Precede Biosciences

Account Manager

• Identify, develop, and manage strategic academic collaborations aligned with Precede’s translational research priorities
• Partner with the Chief Scientific Officer and his team to define collaboration strategies and prioritize partnerships across disease areas and scientific programs
• Evaluate potential collaborators and institutions based on scientific expertise, clinical sample access, and translational relevance
• Build and maintain a network of academic investigators and key opinion leaders in oncology and related fields
• Co-develop translational research plans with external investigators and internal translational scientists
• Translate scientific questions into executable study designs and collaboration frameworks
• Lead the operational execution of collaborative studies, ensuring clear timelines, milestones, and deliverables
• Maintain strong scientific engagement with collaborators to ensure productive and long-term partnerships
• Develop and manage strategies for acquiring high-quality clinical samples and associated metadata through academic collaborators
• Oversee end-to-end sample acquisition workflows, including study coordination, logistics, and tracking
• Ensure samples and datasets meet quality standards required for computational and translational analysis
• Enable the generation of datasets that support biomarker discovery, algorithm development, and assay validation
• Work closely with Computational Biology to ensure incoming datasets are structured, analysable, and aligned with platform development needs
• Coordinate with Laboratory Operations on sample intake, processing workflows, and quality control procedures
• Partner with Legal to manage collaboration agreements, including MTAs, CDAs, SOWs, and data use agreements
• Ensure clear internal communication of collaboration goals, status updates, and scientific outcomes
• Support the development and execution of disease-focused scientific advisory boards
• Identify and engage key opinion leaders who can provide insight into disease biology, clinical practice, and emerging scientific opportunities
• Translate advisory insights into actionable internal scientific priorities
• Represent Precede Biosciences in scientific meetings and academic forums
• Strengthen relationships within academic and translational research networks
• Support the communication of scientific findings generated through collaborative studies

Associate Director – External Partnerships

Translator

• Partner with the CSO, CEO and scientific leadership to define and execute Precede’s translational science strategy across oncology and other disease areas
• Identify and prioritize key biological questions that unlock new applications for blood-based epigenomic diagnostics
• Develop indication strategies and guide the discovery of novel epigenomic biomarkers for disease detection, monitoring, and therapeutic response
• Translate insights from cancer epigenomic pathways and regulatory networks into clinically actionable hypotheses and diagnostic strategies
• With Translational Science leads, present Precede’s platform and translational capabilities to academic and biopharma partners
• Lead and oversee Precede’s portfolio of collaborations, ensuring scientific rigor and strategic alignment with company objectives
• Build and maintain strong relationships with leading academic investigators and key opinion leaders in oncology and epigenomics
• Drive the design and execution of collaborative research studies that expand scientific understanding and inform internal assay development
• Inform the clinical strategy and intended use for new diagnostic tests derived from Precede’s epigenomic platform
• Guide biomarker discovery, validation, and integration into assay development and product pipelines
• Support algorithm development and cutoff determination through the integration of orthogonal biological and clinical datasets
• Ensure translational insights inform assay optimization, clinical validation strategies, and product positioning
• Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing translational science organization
• Establish strategic priorities, goals, and operating processes for translational research programs
• Ensure strong alignment across translational science, computational biology, assay development, regulatory, and business development teams
• Foster a collaborative and innovative scientific culture that supports rapid discovery and execution
• Represent Precede Biosciences at major scientific conferences and industry forums
• Contribute to the scientific visibility of the company through publications and external collaborations
• Maintain deep awareness of emerging discoveries and technologies in epigenomics, cancer biology, and biomarker development
• Establish strong working relationships across computational biology, assay development, operations, regulatory, and business development.
• Ensure alignment between translational strategy, platform capabilities, and company objectives

Associate Director – External Partnerships

Vice President, Translational Science