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Qualifications:

Master's Degree in chemistry, computational chemistry/biology, biophysics, biomedical science, or related field, or equivalent experience., 3 years of experience in a research or engagement management role with a Master's Degree, or 5 years with a Bachelor's Degree., Experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, particularly in drug discovery and development processes., Strong communication skills and experience managing technical customer-facing projects..

Key responsabilities:

Deliver on client business requirements for drug discovery simulation and optimization projects.

Manage executive-level client relationships and oversee internal and external team members.

Direct multiple active client engagements and manage all aspects of client engagement including project plans and resource management.

Drive revenue growth through client relationship building and identifying new opportunities for SandboxAQ.

Job description

About SandboxAQ

SandboxAQ is a high-growth company delivering AI solutions that address some of the world's greatest challenges. The company’s Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) power advances in life sciences, financial services, navigation, cybersecurity, and other sectors.

We are a global team that is tech-focused and includes experts in AI, chemistry, cybersecurity, physics, mathematics, medicine, engineering, and other specialties. The company emerged from Alphabet Inc. as an independent, growth capital-backed company in 2022, funded by leading investors and supported by a braintrust of industry leaders.

At SandboxAQ, we’ve cultivated an environment that encourages creativity, collaboration, and impact. By investing deeply in our people, we’re building a thriving, global workforce poised to tackle the world's epic challenges. Join us to advance your career in pursuit of an inspiring mission, in a community of like-minded 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. The Technical Engagement Manager plays a key role in enabling our client in the successful usage and value actualization of our products. 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, 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, delivery processes, and drive key strategic engagements with customers to drive adoption of next-generation 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.

Core Responsibilities

Deliver against client business requirements, with a focus on drug discovery simulation and optimization projects.
Manage executive level 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.
Drive incremental revenue through client relationship building and identifying additional opportunities for SandboxAQ.

About You

Master's Degree (or Bachelor’s Degree with equivalent experience) in chemistry, computational chemistry/biology, biophysics, biomedical science or closely related life-sciences domain expertise.
3 years experience with Master’s Degree (or 5 years with Bachelor’s Degree) in a research or engagement management focused role.
Experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries preferred.
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, executive level presence and experience in facilitating research projects with academic,biotech, or pharmaceutical sectors.
Experience leading deeply technical customer-facing 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
Enterprise level 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.
Ability to perform in a fast growing environment typical of a start-up
Passion to work cross-functionally with our partners to build credibility, trust, and respect to enable strong partnership 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 can’t 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.

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