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Corporate Development Lead, Life Sciences

Anthropic· Finance
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San Francisco, CA$425k - $600kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior corporate development leader to source and execute acquisitions, investments, and strategic partnerships in AI-native life sciences; partner with leadership, research, and product to shape Anthropic's strategy at the intersection of frontier AI and life sciences.

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute Anthropic's corporate development strategy in life sciences, covering acquihires, tuck-in acquisitions, minority investments, and strategic partnerships
  • Build and maintain a target pipeline across AI-native companies in drug discovery, clinical development, regulatory and medical writing, lab automation, and healthcare data infrastructure
  • Lead end-to-end transaction processes, from sourcing through diligence, negotiation, signing, and integration
  • Partner with research, product, engineering, and go-to-market teams to assess the technical, scientific, and commercial value of opportunities
  • Run sector-specific diligence, including scientific and data validation, regulatory posture (FDA, EMA, GxP, 21 CFR Part 11), data privacy (HIPAA, GDPR), quality systems, and IP
  • Assess build/partner/buy tradeoffs and competitive dynamics against incumbents, AI-native entrants, and other frontier AI labs
  • Structure and negotiate complex deals, including earnouts, milestone-based consideration, and licensing arrangements, working closely with legal, finance, and policy teams
  • Build financial models and valuation analyses suited to life sciences businesses, including services-heavy and usage-based revenue models
  • Drive post-transaction integration, with particular attention to retaining scientific and technical talent and maintaining regulated customer commitments
  • Build relationships with founders, life sciences and healthcare VCs, pharma and biotech corporate development teams, and academic research institutions
  • Present strategic recommendations to executive leadership and the board
  • Support Anthropic's partnerships with pharmaceutical companies, CROs, and research organizations

Qualifications

  • Have led complex M&A, investment, or partnership transactions from sourcing through close
  • Understand the drug development lifecycle, from discovery through clinical trials, regulatory submission, and commercialization
  • Have strong technical fluency in AI and software, gained as an engineer, product manager, scientist, or technology investor
  • Bring strong analytical and financial modeling skills
  • Can engage credibly with scientists, engineers, executives, and regulators
  • Are comfortable in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with competing priorities
  • Write and speak clearly, and can influence at all levels
  • Have a deep interest in AI safety and Anthropic's mission

Skills

Required:M&A, investment, or partnership transaction leadershipDrug development lifecycle knowledgeAI/Software technical fluency

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and benefits
  • optional equity donation matching
  • generous vacation and parental leave
  • flexible working hours
  • lovely office space
Last updated Sep 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Anthropic

building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

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