# Head of Business Development at Ataraxis AI

- Company: Ataraxis AI
- What the company does: Transforming Cancer Care with AI Precision Medicine. Backed by AIX Ventures.
- Company website: https://ataraxis.ai
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: New York (Remote Possible)
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $100K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-15
- Apply by: 2026-11-09
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/ataraxis-ai/a7800c76-4bf4-4c1b-9a5d-9c9e2edbbd30?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/ataraxis-ai-head-of-business-development/

## About the role

You will build Ataraxis's pharma partnership business from the ground up. Ataraxis has developed prognostic and predictive AI models validated in breast cancer, with potential applications across drug development, such as companion diagnostics, biomarker discovery, patient stratification, and trial rescue. This role owns pharma as a revenue stream alongside our diagnostics business. In that process, you will: Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years in pharma and/or diagnostics business development, from inside pharma or from a diagnostics or technology company selling into pharma
- Preferred: MD, PhD, PharmD, NP, or a Master’s degree in cancer biology, molecular biology, cell biology, biomedical sciences, pharmacology, pharmaceutical sciences, or a related life sciences field
- Documented track record of leading or co-leading pharma deals in companion diagnostics, biomarkers, patient stratification, or similar. If you did not formally lead one, we want evidence you were pivotal in getting it done
- Built a pharma partnership pipeline from scratch, or decided from the pharma side which partnerships got funded
- Fluency in how pharma makes partnership decisions: who decides, where the budget sits within a business unit, and how deals actually get pushed through
- Relationships across large and mid-cap oncology pharma that you can activate now

Tags: Commercial

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