Science Lead, Intercept

About the role

Intercept is looking for a strategic, execution-oriented life sciences operator to join our team. We are laser-focused on making sure the portfolio of broad-spectrum preventatives needed to radically reduce the burden of respiratory viruses exists. Our goal is to advance 2+ products that meet our target product profile through Phase 2. We make both grants and investments, using the most capital-efficient tool to advance our target product profile.

Responsibilities

• Expand the pipeline of BSP candidates.
• Engage all networks (researchers, investors, founders, funders, etc.) to source new ideas and technologies.
• Diligence pipeline opportunities.
• Bring projects through early and deep / technical diligence: evaluating science quality, development plans, team, and fit against our TPP.
• Develop points of view on technologies.
• Contribute to publishing a POV for the 5-10 most promising approaches (i.e., siRNA, T-cell vaccine, innate immune stimulators) and identify the key 'gating datapoints' that would make us kill or double down on that approach and when we'll get that datapoint (or if there is a gap).
• Build and maintain the CRM.
• Help ensure our CRM captures ~all known projects, and we have a process to systematically learn about/capture the best new projects early.
• Support our RFP and investment process.
• Drive projects from intake through investment/grant execution.
• Portfolio management.
• Monitoring + how we help / accelerate post investment.
• Help determine what would let the top projects in the field move 2x faster beyond funding.

Requirements

• Must have a PhD or MD in immunology and/or infectious disease with 5+ years of post-grad research experience (biotech, pharma, VC, or consulting) experience.
• Demonstrated capacity to explore and evaluate a broad range of scientific topics and experience with scientific curation (e.g., oversight of a research portfolio, grant making experience, investment experience, etc.).
• Experience with portfolio management, including portfolio construction and post-award management.
• Ability to translate scientific diligence into strategic investment recommendations and a coherent capital deployment view.
• Product development experience (and/or broad exposure via investing in or supporting companies).
• Experience with project management from launch to completion / project quarterback with a high openness to getting hands dirty.
• Extremely self-directed, diligent, very fast learner, excellent communicator, very action oriented (vs talking about things).
• Compelled by our mission to greatly reduce the burden of and risks from respiratory viruses.
• Public health / global health / biosecurity experience.

Qualifications

• The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.
• Public health / global health / biosecurity experience.

Benefits

Learn more about Intercept at our launch post and our website.

Pay and benefits

• The annual US base salary range for this role is $152,700 - $229,100.
• Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends.

Schedule

Hybrid work at Stripe. This role is available either in an office or a remote location (35+ miles or 56+ km from a Stripe office).