Analyst / Senior Analyst, Corporate Strategy

Lila Sciences Lila Sciences · AI Frontier · One Charles Park, Cambridge, MA · Corporate Development

This role supports corporate strategy development, competitive intelligence, M&A, enterprise planning, and OKR tracking within a fast-moving team at Lila Sciences. The Analyst will synthesize market and competitive data, track emerging trends in AI and life sciences, and support strategic decision-making for senior leadership and board audiences. The role requires strong analytical rigor, communication skills, and experience in strategy, consulting, or investment banking.

What you'd actually do

  1. Synthesize market, competitive, and internal data to support strategic decision-making
  2. Build and maintain structured analyses, frameworks, and presentations for senior leadership and board audiences
  3. Track emerging trends in AI, life sciences, and physical sciences relevant to Lila's strategic positioning
  4. Support deal processes including landscape mapping, initial screening, and diligence preparation
  5. Maintain competitive intelligence across key market segments, including company tracking, partnership activity, and technology developments

Skills

Required

  • 4+ years of experience in corporate strategy, management consulting, investment banking, or a related analytical field
  • Strong academic background; undergraduate degree from a rigorous institution required
  • Exceptional analytical skills, including financial modeling, data synthesis, and structured problem framing
  • Clear, concise written and verbal communication; ability to distill complex information into crisp outputs
  • High degree of ownership and follow-through; this is a role for someone who runs things to completion without needing to be managed closely
  • Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments with shifting priorities
  • Prior exposure to M&A processes, due diligence, or transaction support
  • Familiarity with OKR frameworks or enterprise planning processes

Nice to have

  • Experience producing materials for board or investor audiences
  • Proficiency with data visualization or BI tools (e.g., Tableau, Looker, or equivalent)
  • Background in or genuine interest in life sciences, biotech, or deep tech industries
  • Advanced degree (MBA or equivalent) a plus but not required

What the JD emphasized

  • undergraduate degree from a rigorous institution required
  • Strong academic background
  • Exceptional analytical skills
  • Clear, concise written and verbal communication
  • High degree of ownership and follow-through
  • Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments with shifting priorities
  • Prior exposure to M&A processes, due diligence, or transaction support
  • Familiarity with OKR frameworks or enterprise planning processes