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About the role Sana Biotechnology is growing, and we are hiring new team members who believe in the potential of engineered cells as medicines, who want to challenge the status quo, and who lead with the desire to work on novel ideas. As a Senior Director you will assist in the implementation of the company’s intellectual property strategy in the cell and gene therapy space, as well as counsel clients, manage patent drafting and prosecution, and assist in patent landscape activities, review publications and support business activities as needed. The Senior Director will be an integral working partner with the company’s research and development (R&D) organization. What you’ll do Partner with R&D to develop a deep understanding of the science and technologies at Sana, including work in cutting edge technologies in the cell therapy space Be the responsible lead IP attorney for certain pre-clinical and clinical programs and leverage knowledge about Sana’s science and technologies to develop patent portfolio strategies Partner with R&D to identify patentable subject matter and implement patent protection strategies, including drafting, filing and prosecuting patent applications Conduct or direct patent landscape overviews, freedom-to-operate analyses, validity assessments and patentability assessments Advise and provide guidance to senior managers on IP-related issues Develop IP policies and provide IP-related education to the company Provide direction, strategy, and/or support for third-party IP issues, as needs arise (e.g., oppositions, third-party observations, inter party reviews, litigation, etc.) Manage external relationships with outside counsel and collaborators Work on additional legal projects, as needed What we’re looking for Bachelors plus at least 12 yrs or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience J.D. degree Membership in at least one state bar Admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 5+ yea

About the team OpenAI’s mission is to build safe artificial general intelligence (AGI) which benefits all of humanity. This long-term undertaking brings the world’s best scientists, engineers, and business professionals into one lab together to accomplish this. In pursuit of this mission, our Go To Market (GTM) team is responsible for helping customers learn how to leverage and deploy our highly capable AI products across their business. The team is made of Sales, Solutions, Support, Marketing, and Partnership professionals that work together to create valuable solutions that will help bring AI to as many users as possible. About the role As an Account Director focused on Life Sciences, you will own executive-level relationships with leading life sciences organizations, including global pharmaceutical manufacturers, medical device companies, and contract research organizations. You’ll help these companies safely and effectively deploy OpenAI’s technology to transform R&D productivity, automate documentation, enhance regulatory workflows, and personalize patient and provider engagement. This role blends scientific literacy, technical depth, business acumen, and relationship-driven enterprise sales. You will collaborate closely with researchers, engineers, and healthcare-focused solution strategists to design secure, compliant, and high-impact AI deployments. This role is based in London. In this role, you’ll: Manage a focused portfolio of large pharmaceutical and life sciences accounts, developing long-term strategic account plans Lead complex, multi-stakeholder sales cycles spanning R&D, medical, regulatory, and commercial functions Partner with solutions and research engineering to design pilots that demonstrate measurable business and scientific impact Collaborate with compliance, privacy, and security teams to ensure responsible deployment of AI in regulated environments Own a revenue and consumption target; manage forecasts and pipeline reporting Monitor

About Snorkel Snorkel AI is the frontier AI data lab, helping teams build the data and environments behind high-performing frontier and agentic AI. We combine technology with research-driven AI data development to create datasets, benchmarks, evals, and custom solutions for real-world AI systems. Founded out of the Stanford AI Lab in 2019, Snorkel works with leading AI labs and enterprises to move from better data to better outcomes. Excited to help us redefine how AI is built? Apply to be the newest Snorkeler! About the Role Snorkel AI is looking for a Director of Technical Recruiting to build and lead the technical recruiting engine that will support our next stage of growth. This leader will own the strategy, team, operating model, and execution required to hire exceptional talent across Engineering, Research, Product, Forward Deployed Engineering, and Applied AI Engineering. This is a high-impact leadership role for someone who has built and scaled technical recruiting teams in hyper-growth startup environments, ideally from roughly 100 to 1,000 employees. We are looking for a builder: someone who knows how to design a recruiting function from the ground up, develop a high-performing team, partner deeply with technical leaders, and compete creatively for scarce talent in one of the most competitive markets in the world. The ideal candidate has operated in the Bay Area technical talent market, understands the pace and ambiguity of high-growth startups, and brings strong instincts for hiring in AI, infrastructure, data, machine learning, developer tools, or other deeply technical domains. What You’ll Do Lead and scale Snorkel AI’s technical recruiting function across Engineering, Research, Product, FDE, and Applied AI Engineering. Build, develop, and manage a high-performing team of technical recruiters, sourcers, and recruiting leaders as the company scales. Own the overall technical recruiting strategy, including workforce planning, pipeline development, s

