At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead key biotech accounts, driving product strategy and client relationships.
- Company: Exciting UK deep-tech company at the forefront of AI and life sciences.
- Benefits: Competitive day rate, hybrid working, flexible hours, and 29 days holiday.
- Other info: Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and make a real-world impact.
- Why this job: Gain high ownership and influence in a fast-paced, innovative environment.
- Qualifications: 5+ years managing AI projects with strong client relationship skills.
Im recruiting for an exciting UK deep-tech company working at the intersection of AI, robotics and life sciences. They are looking for a Product & Account Lead to take ownership of a key biotech account end to end from client relationship and product strategy through to delivery, adoption and commercial growth. This is a high-ownership role for someone who enjoys working without a playbook, making decisions with incomplete information and turning customer needs into products that deliver real-world value.
The role
- Owning the client relationship from day-to-day users through to senior stakeholders
- Setting product priorities based on customer and market needs
- Leading the internal delivery team across engineering, AI, design and commercial functions
- Owning project plans, milestones, scope, risk and delivery
- Driving product adoption, account growth and commercial performance
- Identifying opportunities to expand the account into new teams, workflows and use cases
- Working closely with technical leads on architecture and product trade-offs
- Building scalable processes for a long-term client partnership
- Managing suppliers, reporting and stakeholder communications
What we're looking for
- 5+ years experience managing AI projects with multiple stakeholders
- Proven experience owning a client relationship end to end
- Background in biotech, pharma or life sciences
- Strong product management experience, translating customer needs into actionable roadmaps
- Experience leading or coordinating technical teams
- Comfortable discussing modern AI/software technologies including LLMs, RAG and data pipelines
- Strong commercial, scope, budget and delivery management skills
- Comfortable operating autonomously in a fast-moving environment
- Excellent communication skills across technical, scientific and executive audiences
- Experience with account expansion, upselling/renewals, scientific data, regulated environments or AI/software products is highly desirable.
What's on offer
- Competitive day rate outside IR35
- Hybrid working
- Flexible hours
- 29 days holiday + public holidays (FTE equivalent)
- Opportunity to work at the intersection of AI, robotics and life sciences
- High level of ownership and direct influence on product and commercial strategy
This is a great opportunity for a Product Lead, AI Project Lead, Technical Product Manager, Account Lead or similar who wants genuine ownership of both a product and client relationship. If this sounds like you, please DM me for more information or to discuss the role confidentially.
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