<p><strong>Your Impact at Lila</strong></p> <p>Lila Sciences is the world's first scientific superintelligence platform and autonomous lab for life, chemistry, and materials science. We are pioneering a new age of boundless discovery by applying AI to every aspect of the scientific method — to solve humankind's greatest challenges in human health, climate, and sustainability at a pace and scale never experienced before.</p> <p>Government partners — from federal agencies and the National Labs to international science-funding bodies — will play a defining role in advancing this mission. As a <strong>Portfolio Manager</strong> within Government Partnerships, you will own one of Lila's public sector portfolios end-to-end, serving as the connective tissue between Lila's scientific roadmap and the institutions whose missions depend on a new model of science. Reporting to the Segment Lead, Government Partnerships, you will translate Lila's autonomous-science capabilities into compelling, executable engagements that unlock recurring funding, durable relationships, and mission-critical pilots. Your starting focus will be <strong>DARPA and ARPA-H</strong>, two agencies where Lila is actively building presence and where program managers are looking for exactly the kind of revolutionary, AI-driven science capabilities Lila offers.</p> <p><strong>What You'll Be Building</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>A trusted agency posture:</strong> You will own Lila's relationships across your assigned portfolio of agencies, program offices, and/or international counterparts — starting with DARPA and ARPA-H — building a clear, credible, technically grounded presence reflected in every external interaction.</li> <li><strong>A qualified, prioritized pipeline:</strong> You will build and maintain a structured pipeline of RFIs, RFPs, BAAs, FOAs, NOFOs, and other equivalent mechanisms, making sharp pursue/no-pursue calls based on strategic fit, readiness, and impact.</li> <li><strong>High-impact engagements:</strong> You will lead opportunities from identification through award and execution handoff, partnering with Product Managers, Principal Investigators, and the proposal execution team to convert meetings into pilots, CRADAs, user-facility access, and major procurements.</li> <li><strong>A unified external narrative:</strong> You will translate Lila's scientific thesis and autonomous-science workflows into compelling federal/international narratives, partnering with communications, policy, and technical teams to maintain one voice across the portfolio — tuned to DARPA's appetite for revolutionary capability bets and ARPA-H's mission-driven biomedical breakthroughs.</li> <li><strong>Durable sponsor relationships:</strong> You will develop the kind of sustained agency relationships — particularly with DARPA and ARPA-H program managers and office directors — that lead to recurring funding pathways and large procurements tailored to Lila's unique capabilities, not one-off awards.</li> <li><strong>A reusable capture playbook:</strong> You will contribute to and refine Lila's public-sector capture engine — qualification rubrics, narrative kits, capability libraries, and operating rhythms — that scale across the Government Partnerships team.</li> </ul> <p><strong>What You'll Need to Succeed</strong></p> <ul> <li>10+ years of experience in federal or international government capture, business development, or partnerships, with a demonstrated track record of winning major awards or programs (FOAs, BAAs, NOFOs, CRADAs, etc.).</li> <li>Working fluency in at least one major public-science ecosystem, with strong preference for <strong>DARPA and/or ARPA-H</strong> (other ARPA-*, DOE, NIH, NSF, NIST experience is highly valued). Ability to translate the complexity of this ecosystem to the rest of the Lila team.</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to manage end-to-end capture — from opportunity identification through qualification, shaping, proposal, award, and execution handoff.</li> <li>Experience translating complex science and AI into clear, credible narratives for non-technical, senior, and policy-facing government audiences.</li> <li>Strong cross-functional leadership: comfort partnering with scientists, product managers, communications, policy, and legal to drive aligned outcomes under tight timelines.</li> <li>Excellent written communication; comfort operating with ambiguity in a founding-team environment.</li> <li>Willingness to travel regularly to build the relationships required for Lila to succeed.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Bonus Points For</strong></p> <ul> <li>PhD or scientific background in chemistry, materials science, life sciences, physics, or a related domain.</li> <li>Prior employment at a National Lab, DOE program office, ARPA-*, NIH/NSF, or an international science-funding body — including service as a DARPA or ARPA-H program manager, SETA, or technical advisor.</li> <li>Direct experience negotiating CRADAs or standing up user-facility access pathways.</li> <li>Experience standing up a federal capture function from scratch.</li> <li>Familiarity with the Genesis Mission, NAIRR, or analogous national AI-for-science initiatives.</li> <li>Active U.S. security clearance.</li> </ul><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p><strong>Compensation</strong></p> <p>We offer competitive base compensation with bonus potential and generous early-stage equity.