Absentia Labs

Absentia Labs

Head of Strategic Partnerships

Boston · Exec

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 40 days ago
Business DevelopmentPharmacologyLeadership

About the role

  • We believe the future of drug development will be shaped by intelligent systems capable of generating actionable safety insights before significant time, capital, and patient risk are incurred.
  • WHY THIS ROLE MATTERS Absentia is entering a critical phase: transforming scientific and regulatory momentum into meaningful commercial relationships and market adoption.
  • This role exists to accelerate that process.

Responsibilities

  • The chance to build relationships that influence the future of AI-enabled drug development.
  • Identify, prioritize, and develop relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, CROs, academic institutions, industry consortia, and strategic stakeholders.
  • Develop and execute partnership strategies aligned with company objectives and platform maturity.
  • Build and maintain a pipeline of high-value partnership opportunities.
  • Create and manage strategic account plans for priority organizations.
  • Develop relationships with toxicology, nonclinical safety, translational medicine, pharmacology, and R&D leadership teams.
  • Help define partnership structures that create value for both parties.
  • Support conversion of scientific interest into formal engagements.
  • Build partnerships that accelerate market access and platform adoption.
  • Maintain a disciplined approach to relationship management, opportunity tracking, and partnership development.

Requirements

  • Experience in business development, strategic partnerships, alliance management, or commercial strategy.
  • Strong understanding of drug development and the pharmaceutical ecosystem.

Compensation

  • $150,000 - $170,000
  • $25,000 - $35,000 target annual bonus
  • Please submit your resume and a few words about why this role resonates with you. If you have personal projects, writing samples, or even GitHub links- please include
  • Our Commitment
  • We believe diverse teams build better solutions. Absentia Labs is proud to be an equal
  • opportunity employer. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds,

Benefits

  • Flexible work structure, deep autonomy, and a high-trust culture.
  • Develop reporting and dashboards that provide visibility into partnership activity and pipeline health.

Company info

  • At Absentia Labs, we are building the AI-native IND-enabling safety platform for drug development.
  • Our mission is to help pharmaceutical and biotechnology organizations make better safety decisions earlier in development through human-relevant, AI-driven predictive toxicology. We believe the future of drug development will be shaped by intelligent systems capable of generating actionable safety insights before significant time, capital, and patient risk are incurred.
  • Absentia recently became the first AI-native biotechnology company to achieve Letter of Intent acceptance into the FDA ISTAND / Drug Development Tool qualification pathway and was recognized as a top performer in the FDA PrecisionFDA Predictive Modeling of Hepatotoxicity Challenge.
  • We are building more than software.
  • We are building the scientific, regulatory, and commercial foundations required for AI-native safety methodologies to become trusted tools within global drug development.
  • Our mission is to help pharmaceutical and biotechnology organizations make better safety decisions earlier in development through human-relevant, AI-driven predictive toxicology.
  • Absentia is entering a critical phase: transforming scientific and regulatory momentum into meaningful commercial relationships and market adoption.
  • The challenge is no longer simply building technology.
  • The challenge is ensuring that the right pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology organizations, CROs, regulators, investors, and industry leaders understand where our platform fits, why it matters, and how it can create value within drug development.
  • The Head of Strategic Partnerships will be responsible for building and managing the external relationships that drive adoption, validation, and long-term growth.
  • You will work directly with the founders to expand Absentia's presence across the pharmaceutical and biotechnology ecosystem and help establish the company as a category-defining leader in predictive safety assessment.
  • This is not a traditional sales role.
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