About Snorkel Snorkel AI is the frontier AI data lab, helping teams build the data and environments behind high-performing frontier and agentic AI. We combine technology with research-driven AI data development to create datasets, benchmarks, evals, and custom solutions for real-world AI systems. Founded out of the Stanford AI Lab in 2019, Snorkel works with leading AI labs and enterprises to move from better data to better outcomes. Excited to help us redefine how AI is built? Apply to be the newest Snorkeler! About the Role Snorkel AI is looking for a Director of Talent Acquisition Operations & Insights to build and lead the systems, processes, tools, metrics, and operational infrastructure that power our recruiting organization. This leader will own the design and execution of a modern TA operations function that enables Snorkel AI to scale hiring with speed, quality, consistency, and data-driven decision-making. This is a builder role for someone who has stood up TA operations in a hyper-growth technical startup environment. You should be equally comfortable designing the strategy, implementing the systems, improving process, building reporting, leading recruiting coordination, and partnering with recruiting and business leaders to improve how hiring gets done. We are looking for someone who brings strong operational discipline, deep knowledge of recruiting systems and workflows, and a forward-looking perspective on how AI can modernize talent acquisition. What You’ll Do Build and lead the TA operations function for Snorkel AI, including recruiting systems, tools, workflows, reporting, process, and coordination. Own the recruiting tech stack, including ATS configuration, integrations, automation, data quality, vendor management, and tool optimization. Modernize TA operations through better systems, scalable processes, automation, and thoughtful use of AI. Lead recruiting coordination, ensuring a high-quality, efficient, and consistent candidate and hir

About Formation Bio Formation Bio is a tech and AI driven pharma company differentiated by radically more efficient drug development. Advancements in AI and drug discovery are creating more candidate drugs than the industry can progress because of the high cost and time of clinical trials. Recognizing that this development bottleneck may ultimately limit the number of new medicines that can reach patients, Formation Bio, founded in 2016 as TrialSpark Inc., has built technology platforms, processes, and capabilities to accelerate all aspects of drug development and clinical trials. Formation Bio partners, acquires, or in-licenses drugs from pharma companies, research organizations, and biotechs to develop programs past clinical proof of concept and beyond, ultimately helping to bring new medicines to patients. The company is backed by investors across pharma and tech, including a16z, Sequoia, Sanofi, Thrive Capital, John Doerr, Spark Capital, SV Angel Growth, and others. You can read more at the following links: Our Vision for AI in Pharma Our Current Drug Portfolio Our Technology & Platform At Formation Bio, our values are the driving force behind our mission to revolutionize the pharma industry. Every team and individual at the company shares these same values, and every team and individual plays a key part in our mission to bring new treatments to patients faster and more efficiently. About the Position The Associate Director, GMP Quality Assurance is responsible for ensuring that all GMP-regulated activities, including manufacturing, testing, packaging, labeling, storage, and distribution of Formation Bio's portfolio are executed in compliance with regulatory requirements, industry standards, and company procedures. This role supports CMC development activities, audits CDMOs, conducts batch release, and performs investigations. The ideal candidate is a hands-on quality leader with strong communication skills and the ability to pivot in a dy

Set the direction and shape the science behind who gets hired. At Gallup, our pre-hire assessment science is backed by decades of research, millions of data points and a body of work that has influenced how organizations select talent around the world. We are looking for a director to lead the next chapter of that science in close partnership with the researchers, technologists and client teams who carry it to market. The work of our Hiring Analytics practice spans the full range, from building proprietary instruments to curating and validating the best of what already exists. Leading this practice requires exceptional judgment to choose the right solution and strategic vision to modernize and advance assessment science in a rapidly evolving industry. This is a player-coach role in the truest sense: senior enough to set where the portfolio goes, yet close enough to the methods that the work still carries your fingerprints. You will guide the practice into adaptive testing, AI-augmented assessment and modern validation while developing a small, senior team that grows because you are in the work alongside them. What You’ll Do Lead the construction and validation of assessments from the ground up across cognitive, behavioral, situational and work-sample formats: item writing at scale; scale development; IRT calibration; and the criterion, content and construct validation that hold up to EEOC and Uniform Guidelines scrutiny. Partner directly with clients , scoping needs, shaping solutions, presenting psychometric findings and defending the science with equal fluency to legal teams, executives and non-technical stakeholders. Build structured interview systems at speed, developing

