Senior Director / Vice President, Community & Ecosystem Growth Strategist

About the role

We are hiring a Community & Ecosystem Growth Strategist at Lila Sciences. This role requires a combination of social strategy, influencer operations, and deep involvement in online communities.

Responsibilities

• Build and execute growth strategies for key executives' social accounts (X, LinkedIn, Substack, and niche community platforms).
• Grow networks with the right followers: researchers, lab leaders, R&D decision-makers, open-source contributors, and public sector stakeholders.
• Create an executive “always-on” cadence: posts, replies, threads, commentary, and lightweight community engagement.
• Be present in frontier technical communities, participating in discussions on AI-accelerated science, robotics, materials science, life science, chemistry, frontier technology, generative AI, and agentic science.
• Bring Lila into threads in a helpful and authentic manner, including in skeptical or high-signal conversations.
• Build relationships with credible creators and technical influencers across academia, industry, and government-adjacent networks.
• Orchestrate co-created moments such as AMAs, roundtables, briefings, interviews, guest threads, and research spotlights that elevate Lila leaders.
• Enable thought leadership by ghostwriting or co-writing with executives and technical leaders while preserving their voice.
• Coach leaders on how to engage in replies and community threads in ways that build trust (not hype).
• Measure and iterate using meaningful metrics: follower quality, engagement depth, network effects, and relationship development.
• Run experiments and continuously improve the playbook.

Requirements

• Proven ability to organically grow executive and brand followings in technical/scientific spaces.
• Strong writing and editorial judgment for technical audiences.
• Comfort operating in public technical discourse, including disagreement and skepticism.
• Sufficient marketing fluency to align with brand and comms strategy, plus the independence to run the social/community engine day to day.
• Bonus points for existing networks across AI-for-science, robotics, open-source, academia, national labs, or government-adjacent science/tech communities.
• Experience supporting executives or founders as thought leaders (voice, cadence, engagement strategy).

Qualifications

Lila Sciences is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

Benefits

The base salary for this role is expected to fall between $204,000 – $304,000 USD per year, along with bonus potential and generous early equity. The final offer will reflect your unique background, expertise, and impact.

Pay

The base salary for this role is expected to fall between $204,000 – $304,000 USD per year.

Schedule

The schedule for this role is not specified.