Hiring: Director of Data & AI Partnerships, Life Sciences Company: Tempus AI Location: Redwood City, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-15 10:20:57 Employment Type: Contract / Remote Target Skills & Keywords : AI, R About the job Experience: •Minimum 5+ years in Business Development, Sales, and/or Consulting in the Life Sciences sector as lead account and relationship manager (Pharma / Biotech) •Preferably 3+ years working on Oncology assets or supporting projects in this space •Preferably 5+ years working with companies who serviced Life Sciences companies in Research & Development and/or Real World Data •Demonstrated success in establishing credibility as a trusted advisor with clients •In-depth knowledge of molecular and real-world data and artificial intelligence in drug discovery Required Skills: •Develop and drive global account strategy in coordination with our scientific and business operations teams •Meet and exceed revenue goals for All Tempus Data and AI product lines at the account while delivering on established strategic objectives for specific client accounts •Build and maintain executive and R&D relationships & drive our CXO strategy leveraging Tempus senior leadership •Become an expert in the partner’s strategy, pipeline and portfolio to proactively determine all areas that the Tempus platform could be leveraged for advancing innovation •Negotiate, secure and manage pull-through of contracts with assigned client accounts •Align the cross functional team of Product Specialists, Alliance Managers, Translational Researchers and Commercial Operations to most efficiently identify and deliver value at our clients •Partner with our clients to develop and announce impactful case studies leveraging the Tempus platform to advance precision medicine •Contribute to the development of the Life Sciences portfolio by providing feedback to Leadership regarding client responses and suggestions; maintain a solution-oriented mindset Qualifications: •Knowledge of drug development and/ or oncology •Entrepreneurial consultative sales approach; thrives most in a high growth, rapidly evolving business environment •Proactive mindset that bridges ideas to implementable solutions, and can help move both internal and external stakeholders to quickly solve problems •Deep relationships with pharmaceutical stakeholders •Proven ability to navigate multi-faceted client organizations with repeated success •Demonstrated capacity to set strategies/tactics that are aggressive, but realizable •Wins followers with a positive and energetic approach to work and life; gains energy from solving difficult problems •Demonstrated ability to influence without authority (both with internal and external stakeholders) •Learning agility to adapt to a rapidly changing environment within Tempus •Exceptional account management, articulation of issues and an ability to navigate a wide range of stakeholders to solve problems Compensation: •$140,000 - $210,000 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!