Head of Data Acquisition

Radical Numerics • San Francisco, CA

13h • Hybrid

About The Position

As the lead of Radical Numerics’ biological data discovery efforts, you will operate at the frontier of science, partnerships, and exploration. Your mission is to identify and unlock the world’s most valuable biological datasets, many of which are not publicly available and require trust, relationships, and persistence to access. This role is part strategist, part explorer, and part dealmaker. You will work closely with our AI researchers and scientists to identify which datasets will have the greatest impact on training the next generation of biological world models. You will then travel globally to meet researchers, hospital systems, national biobanks, sequencing centers, and pharmaceutical partners face-to-face, building relationships that allow Radical Numerics to access these datasets.

Requirements

• Genomics and multi-omics knowledge sufficient to be taken seriously by a sequencing-center PI or a hospital CSO in the first meeting.
• Proven ability to build relationships across biotech, pharma, hospitals, research institutes, or global scientific networks.
• Direct, hands-on experience securing access to controlled or restricted human datasets.
• Personal experience executing data-use or data-access agreements (e.g., DUAs, dbGaP/DAC, institutional agreements).
• Working fluency in the regulatory and privacy regime for health and genomic data (HIPAA, GDPR, and the NIH controlled-access framework), including enough command of the constraints on AI/model development to tell early which data is worth pursuing and which is effectively unusable.
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills with both scientific and business stakeholders.
• Comfort operating in ambiguous environments and navigating complex institutions to unlock opportunities.
• Relentless pursuit of data; willingness to travel globally to meet data controllers.

Nice To Haves

• Prior roles in business development, partnerships, or data licensing in biotech or healthcare.
• Experience working with international research collaborations or large scientific consortia.
• Familiarity with regulatory environments around health data and genomics (HIPAA, GDPR, etc.).
• Prior academic or industry research experience with genomics or multi-omics datasets.

Responsibilities

• Global data discovery: Map the global landscape of biological datasets across genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, imaging, and clinical data.
• Identify high-value datasets across pharma pipelines, national biobanks, hospital systems, sequencing centers, research institutes, and government repositories.
• Relationship building: Travel internationally to build trusted relationships with scientists, hospital administrators, sequencing labs, biotech companies, and government programs.
• Represent Radical Numerics in scientific and industry environments, establishing credibility and trust with institutions that control critical data assets.
• Negotiation and dealmaking: Structure and negotiate agreements that unlock access to datasets while navigating regulatory, privacy, ethical, and IP considerations.
• Work alongside legal and compliance teams to close data-sharing and licensing agreements efficiently.
• Pipeline development: Build and maintain a global pipeline of potential data partnerships.
• Identify emerging programs, consortia, and initiatives where early engagement could secure long-term data access.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed