Market Product Lead
Basecamp Research is an AI-biology company building the BaseData genomic dataset and EDEN biological foundation models for therapeutic design.
About Basecamp Research
The company uses proprietary evolutionary sequence data to train EDEN foundation models, including models that can be accessed through Claude for antibiotic-peptide design and immunogenicity prediction. Its therapeutic platform also includes AI-Programmable Gene Insertion (aiPGI).
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will own the peptide and protein platform as a commercial product. You will develop market intelligence, define target product profiles and programme stage gates, prioritize licensable capabilities, shape commercial models and roadmaps, and support partner engagement, revenue generation, positioning, and intellectual-property strategy.
Requirements
- Ten or more years in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry.
- Substantial experience with peptide, protein, or biologics therapeutics.
- Knowledge of proteolytic stability, exposure, receptor selectivity, off-target risk, immunogenicity, formulation, and manufacturability.
- Experience closing commercial partnerships, licensing agreements, or platform deals, or owning platform commercial strategy.
- Ability to author target product profiles, competitive assessments, and commercial cases.
- Ability to discuss technical topics with scientists and commercial topics with pharmaceutical leaders.
- Excellent written English.
- Ability to travel for client and industry meetings.
- Experience in metabolic disease, immunology, anti-infectives, or another therapeutic area with an active peptide pipeline.
- Familiarity with macrocyclic peptides, peptidomimetics, non-canonical amino acids, conjugation strategies, or oral delivery technologies.
- Experience with AI-enabled drug discovery platforms.
- Postgraduate degree in life science, chemistry, or a related business area, or equivalent industry depth.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain market intelligence for peptide and protein therapeutics.
- Track competitor activity and translate findings into product roadmap and go-to-market implications.
- Maintain deal, comparable, and valuation benchmarks for licensing and co-development.
- Conduct voice-of-customer research with pharmaceutical R&D leaders.
- Author and defend target product profiles.
- Translate partner target product profiles into feasible research plans.
- Define programme stage gates and go or no-go criteria.
- Prioritize licensable platform capabilities and product sequencing.
- Own the peptide product roadmap.
- Define offering packaging and commercial models.
- Specify partner data requirements.
- Drive partner engagement and revenue generation with Business Development.
- Develop positioning materials, validation packages, and competitive comparisons.
- Ensure external claims are accurate, consistent, and appropriately caveated.
- Support partner meetings, scientific exchanges, conferences, diligence, and intellectual-property strategy.
Benefits
- Equity
- Discretionary performance bonus
- Private medical and dental cover
- Life assurance
- Enhanced pension contributions
- 33 days annual leave inclusive of public holidays
- Company shutdown between Christmas and New Year
- Enhanced parental leave
- Flexible and hybrid working
- Support for part-time or compressed arrangements where the role allows
- Annual budget for conferences, training, and professional membership
- Support for continued publication where appropriate