Lila Sciences
Senior Director / Vice President, Chemistry Experiment
$204K–$346K
Cambridge, MA USA +1 · Director · Full-time · Posted Jul 2, 2026
- Location
- Cambridge, MA USA
Alewife, Cambridge, MA - Experience
- 12+ years of experience in chemistry research.
- Education
- PhD in Chemistry or a closely related discipline.
About the job
Leads Lila’s chemistry organization and strategy, building AI-integrated, automated experimentation capabilities to accelerate scientific discovery and commercial outcomes.
What you'll do
- Build, lead, and grow the chemistry organization, including recruiting and developing scientists and establishing rigorous operating practices.
- Set chemistry strategy and priorities with Product, Autonomous Science, and AI leadership.
- Develop synthetic workflows and automated, high-throughput chemistry capabilities for iterative design-make-test cycles.
What they ask for
- PhD in Chemistry or a closely related discipline.
- 12+ years of experience in chemistry research.
- Demonstrated success building and leading high-performing chemistry teams.
- Expertise in molecular chemistry, including synthetic organic/inorganic chemistry, nanochemistry, retrosynthesis, route design, and complex multistep syntheses.
Nice to have
- Experience in AI-enabled discovery or using computational design and machine learning in chemistry workflows.
- Experience building automated, robotics-enabled, or high-throughput chemistry platforms.
Pay
$204,000—$346,000 USD (base salary)
AI focus
Lead AI-informing and AI-driven experimentation, integrating chemistry with AI and computational design to enable autonomous science and iterative discovery workflows.
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