Prudentia Sciences

Scientific Director

Prudentia Sciences

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Massachusetts • United States

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Shape the Scientific Strategy of Our Platform
  • Own the scientific integrity of the Prudentia platform—defining how scientific domains, risk frameworks, and value drivers are modeled and represented across therapeutic areas and development stages
  • Partner closely with Product and Engineering to translate scientific knowledge into platform features that reflect life sciences decision-making
  • Develop and maintain scientific content and methodologies across key domains including preclinical and clinical development strategy, safety and toxicology, CMC, commercial, regulatory, and IP
  • Ensure the platform stays current with evolving industry standards and emerging evidence, proactively identifying gaps and opportunities to enhance scientific credibility and value
  • Build a scientific knowledge base that can scale: benchmarks, reference datasets, and content that powers the platform’s recommendations and analyses
  • Serve as Scientific Advisor to Commercial Teams
  • Serve as the resident scientific expert supporting Sales and Customer Success in client engagements, providing scientific credibility in conversations with executive-level pharma decision-makers across R&D, BD&L, and Portfolio Strategy
  • Help customers and prospects understand how to use Prudentia to evaluate deal candidates and make investment decisions with greater confidence
  • Lead scientific discovery sessions with prospective and existing clients to understand their pipeline challenges, identify use cases, and map Prudentia’s capabilities to their strategic objectives
  • Support development of scientific narratives, case studies, and proof-of-value materials that demonstrate the impact of the platform
  • Provide Scientific Support to Customers
  • Act as a scientific resource for select strategic accounts, reviewing platform outputs with clients, contextualizing results within their therapeutic and competitive landscape, and helping them extract maximum scientific value from the Prudentia platform
  • Support facilitation of scientific workshops, executive briefings, and onboarding sessions that build client confidence and deepen platform engagement
  • Collaborate with the Customer Success team to proactively identify at-risk accounts or underutilized workflows where deeper scientific engagement could drive retention and expansion
  • Drive Scientific Thought Leadership
  • Represent Prudentia Sciences at industry conferences, advisory boards, and scientific forums, building visibility and credibility in the biopharma and life sciences investment communities
  • Develop white papers, educational content, and scientific commentary that position Prudentia as a trusted voice in AI-driven drug development decision-making
  • Stay deeply connected to the pharma BD&L and portfolio management ecosystem
  • Provide scientific input to fundraising narratives, investor materials, and strategic partnerships as needed

Requirements

  • Advanced degree (PhD, MD, or PharmD) in a relevant life science discipline
  • 8+ years of experience spanning multiple stages of drug development—from discovery through commercialization
  • Proven ability to engage executive-level pharma stakeholders as a scientific peer
  • Experience working at or closely with large pharma or biotech organizations in Search & Evaluation, Business Development, Portfolio Strategy, R&D Strategy, or Medical Affairs
  • Strong scientific communication skills: able to synthesize complex information into clear, compelling narratives for both scientific and business audiences
  • Comfort operating in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment where priorities evolve and the ability to move quickly while maintaining scientific rigor is essential
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Professional development
  • Remote work options
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
drug developmentpreclinical developmentclinical developmentsafety and toxicologyCMCregulatoryIPscientific methodologiesscientific content developmentAI-driven drug development
Soft Skills
scientific communicationstakeholder engagementnarrative synthesisclient relationship managementthought leadershipcollaborationstrategic thinkingadaptabilityproblem-solvingpresentation skills
Certifications
PhDMDPharmD