, with the option to grow into a full-time role.
• Location: San Francisco, CA preferred. Remote within the US considered.
• Equity: Meaningful.

We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every qualification. We care more about what you've done than about checking boxes.