Location: San Francisco, CA, United States / Boston, MA, United States / Remote (San Francisco, CA, United States; Boston, MA, United States; Seattle, WA, United States; Washington, DC, United States; New York, NY, United States; Tampa, FL, United States; Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Job Type: Contract
Salary: $60K - $120K
Experience: 3+ years
Visa: US citizen/visa only
Skills: Biotechnology, Medicinal chemistry, Biochemistry
About the role
We're hiring our first growth lead to own how Infera reaches scientists. You'll decide which labs we go after, where we show up, and how we tell our story, and you'll run the outreach yourself. You'll work directly with both founders and build the playbook future growth hires will run. This role starts as a part-time contract, with a path to a full-time founding position.
Key responsibilities
Own top-of-funnel for academic labs, core facilities, biotech incubators and early-stage biotechs, from building target lists to booking first conversations
Get Infera in the room: find the conferences, seminars and research-community events worth attending, and represent us at booths, talks and demos
Turn what the product does into posts, one-pagers, demos and case studies that scientists want to read, and that sound like a person wrote them
Run our channels end-to-end (LinkedIn, email, targeted ads, webinars), measure what's working and cut what isn't
Bring field signal back to the founders, so the themes you hear in every conversation shape what we build next
Help set and hit our lab-adoption goals, and report on pipeline each week
Minimum qualifications
Have 3+ years in growth, marketing or business development at a life-science tools, lab software or biotech company
Know how research labs adopt new tools, and who decides: PIs, lab managers, core directors and procurement
Have a network in academic or biotech research communities, or a track record of building one fast
Write clearly and concisely, and are comfortable picking up the phone or walking into a lab
Thrive in ambiguity and enjoy building processes from scratch
Preferred qualifications
Bench experience or a graduate degree in the life sciences
Experience as an early hire at a startup
Already use AI tools to work faster and better
The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.
Annual Salary (full-time equivalent):
$60,000—$120,000 USD
Logistics
Commitment: Part-time contract to start, with a path to full-time.
Location: San Francisco, CA preferred. Remote within the US considered.
Equity: Meaningful.
We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every qualification. We care more about what you've done than about checking boxes.
Summary
Own top-of-funnel growth for scientists at a life-science tools startup, from target lists and outreach to content, channels, and lab-adoption goals. Requires 3+ years in growth, marketing, or business development at a life-science tools, lab software, or biotech company, plus clear writing and comfort building processes from scratch.
Responsibilities
Own top-of-funnel for academic labs and biotechs; represent Infera at conferences and events; create posts, one-pagers, demos and case studies; run LinkedIn, email, ads and webinars; report pipeline weekly
Qualifications
3+ years in growth, marketing or business development at a life-science tools, lab software or biotech company; know how research labs adopt new tools; network in academic or biotech research communities; write clearly and concisely; thrive in ambiguity
Education requirements
Bench experience or a graduate degree in the life sciences preferred
Experience requirements
3+ years in growth, marketing or business development at a life-science tools, lab software or biotech company
Benefits
Equity