Set the direction and shape the science behind who gets hired. At Gallup, our pre-hire assessment science is backed by decades of research, millions of data points and a body of work that has influenced how organizations select talent around the world. We are looking for a director to lead the next chapter of that science in close partnership with the researchers, technologists and client teams who carry it to market. The work of our Hiring Analytics practice spans the full range, from building proprietary instruments to curating and validating the best of what already exists. Leading this practice requires exceptional judgment to choose the right solution and strategic vision to modernize and advance assessment science in a rapidly evolving industry. This is a player-coach role in the truest sense: senior enough to set where the portfolio goes, yet close enough to the methods that the work still carries your fingerprints. You will guide the practice into adaptive testing, AI-augmented assessment and modern validation while developing a small, senior team that grows because you are in the work alongside them. What You’ll Do Lead the construction and validation of assessments from the ground up across cognitive, behavioral, situational and work-sample formats: item writing at scale; scale development; IRT calibration; and the criterion, content and construct validation that hold up to EEOC and Uniform Guidelines scrutiny. Partner directly with clients , scoping needs, shaping solutions, presenting psychometric findings and defending the science with equal fluency to legal teams, executives and non-technical stakeholders. Build structured interview systems at speed, developing

About Formation Bio Formation Bio is a tech and AI driven pharma company differentiated by radically more efficient drug development. Advancements in AI and drug discovery are creating more candidate drugs than the industry can progress because of the high cost and time of clinical trials. Recognizing that this development bottleneck may ultimately limit the number of new medicines that can reach patients, Formation Bio, founded in 2016 as TrialSpark Inc., has built technology platforms, processes, and capabilities to accelerate all aspects of drug development and clinical trials. Formation Bio partners, acquires, or in-licenses drugs from pharma companies, research organizations, and biotechs to develop programs past clinical proof of concept and beyond, ultimately helping to bring new medicines to patients. The company is backed by investors across pharma and tech, including a16z, Sequoia, Sanofi, Thrive Capital, John Doerr, Spark Capital, SV Angel Growth, and others. You can read more at the following links: Our Vision for AI in Pharma Our Current Drug Portfolio Our Technology & Platform At Formation Bio, our values are the driving force behind our mission to revolutionize the pharma industry. Every team and individual at the company shares these same values, and every team and individual plays a key part in our mission to bring new treatments to patients faster and more efficiently. About the Position Formation Bio is an AI native Biotech company running drug development programs, and the Quality function here is built to match that operating model: lean, risk-calibrated, and embedded in asset decisions from day one. You will not be maintaining a compliance bureaucracy; you will be designing quality frameworks that accelerate programs rather than slow them down. This is a rare seat at the table where quality strategy directly shapes how assets move forward and get to patients. Responsibilities Embed Quality by Design (QbD): Partner with as

About the Team DoorDash is seeking a seasoned Engineering Director to lead our Logistics Org. You’ll lead a multi-disciplinary organization of 100+ engineers (Backend, Mobile, Machine Learning, and Operations Research) to architect the intelligent, real-time systems that comprise the "brain" of our fulfillment engine. This organization builds the optimization engines and high-throughput AI platforms that guide millions of Dashers and deploy tens of millions of dollars in real-time. This team sits at the heart of DoorDash’s fulfillment ecosystem, powering the delivery and courier data that drives our logistics engine. We build the foundational models and workflows that enable our customer teams (Order, Shopping, and beyond) to build extensible solutions on top of the platform. About the Role DoorDash is seeking a Director of Engineering with a deep background in Large-Scale Systems, Machine Learning, and Mathematical Optimization to lead our Logistics team in San Francisco. In this role, you are the architect of our three-sided marketplace. You will oversee the development of the core fulfillment platforms responsible for real-time dispatching, dynamic pricing task-allocation, ETAs and supply-demand balancing. This is a unique opportunity to marry complex algorithmic research with "five-nines" platform reliability. We are also looking for a leader who is deeply bought into the transformative potential of AI; someone who sees large language models, foundation models, and world model architectures not as adjacent curiosities but as core primitives for reimagining how logistics systems learn, plan, and adapt at scale. You’re excited about this opportunity because you will… Define the AI & Platform Vision: Drive the engineering strategy, transitioning bespoke algorithmic solutions into a unified, scalable AI/Optimization platform. Architect Real-Time Decision Engines: Lead the development of systems that solve complex combinatorial problems (VRP, assignment, pricing)

