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Associate Director/Director, Commercial Counsel

Lila Sciences · Cambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USA · One Charles Park, Cambridge, MA · San Francisco, CA

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Bio & Science AIonsitedirector$232k–$327k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Shape legal capabilities for frontier AI-driven scientific discovery platform.
  • Negotiate SaaS, IP licensing and R&D collaboration agreements.
  • Advise on AI ethics and regulation in scientific commercial contexts.

What they offer

  • Bonus potential
  • Generous early-stage equity
  • Medical, dental and vision coverage
  • Employer-paid life and disability insurance
  • Flexible time off with company holidays
  • Paid parental leave
  • Educational assistance program
  • Commuter benefits
  • Company-subsidized lunch program

Ideal candidate

Entrepreneurial attorney with 6-10 years in-house who thrives in ambiguity and loves building scalable legal systems at the intersection of AI and science.

Requirements

  • J.D. and membership in at least one U.S. state bar in good standing
  • 6+ years of legal experience with substantial in-house time at a technology company
  • Deep experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial contracts
  • Familiarity with AI, SaaS and/or scientific R&D business models
  • Ability to operate independently and communicate across technical and non-technical teams

Lab profile

About Lila Sciences

Building an autonomous science platform where AI, automation, and biology co-evolve for medicine and materials.

What they build

  • Autonomous Science Platform
  • AI-designed biologics validated in wet-lab
  • Electro-optic materials and photonic devices

Known for

  • Large-scale automated data generation
  • High-throughput protein purification and analytics
  • Protein design and BioML modeling
  • Robotic orchestration and lab simulation
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