Vice President, Business Development & Strategy

Xilis, Inc. is an innovation-driven biotech company developing its proprietary MicroOrganoSphere (“MOS”) Technology for functional precision oncology. Xilis’ MOS Technology enables rapid and scalable generation of patient tumor models that retain patient-specific tumor biology and tumor microenvironment, representing one of the most translationally-relevant ex vivo technologies for precision oncology drug discovery and development. Located in Research Triangle Park, Durham, NC, Xilis is building a functional precision medicine platform that incorporates scaled multi-modal profiling of therapeutic activity and AI/ML-enabled analytics to catalyze functional precision medicine drug discovery, development and diagnostics. Collectively, Xilis aims to harness its MOS Platform to enable development of the most effective therapeutics and guide them to the right patients at the right time.

We are seeking a Vice President of Business Development and Strategy to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for leading our diagnostics and biopharma services, collaborations and partnering activities, alliance management, and high-impact internal strategic initiatives. Key responsibilities include sourcing and structuring partnerships with diagnostics, biotech, and pharmaceutical companies, overseeing work performed under these partnerships, and working with Xilis leadership to identify new strategic opportunities. This role requires deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, cross-functional leadership, and a pragmatic mindset as you interface with senior Xilis leadership, partners, collaborators, and other external stakeholders. Success in this position will require a strong track record in business development and partnering, in conjunction with a versatile background and the ability to effectively operate in a fast-paced biotech start-up environment. The candidate will report to our CEO. 

While we prefer this person to be located in the Raleigh / Durham area, we are open to being located anywhere in the U.S.

Xilis was created when its three founders — an engineer, a physician, and a biologist — decided to come together and commercialize their technology to transform cancer care. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. Furthermore, even if your work experience isn't perfectly aligned with what we've described above, if you're excited about what we're building then we want to talk to you!

Xilis offers comprehensive health, vision, dental & retirement plans, and unlimited PTO. We are a remote-friendly team: our headquarters are in Durham, North Carolina, but we have team members across the US (and beyond!).