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Account Director, Life Sciences

OpenAI · San Francisco · New York City

CHECKED 37M AGO

Frontier labremotedirector$189k–$240k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Own strategic life sciences accounts across biopharma, medtech and diagnostics.
  • Deploy AI to accelerate R&D, clinical trials and regulatory workflows.
  • Represent OpenAI at JPM, BIO and HLTH with life sciences executives.

What they offer

  • Equity
  • Commission
  • Relocation assistance

Ideal candidate

Strategic account leader with deep life sciences curiosity who thrives in ambiguity, building trusted executive relationships to turn AI into real scientific and commercial impact.

Requirements

  • 14+ years selling complex enterprise software, cloud, AI, data, or platform solutions to life sciences customers
  • Track record building and growing strategic accounts across biopharma, medtech, diagnostics, CROs, CDMOs and life science services
  • Proven success achieving and exceeding multi-million-dollar annual revenue targets in regulated enterprise environments
  • Experience managing C-suite and senior stakeholder relationships across R&D, clinical, regulatory, manufacturing, medical affairs, commercial and IT
  • Strong understanding of life sciences workflows including drug discovery, clinical development, regulatory, quality, manufacturing and commercial operations
  • Familiarity with data privacy, security, compliance, validation, GxP and responsible AI considerations for life sciences
  • Demonstrated ability to create account strategy, navigate large buying committees and close complex platform deals
  • Ability to translate technical AI capabilities into concrete business, scientific and operational outcomes
remote policy
Remote possible, with New York or San Francisco preferred for hybrid (3 days in office)

Lab profile

About OpenAI

Builds safe frontier AI models and products like ChatGPT for broad benefit.

What they build

  • ChatGPT
  • OpenAI API
  • Frontier AI models

Known for

  • Frontier-scale distributed ML training
  • Massive GPU fleet and data center operations
  • Exabyte-scale data lakes and streaming
  • AI alignment and safety research

Key facts

  • Operates one of the world's largest GPU fleets
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