# Head of Data Partnerships at 83 Sciences

- Company: 83 Sciences (YC S26)
- What the company does: AI-native materials discovery powered by unpublished experimental data. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://83sciences.ai
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: New York, NY, US / San Francisco, CA, US / Remote (US)
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $170K to $220K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-30
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/83-sciences/jobs/NR8uCdC-head-of-data-partnerships
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/83-sciences-head-of-data-partnerships/

## About the role

Your first job is to build our university data network, starting with individual labs and scaling to departments and institution-wide partnerships. From there, you’ll expand into industry R&D and other major sources of proprietary experimental data.

## What they're looking for

- Build and close partnerships with universities and research labs
- Navigate complex relationships across faculty, research leadership, tech transfer, legal, and administrators
- Structure data access, licensing, and partnership agreements
- Translate partner needs into product requirements
- Work closely with product and engineering to build tools researchers actually want to use
- Create scalable partnership models that can grow from one lab to an entire institution

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