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Executive Director, Asset Team Lead

Recursion· Development
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About the role

Senior leadership role responsible for defining asset strategy and translating computational/AI insights into strategic asset advantages across oncology and immunology/inflammation programs. Partners across clinical, discovery, ClinTech, platform, and BD to optimize asset positioning, drive portfolio decisions, and deliver transformative medicines.

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive asset strategy for small molecule clinical programs in oncology and immunology/inflammation — integrating competitive positioning, mechanistic differentiation, biomarker strategy, and patient segmentation to sharpen go/no-go and prioritization decisions across the portfolio
  • Translate Recursion OS and ClinTech insights into strategic asset advantages, ensuring proprietary data and computational insights are maximally enabling for advancement of the drug discovery and development portfolio
  • Develop and pressure-test the competitive narrative for each oncology and I&I portfolio asset, building the evidence base for leadership decisions, partnering discussions and investor communications
  • Partner with functional line leaders across clinical development, BD, finance and platform teams to ensure resource allocation reflects strategic conviction and supports the most impactful programs and workstreams
  • Propagate the Recursion mindset of radically changing lives by continuously raising the bar on how assets are advanced, differentiated, and delivered to patients with significant unmet need

Qualifications

  • A PhD in life sciences or related scientific discipline with deep expertise in drug discovery & development required
  • 10+ years of biotech/pharma experience with a proven track record of asset-level strategic leadership, advancing programs through clinical stage-gates with demonstrable impact on portfolio value
  • Deep expertise in the development of small molecule therapeutics for oncology and immunology/inflammation required, expertise in rare disease a bonus
  • Experience leveraging computational approaches and data-driven platforms to sharpen asset strategy and clinical decision-making
  • Proven ability to build and articulate the strategic and competitive case for clinical assets – integrating mechanistic differentiation, competitive dynamics, regulatory and market considerations
  • Strong financial acumen; able to engage credibly on cross-functional resourcing, asset valuation, and portfolio trade-offs
  • Exceptional executive presence – able to synthesize complexity into clear, conviction-led recommendations and present with confidence to senior leadership and external partners

Skills

Required:Asset strategy developmentStrategic storytelling and competitive narrativeComputational/data-driven decision supportCross-functional leadershipFinancial acumen in portfolio management

Benefits

  • annual bonus
  • equity compensation
  • comprehensive benefits package
Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Recursion

Pioneering AI Drug Discovery | Recursion

Decoding biology to radically improve lives.

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