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
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