About the Role
The role involves leading partnerships with US-based research institutions to bring Claude for Life Sciences to them, enabling researchers to engage in less structured experimentation. This foundational role will shape the strategy and implementation of enterprise deployments tackling ambitious scientific questions. The manager will immerse in the science of interdisciplinary institutions, spend time onsite, and help the Research and Applied AI team understand bottlenecks and opportunities. The goal is to develop relationships and goal-directed partnerships demonstrating or expanding Claude's capabilities in the sciences, coordinating training, education, and strategic initiatives. The ideal candidate combines broad scientific expertise, a desire to be close to scientists and the lab, and an entrepreneurial drive to co-develop AI solutions that advance the frontier of AI safely and beneficially. The Beneficial Deployments team ensures AI reaches and benefits communities most in need, partnering with nonprofits, foundations, and mission-driven organizations in education, global health, economic mobility, and life sciences. They prioritize making AI more accessible and expanding its use to new tasks.
Responsibilities
- Own and execute Anthropic's US based institutional life sciences partnerships
- Lead development of goals as well as resourcing needed from our team to support progress
- Track and regularly report on progress and learnings
- Serve as the primary relationship owner for scientists and labs engaged in partnerships
- Work to develop training and community building activities and partner with internal Anthropic teams for delivery
- Translate scientific bottlenecks and technical solutions into actionable plans for our Applied AI and Research teams
- Comfort with early technical prototyping and testing to help learn alongside and unblock partners
- Set a research agenda for how institutions beyond our partners can benefit from operating models, technical progress, and specific solutions developed with initial partners
- Coordinate joint communications activities
- Represent Anthropic at global education convenings and conferences
- Help shape team processes and culture as we scale our Life Science work
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in life sciences research with ample exposure to the intersection of new technologies as a catalyst for accelerating progress
- 3+ years of experience managing external partnerships, grant making, or multi-stakeholder initiatives in the life sciences
- Technical fluency to engage credibly on AI concepts, understand LLM capabilities and limitations, and partner effectively with technical teams
- Strong project and program management to help bring structure and direction to early stage research initiatives
- An entrepreneurial mindset: you've built programs or organizations from scratch, likely at startups or in founding roles
- A genuine drive to maximize impact by delivering both inspiring and practical solutions for scientists
- High agency and comfort with ambiguity; you thrive when you're building the plane while flying it
- Willingness to travel for occasional partner visits and conferences
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
Qualifications
- Experience working with philanthropic foundations on science funding
- Background at biotech companies, academic research institutions, funding, and roles at the intersection of scientific research and technology product
- Background in wet lab research with an ability and aptitude for scientific communications
- Expertise in project tracking, dashboards, and evaluation
Benefits
- Annual Salary: $215,000 - $300,000USD
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Optional equity donation matching
- Generous vacation and parental leave
- Flexible working hours
- Lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues