Strategy
Chai Discovery
Summary
We are building a strategy team to take on the hardest open questions about our business and turn them into decisions we act on.
Job description
About the role
We are building a strategy team to take on the hardest open questions about our business and turn them into decisions we act on.
Chai's business model has no real precedent. We sell a new kind of technology into a very large market, in an era where few people can say with confidence where things are headed. The questions are hard and the answers consequential: how we price, which segments and products we expand into, and what makes our position durable, and so on. And you'll need to be ready to embed with teams on problems ranging from scaling lab capacity, buying versus building compute, or planning a data generation effort.
The work runs from framing to implementation. You'll scope a problem, run primary research with customers and outside experts, build the quantitative case, reach a conclusion, and see it through. A project isn't done when the memo is written. It's done when the decision is made and in place.
About you
You are a structured, quantitative thinker with good instincts. You produce conclusions, not just inputs. You know how to influence, pushing decisions across teams until they land.
You are comfortable making justified assumptions with incomplete information, and disciplined about revisiting them. You know which threads to pull on an expert call. You have a nose for connecting dots, extracting signal, and folding new data points into the larger picture.
You likely trained in management consulting, venture or growth investing, or quantitative research, and may have moved into strategy or special projects at a high-growth technology company. Data science or CS experience is a plus. Biotech or pharma experience isn't required—range across industries and situations is valuable, as is the ability to learn a technical domain quickly.
Requirements
- Structured, quantitative thinker with good instincts
- Produces conclusions, not just inputs
- Able to influence and push decisions across teams
- Comfortable making justified assumptions with incomplete information
- Disciplined about revisiting assumptions
- Skilled at extracting signal from expert calls
- Trained in management consulting, venture or growth investing, or quantitative research
- May have moved into strategy or special projects at a high-growth technology company
- Data science or CS experience is a plus
- Biotech or pharma experience isn't required
Benefits
- High velocity culture
- Ownership culture
- Competitive compensation
Company overview
Chai Discovery is a biotechnology company specializing in innovative drug discovery technologies and platforms. The company leverages advanced computational methods and artificial intelligence to accelerate the identification and development of novel therapeutic compounds. Operating at the intersection of technology and life sciences, Chai Discovery focuses on creating efficient discovery pipelines that reduce the time and cost associated with traditional drug development processes. Their technology platform integrates machine learning algorithms with biological data analysis to predict compound efficacy, optimize molecular structures, and identify promising drug candidates for various disease areas. The company's approach represents a modern paradigm in pharmaceutical research, combining cutting-edge computational tools with deep biological insights to address complex medical challenges. Chai Discovery's mission centers on transforming the drug discovery landscape through technology-driven innovation, potentially enabling faster development of treatments for unmet medical needs.