Senior Associate, Corporate Development

Your Impact at LILA

Origins is Lila's company and asset creation arm, where Lila's partners can turn scientific vision into molecules, materials, and real-world ventures. As a Senior Associate on the Origins team, you will work directly with leadership to evaluate and advance scientific opportunities. You will build analytical frameworks, partner-facing materials, and financial models that underpin how we identify, structure, and pursue these opportunities. This is a high-impact, high-ownership role for a builder who thrives in ambiguity and wants to be close to consequential decisions at one of the most ambitious scientific companies in the world.

What You'll Be Building

• Build and maintain financial models and projections to evaluate scientific opportunities and inform decisions
• Develop partner-facing materials, presentations, and analyses to support external conversations and deal processes, working alongside leadership and external partners
• Evaluate opportunities in the context of Lila's platform, assessing scientific, commercial, and strategic fit
• Support structuring and execution of ventures from early-stage diligence through deal close
• Synthesize complex scientific and financial information into clear, decision-ready outputs for senior leadership
• Collaborate across Lila's scientific, finance, legal, and product/revenue teams to advance active opportunities

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• Typically 4-6 years of experience, with a background in investment banking, private equity, or growth equity, and subsequent experience in venture capital, a startup, or a similarly fast-paced environment
• Bachelor's degree in a scientific or engineering discipline, or equivalent technical training
• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills, with the ability to build models independently from scratch
• Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality partner-facing materials and executive presentations under tight timelines
• Comfortable working in ambiguity with limited oversight, and able to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distill complex information for senior audiences

Bonus Points For

• Experience evaluating early-stage scientific or technology opportunities
• Familiarity with deep tech or life sciences sectors
• Ability to engage substantively with scientific concepts and translate them into business and financial terms
• Experience working directly with senior leadership in a high-growth or fast-paced environment
• Proficiency in tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, and data visualization platforms