Life Sciences Operator, Lead

Anthropic's mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. They want AI to be safe and beneficial for users and society as a whole.

As part of Anthropic's growing investment in building capabilities for drug discovery and development, they're looking for an exceptional biotech operator to help accelerate research in these areas. The goal is to speed up progress in drug development by an order of magnitude.

The ideal candidate has grown up professionally in an organization that prioritizes scientific and executional rigor, such as a high-growth life sciences company or a leading science-focused investment or venture firm. They bring a rare blend of scientific depth, operating ability, and biotech fluency.

Key responsibilities:

• Identify and prioritize areas where AI can most meaningfully accelerate life sciences research
• Turn promising scientific ideas into concrete, well-scoped efforts and see them through with speed and ownership
• Translate ambiguous scientific questions into structured, testable plans with clear milestones
• Work hands-on with Claude and Claude Science to explore hypotheses, design and analyze research, and show what's newly possible
• Partner across research, product, and go-to-market to shape strategy and bring scientific work to life
• Serve as a trusted scientific voice, communicating clearly with both technical and business audiences

Minimum qualifications:

• A strong scientific and operating background with direct experience taking ideas from concept to results in a company setting; MD/PhD not required
• Have grown up professionally in a multidisciplinary role at a high-growth life sciences company or a leading science-focused investment or venture firm
• Previously founded or joined as a founding team member of a biotechnology startup
• Excellent scientific taste and entrepreneurial instinct , a track record of identifying and capitalizing on compelling opportunities before they are obvious
• The wherewithal to execute independently; senior enough to have real judgment, but hands-on enough to build things yourself
• A unique blend of scientific and business literacy, and are comfortable moving fluidly between the two

Preferred qualifications:

• 7+ years of direct experience taking ideas from concept to results in a company setting
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and building in a fast-moving, frontier environment

The annual compensation range for this role is $300,000-$320,000 USD.

Anthropic offers competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues.