Dive into Recursion's innovative approach to decoding biology. Join our mission & explore what AI drug discovery companies can do. Contact us today! Backed by SoftBank VF, CRV and Felicis.
About the role
As an Executive Director in Corporate Strategy & Intelligence, you will play a pivotal role in defining Recursion’s competitive and commercial position and turn that understanding into a strategy that shapes pipeline prioritization, partnership decisions, and long-range growth. You will leverage competitive & commercial insights to be a principal architect of Recursion’s strategic choices, sharpening our BD focus and maximizing the potential for both scientific and commercial impact.
What they're looking for
- Advanced degree in a scientific, quantitative, business, or related field required, MBA, PhD, MD, or equivalent strongly preferred
- Deep command of the drug development landscape, including therapeutic area dynamics, clinical-stage competitive assessments, regulatory strategy, and market access considerations
- Proven track record building and delivering commercial assessments and strategic analyses that have directly influenced high-stakes decisions: pipeline prioritization, partnership strategy, go/no-go investments
- Experience with AI-enabled drug discovery or platform biotechs is an advantage, as is an ability to translate complex platform capabilities into compelling commercial and competitive narratives
- Experience partnering on or advising business development transactions (licensing, co-development, M&A) in a competitive intelligence or strategic context
- Strong financial and analytical acumen: able to build, own, and critically challenge commercial models, scenario analyses, and valuation frameworks
More about this role
Recursion is at a strategic inflection point. With a growing clinical pipeline, expanding global partnerships, and one of the most powerful AI-native end-to-end drug discovery platforms, we are seeking a strategist who can translate intelligence into decisive action. At Recursion, our mission is to industrialize and transform the development of medicines by integrating data-driven insights and advanced analytics throughout the entire development lifecycle.
As an Executive Director in Corporate Strategy & Intelligence, you will play a pivotal role in defining Recursion’s competitive and commercial position and turn that understanding into a strategy that shapes pipeline prioritization, partnership decisions, and long-range growth. You will leverage competitive & commercial insights to be a principal architect of Recursion’s strategic choices, sharpening our BD focus and maximizing the potential for both scientific and commercial impact. Ideal candidates are equally comfortable building rigorous commercial models as they are presenting bold strategic recommendations to leadership, all with the goal of driving enterprise decision-making as we advance transformative medicines for...
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