Senior Director / Vice President, Community & Ecosystem Growth Strategist

Your Impact at Lila

We are hiring a Community & Ecosystem Growth Strategist who is equal parts social strategist, influencer operator, and deeply online community member. A key part of this role is growing high-quality networks of followers for Lila’s executives and scientific leaders by tapping the communities that matter across:

• Academia and research
• Relevant industries (materials, energy, chemicals, therapeutics, biotech, aerospace and defense)
• Government and public sector science, technology, and innovation ecosystems

You will help our leaders show up credibly and consistently in technical discourse, build relationships, and earn durable attention.

What You'll Be Building

• Executive presence and follower growth
  • 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.
  • Build an executive “always-on” cadence: posts, replies, threads, commentary, and lightweight community engagement.
• Be present in frontier technical communities
  • Participate in online communities discussing AI-accelerated science, robotics, materials science, life science, chemistry, frontier technology, generative AI, and agentic science.
  • Bring Lila into threads in a way that is helpful and authentic, including in skeptical or high-signal conversations.
• Influencer and community activation
  • Build relationships with credible creators and technical influencers across academia, industry, and government-adjacent networks.
  • Orchestrate co-created moments: AMAs, roundtables, briefings, interviews, guest threads, and research spotlights that elevate Lila leaders.
• Thought leadership enablement
  • Ghostwrite or co-write 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
  • Track executive and brand growth using meaningful metrics: follower quality, engagement depth, network effects, and relationship development.
  • Run experiments and continuously improve the playbook.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• 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.
• Enough 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).

About Lila

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 building the capabilities to apply AI to every aspect of the scientific method.  We are introducing scientific superintelligence to solve humankind's greatest challenges, enabling scientists to bring forth solutions in human health, climate, and sustainability at a pace and scale never experienced before. Learn more about this mission at  www.lila.ai

If this sounds like an environment you’d love to work in, even if you only have some of the experience listed below, we encourage you to apply.

Compensation

We expect the base salary for this role 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.

We’re All In

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.

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