Lila Sciences

Vice President, Head of Government Partnerships

Cambridge, MA USA · Exec

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Leadership

About the role

You will set the high level strategy and also be hands on.
Set the strategy for how we prioritize, sequence, and deepen those relationships over time.
Ensure Lila is in the room and shaping the conversation before RFPs are published.

Lila Sciences is seeking a Head of Government Partnerships to build and lead our federal partnership strategy and execution at the most senior level.
You will own our revenue-generating government relationships end-to-end, from shaping opportunities before they're announced to closing partnerships to building the institutional infrastructure that makes our federal engagement systematic and durable.
Reporting to the Chief Revenue & Product Officer, y ou will manage a small but growing team, represent Lila at the highest levels of agency and interagency engagement, and serve as a key member of the company's leadership team.
What You'll Be Building
Own Lila's senior relationships across DOE, ARPA-E, NIH, DARPA, BARDA, DoD, and adjacent mission agencies.
You will own opportunities from identification through award and execution handoff, partnering with Product Managers and Princip al Investigators to convert meetings into pilots, CRADAs, and major procurements.
Build a compelling, differentiated government narrative that resonates at the agency, interagency, and Congressional level.
Hire, develop, and lead the Government Partnerships team.
Build the systems, processes, and culture that allow us to scale our federal engagement as Lila grows.

You already know the people who run the programs we care about, from program directors to senior agency leadership, and you have a track record of winning major awards (FOAs, BAAs, NOFOs, CRADAs).
You have built a BD or partnerships function from scratch and are comfortable working without established process or infrastructure
Experience translating complex science and AI into clear, credible narratives for non-technical, senior, and policy-facing government audiences.

This role is the connective tissue between Lila's scientific mission and the agencies, networks, and funding architectures that can accelerate it.
We are expected to won and close opportunities yourself.

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