About Formation Bio Formation Bio is a tech and AI driven pharma company differentiated by radically more efficient drug development. Advancements in AI and drug discovery are creating more candidate drugs than the industry can progress because of the high cost and time of clinical trials. Recognizing that this development bottleneck may ultimately limit the number of new medicines that can reach patients, Formation Bio, founded in 2016 as TrialSpark Inc., has built technology platforms, processes, and capabilities to accelerate all aspects of drug development and clinical trials. Formation Bio partners, acquires, or in-licenses drugs from pharma companies, research organizations, and biotechs to develop programs past clinical proof of concept and beyond, ultimately helping to bring new medicines to patients. The company is backed by investors across pharma and tech, including a16z, Sequoia, Sanofi, Thrive Capital, John Doerr, Spark Capital, SV Angel Growth, and others. You can read more at the following links: Our Vision for AI in Pharma Our Current Drug Portfolio Our Technology & Platform At Formation Bio, our values are the driving force behind our mission to revolutionize the pharma industry. Every team and individual at the company shares these same values, and every team and individual plays a key part in our mission to bring new treatments to patients faster and more efficiently. About the Position As Associate Director of RWD Intelligence at Formation Bio, you will lead the strategy and execution of our real-world data (RWD) capabilities, building the data foundations that power drug acquisition, clinical development, and portfolio decision-making. You will own the end-to-end lifecycle of RWD: sourcing, procurement, ingestion, harmonization, quality assurance, and delivery of analysis-ready datasets to downstream consumers across Product, Data Science, Clinical Development, and Business Development. This role sits at the intersection

Datadog is seeking a Director of Product Management to lead our AI Observability portfolio and shape how organizations build, monitor, and scale AI systems in production. This role leads LLM Observability and helps define the next wave of innovation across GPU Monitoring, Distributed AI Monitoring, and emerging research-oriented tooling such as Model Lab. You will set the vision and strategy for this rapidly growing area, expanding established products while incubating new capabilities that deliver deep visibility into AI infrastructure, model performance, and distributed AI environments. As AI becomes core to modern applications, this team plays a critical role in ensuring customers can deploy and scale AI with confidence. We’re looking for a builder-minded product leader with strong technical depth and hands-on curiosity - someone who has built or worked closely with AI-powered products and understands the realities of production AI. You will lead a team of product managers and partner closely with engineering and design to advance Datadog’s leadership in AI observability. At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships and collaboration it builds and the creativity it brings to the table. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our Datadogs can create a work-life harmony that best fits them. What You’ll Do: Own the vision and strategy for AI-driven products, ensuring alignment with overall company goals and customer needs. This will include managing our embed program to enhance the capabilities of existing products as well as developing dedicated and independent AI products. Lead and mentor a team of product managers, helping them grow and advance their careers while ensuring the delivery of high-quality, AI-powered features. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including engineering, data science, marketing, and sales to deliver AI product solutions that meet customer needs and business objectives. Identify new opportunities for

About Snorkel Snorkel AI is the frontier AI data lab, helping teams build the data and environments behind high-performing frontier and agentic AI. We combine technology with research-driven AI data development to create datasets, benchmarks, evals, and custom solutions for real-world AI systems. Founded out of the Stanford AI Lab in 2019, Snorkel works with leading AI labs and enterprises to move from better data to better outcomes. Excited to help us redefine how AI is built? Apply to be the newest Snorkeler! About the Role Snorkel AI is hiring a Director, Forward Deployed Researcher on the Data-as-a-service team. Your team will partner directly with frontier AI labs on their hardest data problems: scoping training data needs, designing RL environments, developing evaluation frameworks, and translating customer research objectives into actionable technical plans. This is a player-coach role. Roughly half your time goes to people leadership (hiring, coaching, developing your team) and the other half to hands-on technical work on strategic accounts. You set the technical bar for spec quality and build the playbooks and processes that let the team scale. You influence how the function operates, from process and standards to team culture. You partner closely with AE leadership on pipeline strategy, account coverage, and SE allocation. You also work cross-functionally with Delivery, Research, and Engineering to ensure smooth handoffs. The right person for this role can hold their own with frontier AI researchers, has strong presales instincts, and wants to build a team. Main Responsibilities Recruit, hire, and develop the forward deployed research team, coaching the team on technical quality, customer engagement, and career growth Set and maintain the technical bar for specifications, evaluation frameworks, and customer deliverables Own SE capacity planning and account coverage; partner with AE leadership on deal strategy, engagement prioritization, and pipeline

