Scientific Director
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Scientific Director at Prudentia Sciences shaping scientific strategy for an AI-driven platform impacting portfolio management. Engaging directly with biopharma to drive scientific rigor and decision-making.
Responsibilities:
- Shape the Scientific Strategy of Our Platform
- Own the scientific integrity of the Prudentia platform—defining how scientific domains, risk frameworks, and value drivers are modeled and represented across therapeutic areas and development stages
- Partner closely with Product and Engineering to translate scientific knowledge into platform features that reflect life sciences decision-making
- Develop and maintain scientific content and methodologies across key domains including preclinical and clinical development strategy, safety and toxicology, CMC, commercial, regulatory, and IP
- Ensure the platform stays current with evolving industry standards and emerging evidence, proactively identifying gaps and opportunities to enhance scientific credibility and value
- Build a scientific knowledge base that can scale: benchmarks, reference datasets, and content that powers the platform’s recommendations and analyses
- Serve as Scientific Advisor to Commercial Teams
- Serve as the resident scientific expert supporting Sales and Customer Success in client engagements, providing scientific credibility in conversations with executive-level pharma decision-makers across R&D, BD&L, and Portfolio Strategy
- Help customers and prospects understand how to use Prudentia to evaluate deal candidates and make investment decisions with greater confidence
- Lead scientific discovery sessions with prospective and existing clients to understand their pipeline challenges, identify use cases, and map Prudentia’s capabilities to their strategic objectives
- Support development of scientific narratives, case studies, and proof-of-value materials that demonstrate the impact of the platform
- Provide Scientific Support to Customers
- Act as a scientific resource for select strategic accounts, reviewing platform outputs with clients, contextualizing results within their therapeutic and competitive landscape, and helping them extract maximum scientific value from the Prudentia platform
- Support facilitation of scientific workshops, executive briefings, and onboarding sessions that build client confidence and deepen platform engagement
- Collaborate with the Customer Success team to proactively identify at-risk accounts or underutilized workflows where deeper scientific engagement could drive retention and expansion
- Drive Scientific Thought Leadership
- Represent Prudentia Sciences at industry conferences, advisory boards, and scientific forums, building visibility and credibility in the biopharma and life sciences investment communities
- Develop white papers, educational content, and scientific commentary that position Prudentia as a trusted voice in AI-driven drug development decision-making
- Stay deeply connected to the pharma BD&L and portfolio management ecosystem
- Provide scientific input to fundraising narratives, investor materials, and strategic partnerships as needed
Requirements:
- Advanced degree (PhD, MD, or PharmD) in a relevant life science discipline
- 8+ years of experience spanning multiple stages of drug development—from discovery through commercialization
- Proven ability to engage executive-level pharma stakeholders as a scientific peer
- Experience working at or closely with large pharma or biotech organizations in Search & Evaluation, Business Development, Portfolio Strategy, R&D Strategy, or Medical Affairs
- Strong scientific communication skills: able to synthesize complex information into clear, compelling narratives for both scientific and business audiences
- Comfort operating in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment where priorities evolve and the ability to move quickly while maintaining scientific rigor is essential
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development
- Remote work options



















