Industry Principal, Life Sciences
San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY
Posted 16d ago
About the job
Anthropic is seeking a Life Sciences Industry Advisor to be the technical and scientific representative for Claude to leading pharmaceutical companies, biotechs, and research institutions. This role involves combining deep life sciences domain expertise with technical credibility to help customers develop transformative AI solutions across the drug discovery and development lifecycle. You will engage directly with senior leaders at customer organizations to address critical challenges, from literature synthesis and hypothesis generation to bioinformatics, clinical trial design, and regulatory submission. Your insights will directly influence Anthropic's product roadmap and research, while also enabling the go-to-market teams with essential domain expertise and thought leadership.
Responsibilities
- Represent Anthropic's scientific and technical vision to the life sciences industry through keynotes, executive briefings, and publications.
- Serve as executive technical sponsor for strategic life sciences accounts, engaging with C-suite executives on enterprise AI strategy.
- Translate customer requirements and market dynamics into product priorities, partnering with Product and Research teams.
- Contribute to pricing and packaging decisions based on life sciences market insights.
- Train and enable Anthropic's go-to-market teams on life sciences domain expertise, workflows, and use cases.
- Develop thought leadership on AI governance frameworks aligned with regulatory expectations (FDA/EMA, GxP, etc.).
- Build technical relationships with consulting firms, cloud providers, and life sciences platform vendors.
Requirements
- 20+ years of experience in scientific, technology, or business roles within pharma, biotech, or life sciences research organizations.
- At least 8 years in senior leadership positions (e.g., CSO, CMO, VP/Head of R&D, Chief Data/Digital Officer) in the life sciences industry.
- Deep domain expertise across one or more stages of the drug discovery and development lifecycle.
- Hands-on experience building or operating mission-critical scientific or development systems.
- Established executive networks across life sciences R&D and technology leadership.
- Credibility as a thought leader in the life sciences industry.
- Deep knowledge of life sciences regulatory and quality requirements (FDA/EMA guidance, GxP, GAMP 5, 21 CFR Part 11, data integrity, computer system validation).
- Experience implementing compliant technology solutions.