Director / Senior Director, Tax
Your Impact at LILA
Your Impact at LILA
What You'll Be Building
- Own end-to-end U.S. and international tax compliance and reporting — federal, state, local, income, sales & use, and R&D credits — and manage all related filings.
- Develop and execute LILA's tax planning strategy, optimizing the effective tax rate (ETR) while supporting the company's growth, capital structure, and strategic initiatives.
- Lead all aspects of ASC 740 income tax accounting — provisions, deferred tax, and uncertain tax positions — and manage relationships with external tax advisors and auditors.
- Partner with Finance, Accounting, and Legal on the tax implications of M&A, equity rounds, equity compensation, intercompany transactions, and major vendor agreements.
- Build scalable tax infrastructure (systems, controls, documentation, advisor network) and advise on international tax matters including transfer pricing, GILTI, and FDII.
- Monitor legislative and regulatory developments and serve as a cross-functional partner to Legal, People Ops, Supply Chain, and Finance — translating complex tax matters for non-tax stakeholders.
What You’ll Need to Succeed
- 8+ years of progressive tax experience, including a mix of Big 4 and/or in-house tax leadership at high-growth technology or life sciences companies.
- Deep expertise in U.S. federal and multi-state corporate income tax, with meaningful exposure to international tax.
- Strong working knowledge of ASC 740 and GAAP-compliant tax accounting.
- Demonstrated track record of building or significantly improving in-house tax functions, processes, and controls in a scaling environment.
- Experience advising on complex transactions — equity rounds, M&A, and strategic partnerships — from a tax perspective.
- Excellent judgment and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex tax matters for non-tax stakeholders.
- CPA required.
Bonus Points For
- Advanced degree (MST, LLM, or JD).
- Biotech, life sciences, or AI-tech experience with significant R&D operations.
- Familiarity with R&D tax credits (IRC Section 41).
- Experience with equity compensation tax matters (ISO/NSO, 83(b), QSBS).
- International tax experience including transfer pricing documentation.
Compensation
Compensation
We offer competitive base compensation with bonus potential and generous early-stage equity. Your final offer will reflect your background, expertise, and expected impact.
About LILA
About LILA
Lila Sciences is building Scientific Superintelligence™ to solve humankind's greatest challenges. We believe science is the most inspiring frontier for AI. Rather than hard-coding expert knowledge into tools, LILA builds systems that can learn for themselves.
Lila combines advanced AI models with proprietary AI Science Factory™ instruments into an operating system for science that executes the entire scientific method autonomously, accelerating discovery at unprecedented speed, scale, and impact across medicine, materials, and energy. Learn more at www.lila.ai.
Guided by our core values of truth, trust, curiosity, grit, and velocity, we move with startup speed while tackling problems of historic importance.
A Note to Agencies
A Note to Agencies
Lila Sciences does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Lila Sciences or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Lila Science’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Lila Sciences, and Lila Sciences will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.