Job Description
🔸 Director of Data Partnerships | Human Biology x AI
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🔸 San Francisco, CA | On-site/ Hybrid
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🔸 $150K–$300K Base + Commission + Equity
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🔸 TechBio | Human Data | Genomics | AI
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Kenkotech is partnering with a rapidly growing TechBio company building large-scale human biological datasets to advance AI-driven drug discovery and our understanding of disease.
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The company works directly with patients, researchers and leading academic institutions to make previously inaccessible human biological data available at scale.
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They are now looking for a Director of Data Partnerships to build and close partnerships with leading universities, academic medical centers, health systems and PIs across the US.
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The Opportunity
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You will identify valuable human datasets and build the academic and institutional partnerships required to access them.
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This is a highly external, commercially focused role combining scientific credibility with business development and deal execution.
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Key Responsibilities
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- Build relationships with PIs, universities, academic medical centers and health systems
- Originate and close data access and licensing partnerships
- Work with technology transfer, legal and research teams to structure agreements
- Identify valuable clinical, genomic, multi-omic, single-cell and biospecimen datasets
- Build and manage a high-volume pipeline of potential data partnerships
- Work closely with the leadership team to develop the company's data acquisition strategy
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Ideal Background
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- PhD or strong scientific background, ideally across biology, genomics, neuroscience or a related field
- Experience in data partnerships, scientific partnerships, business development, technology transfer or licensing
- Experience working with universities, PIs, hospitals, health systems or academic medical centers
- Strong understanding of human biological, genomic or clinical data
- Proven ability to originate relationships and move deals through to close
- Commercially minded, highly organised and comfortable operating at startup pace
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Location & Compensation
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- San Francisco, on-site
- $150K–$300K base depending on experience
- Commission on closed deals
- Equity
- Relocation considered
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Interested candidates should apply via direct message or LinkedIn application.