Vice President, Scientific Partnerships
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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.
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About Infera
Describe an experiment in plain English, and Infera turns it into a validated, instrument-ready run across the equipment your lab already uses. Infera handles the protocol logic, vendor-specific scripts, data, inventory, and institutional knowledge in one system. An AI-native compiler for the lab: one system from intent to execution.
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