LILA has created the world's first Operating System for Science powered by Scientific Superintelligence™. Backed by General Catalyst.
About the role
Lila Sciences is looking for an Associate Director / Director, Strategic Finance to join our Strategic Finance team. This role sits at the center of the highest-stakes financial workstreams in the company: structuring the complex, multi-year commercial agreements that underpin Lila's partner revenue, supporting the fundraising activity that fuels our scale-up, and partnering with leadership on revenue forecasting and capital allocation across the business.
What they're looking for
- 6-10+ years in investment banking, corporate development, venture capital/growth equity, strategic finance, or a related transactional finance field, startup or scale-up experience strongly preferred
- Demonstrated experience structuring and negotiating complex, multi-year commercial agreements
- Fluency in venture financing mechanics (SAFEs, priced rounds, cap tables, liquidation preferences) and comfort supporting live fundraising processes
- Working knowledge of revenue recognition concepts (ASC 606) and the ability to translate contract terms into financial and accounting outcomes
- Experience building revenue forecasts across multiple segments or product lines, and comfort developing capital allocation recommendations under uncertainty
- Strong financial modeling skills, with the ability to build from scratch in ambiguous, fast-changing situations
More about this role
Lila Sciences is looking for an Associate Director / Director, Strategic Finance to join our Strategic Finance team. This role sits at the center of the highest-stakes financial workstreams in the company: structuring the complex, multi-year commercial agreements that underpin Lila's partner revenue, supporting the fundraising activity that fuels our scale-up, and partnering with leadership on revenue forecasting and capital allocation across the business.
You'll operate as the connective tissue between Commercial, Legal, Science, and Finance on live deals, and between the CFO's office and outside investors and counsel on capital raises. The role carries real ownership of the operational workstreams around each deal, including negotiation logistics, diligence coordination, contract lifecycle tracking, and cross-team sequencing, alongside the underlying financial analysis. This is a high-visibility seat with regular exposure to executive, board, and investor-level work, on a small, senior, fast-moving team, based on-site in our Cambridge office.
This role is well-suited to someone with a transactional finance background (banking, corporate development, venture/growth investing, or...
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