About SandboxAQ
SandboxAQ is a highgrowth company delivering AI solutions that address some of the worlds greatest challenges. The companys Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) power advances in life sciences financial services navigation cybersecurity and other sectors.
We are a global team that is techfocused and includes experts in AI chemistry cybersecurity physics mathematics medicine engineering and other specialties. The company emerged from Alphabet Inc. as an independent growth capitalbacked company in 2022 funded by leading investors and supported by a braintrust of industry leaders.
At SandboxAQ weve cultivated an environment that encourages creativity collaboration and impact. By investing deeply in our people were building a thriving global workforce poised to tackle the worlds epic challenges. Join us to advance your career in pursuit of an inspiring mission in a community of likeminded people who value entrepreneurialism ownership and transformative impact.
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Technical Engagement (Alliance) Manager to join our team. The Technical Engagement Manager is responsible for ensuring the overall success and quality of strategic client engagements. In addition they support sales of new solution engagements to ensure client retention and continued revenue growth.
The Technical Engagement Manager Drug Discovery will facilitate a collaborative and productive working environment for both SandboxAQ and our partners while ensuring that the teams operate in accordance with the contract terms. This position will work closely with colleagues to lead engagements with senior members of the drug discovery ecosystem including pharmaceutical companies biotechs academic institutions independent software vendors contract research organizations (CROs) and startups. This role requires understanding of deploying emerging technologies in drug discovery and development. The Technical Engagement Manager will use domain knowledge to set milestones and delivery processes and drive key strategic engagements with customers to drive adoption of nextgeneration AI/ML and quantum simulation technologies. The Technical Engagement Manager will be crucial in facilitating communication and collaboration with our client and across different teams within SandboxAQ helping to align our internal strategies with our clients objectives. Crucially this role is also responsible for broader customer success in ensuring alignment of the value of a project with the clients decisionmakers above and beyond the scoped contract deliverables.
Core Responsibilities
- Deliver against client business requirements with a focus on drug discovery simulation and optimization projects.
- Manage executivelevel client relationships and provide team oversight with internal and external team members.
- Direct and oversee multiple active client engagements demonstrating versatility in managing projects in drug discovery and development.
- Manage all aspects of the client engagement including requirements alignment scope definition status reports project plans training and resource management.
- Share with team members your expertise in drug discovery biotech and biopharma partnered projects and enforce implementation best practices.
- Participate in operational issues related to specific engagements including billings expenses staffing utilization management risk management issue resolution management etc.
- Liaise with external partners such as CROs and critical suppliers for discovery programs through IND filing.
- Drive incremental revenue through client relationship building and identifying additional opportunities for SandboxAQ.
Experience/Skills Required
- PhD in biomedical science pharmacology or closely related lifesciences domain expertise with a track record of managing CROs for assay screening cascades including primary assays and PD animal models.
- 3 years experience in a research/engagement managementfocused role.
- Experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries is preferred.
- Track record of advancing R&D programs through discovery to candidate nomination.
- Experience in the drug discovery and development process is necessary with experience in program management technology implementation or legal support for research programs preferred.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills executivelevel presence and experience facilitating research projects with academic biotech or pharmaceutical sectors.
- Experience leading deeply technical customerfacing projects in drug discovery or emerging tech such as applications leveraging AI/ML models and/or computational methods in chem/bioinformatics and quantum chemistry simulation.
- Enterpriselevel project management experience (SOWs contract management risk management staffing) preferred demonstrating the ability to adapt to different industry requirements including but not limited to academic biotech or pharmaceutical sectors.
- Experience managing CRO partnerships for preclinical testing and development.
- Ability to perform in a fastgrowing environment typical of a startup.
- Passion to work crossfunctionally with our partners to build credibility trust and respect to enable strong partnerships and deliver the most value.
SandboxAQ welcomes all.
We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where we have zero tolerance for discrimination. We invest in our employees personal and professional growth. Once you work with us you cant go back to normalcy because great breakthroughs come from great teams and we are the best in AI and quantum technology.
We offer competitive salaries stock options depending on employment type generous learning opportunities medical/dental/vision family planning/fertility PTO (summer and winter breaks) financial wellness resources 401(k) plans and more.
Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender identity or Veteran status.
Accommodations: We provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in job application procedures for open roles. If you need such an accommodation please let a member of our Recruiting team know.
Required Experience:
Manager