Recursion Pharmaceuticals

Recursion Pharmaceuticals

Executive Director, Corporate Strategy & Intelligence

New York, New York · Director

Sponsorship not specified$288k-$346kDetected 13 days ago
Business DevelopmentForecastingValuationM&ARecruitingResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingPublic SpeakingEpidemiology

About the role

  • The Impact You'll Make Recursion is at a strategic inflection point.
  • You will leverage competitive & commercial insights to be a principal architect of Recursion's strategic choices, sharpening our BD focus and maximizing the potential for both scientific and commercial impact.
  • The Portfolio Team is an empowered, execution-minded group of cross-functional professionals responsible for translating and industrializing Recursion's innovative science to patients.

Responsibilities

  • Lead commercial assessment, strategic fit analyses, and the design of competitive moats for pipeline assets from early validation through late-stage development.
  • Own the end-to-end competitive intelligence function for specific
  • Including your own.
  • Ideal candidates are equally comfortable building rigorous commercial models as they are presenting bold strategic recommendations to leadership, all with the goal of driving enterprise decision-making as we advance transformative medicines for patients.
  • We take ownership and accountability. Through ownership and accountability, we enable trust and autonomy-leaders take accountability for decisive action, and teams own outcomes together.
  • They are the character and personality of the company demonstrated through how we communicate, support one another, spend our time, make decisions, and celebrate collectively.
  • Powered by proprietary multimodal data, purpose-built AI models, and bilingual teams fluent in both science and AI, the Recursion OS is designed to translate complex science into medicines that matter - faster, better, and at scale - for patients who are waiting.
  • Recursion also maintains offices in New York, Montréal, and London, three global hubs for talent and leadership at the intersection of AI and scientific innovation.

Nice to have

  • Strive to preempt market disruptions and identify white space opportunities.
  • Advanced degree in a scientific, quantitative, business, or related field required
  • MBA, PhD, MD, or equivalent strongly preferred
  • Deep command of the drug development landscape, including therapeutic area dynamics, clinical-stage competitive assessments, regulatory strategy, and market access considerations
  • Experience with AI-enabled drug discovery or platform biotechs is an advantage
  • as is an ability to translate complex platform capabilities into compelling commercial and competitive narratives
  • Experience partnering on or advising business development transactions (licensing, co-development, M&A) in a competitive intelligence or strategic context

Compensation

  • Based on the skills, experience, and qualifications needed for this role, the estimated annual base salary range is: $287,980-$346,060.
  • In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Company info

  • As Executive Director, Corporate Strategy & Intelligence, you will work across the Recursion Portfolio, partnering with colleagues in Discovery, Platform, External Partnerships, ClinTech and Clinical Development.
  • We value rigorous analytical thinking, intellectual honesty, a bilingual tech/science mindset and a shared mission to revolutionize how drugs are discovered.
  • We break down traditional silos across the organization, leveraging AI-powered platforms to connect the dots between the discovery portfolio, clinical development, and commercial reality.
  • The Experience You'll Need
  • Advanced degree in a scientific, quantitative, business, or related field required; MBA, PhD, MD, or equivalent strongly preferred
  • 10+ years of experience in competitive intelligence, pipeline differentiation strategy, forecasting and demand estimation, quantitative and qualitative market research, corporate strategy & business development in the pharma, biotech and/or life sciences consulting sector
  • Proven track record building and delivering commercial assessments and strategic analyses that have directly influenced high-stakes decisions: pipeline prioritization, partnership strategy, go/no-go investments
  • Experience with AI-enabled drug discovery or platform biotechs is an advantage; as is an ability to translate complex platform capabilities into compelling commercial and competitive narratives
  • Strong financial and analytical acumen: able to build, own, and critically challenge commercial models, scenario analyses, and valuation frameworks
  • Exceptional communication and executive presence-able to synthesize complexity into clear, actionable recommendations and present with confidence and conviction to internal and external stakeholders
  • Working Location & Compensation:

Equal opportunity

  • Recursion is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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