Company Summary

Lila Sciences is a privately held, early-stage technology company pioneering the application of artificial intelligence to transform every aspect of the scientific method. Lila is backed by Flagship Pioneering, which brings the courage, long-term vision, and resources needed to realize unreasonable results. Join our mission-driven team and contribute to the future of science.

Our Life Sciences effort is leveraging AI and high-throughput automation for valuable therapeutic discovery and development across biological modalities.

At Lila, we are uniquely cross-functional and collaborative. We are actively reimagining the way teams work together and communicate. Therefore, we seek individuals with an inclusive mindset and a diversity of thought. Our teams thrive in unstructured and creative environments. All voices are heard because we know that experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way.

If this sounds like an environment you’d love to work in, even if you only have some of the experience listed below, please apply.

The Role

Lila Sciences is seeking a dedicated Director of Product Platform to join our team. In this role, you will be Product lead for our Surfaces autonomous labs. You will set the roadmap for the future of this lab, work cross functionally to own the development and delivery of the the world’s most advanced materials discovery lab, and help improve KPIs to advance our mission.

Responsibilities include:

• Set the roadmap for the future Surfaces autonomous lab
• Collaborate across teams to define the product requirements for future automated science builds, including the build plan and science plan
• Ingest and distill opportunities for capability improvements & expansions from technical and operating teams
• Constantly seek to identify areas for improvement and serve as a conduit for feedback from operators of the lab to the builders of the lab in order to dramatically improve KPIs
• Project manage the overall build to ensure on-time completion. Collaborate with with domain contributors who own their own project plans to drive accountability
• Take on overall communication responsibilities for the status of the Surfaces build, including to executive leadership
• Once the lab is operational, monitor and report out progress of KPIs, resource allocations, and the balancing of priorities between model training and product development

Competencies:

• Deep understanding of materials science or chemistry
• Highly collaborative and empathetic
• High degree of comfort with ambiguity and able to adapt to changing teams and needs
• Able to create small, achievable units of work from large, complex, and ambiguous goals
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, capable of conveying technical information to any audience
• Relentlessly output-focused—driven by impact against our mission and program goals, not by doing tasks, owning decisions, or being in meetings
• Able to influence without authority
• Familiarity with automation and lab robotics

Qualifications:

• Experience with managing extremely complex, multidisciplinary projects using project management best practices
• PhD or equivalent in experimental work in materials science, chemistry, chemical engineering, or related field
• Experience with experimental design, data acquisition, result interpretation, and implementation
• Experience working with automation and controls in a relevant industry (chemicals, materials, etc)
• [Nice to haves] Experience with automated/self-driving labs and experience working with (not necessarily having run) machine learning

Working at Lila, you would have access to advanced technology in the areas of:

• AI experimental design and simulation
• Automated custom instrumentation
• Generative molecular and material design

More About Flagship Pioneering

Flagship Pioneering is a biotechnology company that invents and builds platform companies, each with the potential for multiple products that transform human health or sustainability. Since its launch in 2000, Flagship has originated and fostered more than 100 scientific ventures, resulting in more than $90 billion in aggregate value. Many of the companies Flagship has founded have addressed humanity’s most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture.  Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE’s “Change the World” list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies, and has been twice named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. Learn more about Flagship at www.flagshippioneering.com.

Flagship Pioneering and our ecosystem companies are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

At Flagship, we recognize there is no perfect candidate. If you have some of the experience listed above but not all, please apply anyway. Experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way. We are dedicated to building diverse and inclusive teams and look forward to learning more about your unique background.

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Flagship Pioneering and its affiliated Flagship Lab companies (collectively, “FSP”) do not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to FSP or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Flagship Pioneering’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of FSP, and FSP will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.