About Formation Bio Formation Bio is a tech and AI driven pharma company differentiated by radically more efficient drug development. Advancements in AI and drug discovery are creating more candidate drugs than the industry can progress because of the high cost and time of clinical trials. Recognizing that this development bottleneck may ultimately limit the number of new medicines that can reach patients, Formation Bio, founded in 2016 as TrialSpark Inc., has built technology platforms, processes, and capabilities to accelerate all aspects of drug development and clinical trials. Formation Bio partners, acquires, or in-licenses drugs from pharma companies, research organizations, and biotechs to develop programs past clinical proof of concept and beyond, ultimately helping to bring new medicines to patients. The company is backed by investors across pharma and tech, including a16z, Sequoia, Sanofi, Thrive Capital, John Doerr, Spark Capital, SV Angel Growth, and others. You can read more at the following links: Our Vision for AI in Pharma Our Current Drug Portfolio Our Technology & Platform At Formation Bio, our values are the driving force behind our mission to revolutionize the pharma industry. Every team and individual at the company shares these same values, and every team and individual plays a key part in our mission to bring new treatments to patients faster and more efficiently. About the Position The Associate Director, Bioanalytical will lead bioanalytical strategy and delivery for assigned programs, working across nonclinical and clinical teams to ensure assays are fit for purpose and support key development decisions. The role will oversee external bioanalytical partners and drive execution for PK/TK, metabolites as applicable, biologics bioanalysis, and immunogenicity, including assay approach selection, validation strategy, sample analysis oversight, data review, and submission-ready documentation. In partnership with Clinical Ph

At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world’s biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference. Every member of Gilead’s team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact. We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together. Job Description The Senior Director, Applied AI Solutions, leads the applied AI function within the AI Research Center (ARC), part of Gilead’s Clinical Data Science (CDS) organization in Drug Development. As CDS’s center of excellence for applied AI, this leader is accountable for the technical and product path from a prioritized AI use case defined by CDS functional organizations to a trusted, reusable capability in production — spanning discovery, experimentation, technical validation, first production release, adoption support, and measured value. The ownership model is deliberate. Business ownership of priorities, requirements, funding, process change, and workflow outcomes remains with the CDS and Develo

(GAQ427R229) About the role AI is the defining platform shift of our generation, and Databricks is right at the center of it. We are looking for a Product Finance leader to scale the fastest growing part of our business with both speed and financial rigor. You will be the primary finance partner to our AI Engineering and Product leaders, with a mandate that spans the full arc of the AI business: planning GPU supply and demand across clouds, shaping how we price AI products, and building the unit economics that will define the margins of this category for years to come. The impact you will have Plan the GPU supply and demand that powers the business Establish a trusted, unified GPU demand plan across production inference, internal research, and new product bets so we invest ahead of growth without over-provisioning. Drive capacity commitment and procurement strategies across major hyperscalers and emerging neoclouds, optimizing the mix of reserved, spot, and on-demand compute. Own AI product economics and partner on pricing Lead revenue and margin analytics across the AI product portfolio, turning raw consumption telemetry into a clear read on customer adoption, retention, and product profitability. Model the end-to-end unit economics of AI products before they ship, partnering with Product and Pricing to design consumption structures that drive adoption while protecting gross margin targets. Establish robust KPIs and operations to drive best-in-class execution Partner with Engineering to define north star efficiency KPIs (e.g., GPU utilization, cost per token/query, serverless efficiency) and translate them into committed engineering roadmaps. Run tight financial operations, from auditable multi-cloud cost allocation to automated reporting, giving product and engineering leaders real-time visibility into their economic goals. Bring finance rigor to the biggest investment decisions Design ROI and capital allocation frameworks to evaluate asymmetri