General Manager - AI Bioinformatics

General Manager - AI Bioinformatics

Remote UK or US East Coast | Executive Leadership | Healthtech & AI

The Opportunity

As General Manager, you will build and run the new AI business unit as a standalone commercial operation, with responsibility for its product and commercial performance.

Reporting directly to the CEO, you will define the go-to-market strategy, establish the commercial model, build the team and take the product to enterprise customers across healthcare and life sciences.

This is a genuine zero-to-one leadership opportunity for someone who thrives on autonomy, strategic decision-making and building businesses in fast-moving markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the business unit's commercial strategy, product positioning, sales, marketing and pricing.
• Define and execute the go-to-market strategy for a new enterprise AI product line.
• Take full ownership of revenue targets, product adoption and commercial performance.
• Build, recruit and lead the business unit team.
• Establish the commercial operating structure, including pipeline management, forecasting and deal governance.
• Work closely with product and engineering leadership to align development with customer and market demand.
• Develop relationships with enterprise customers across healthcare and life sciences.
• Report directly to the CEO on business unit performance, growth and strategic priorities.

What we look for

• 10+ years of commercial leadership experience, including direct ownership of revenue targets.
• A strong background in healthcare or life sciences software.
• Proven experience launching products from zero to one and scaling them commercially.
• A track record of closing enterprise software deals exceeding $300,000.
• Experience building and managing commercial teams.
• Strong understanding of enterprise go-to-market strategy, pricing and product-led growth.
• The ability to operate with significant autonomy in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment.
• A genuine interest in AI, biomedical research and the future of healthcare technology.

What's on offer

• Remote working
• Direct reporting to the CEO.
• Full ownership of a new AI business unit.
• The opportunity to build a commercial organisation from the ground up.
• Access to dedicated AI training and professional development funding.
• The chance to shape the commercial future of an innovative healthtech business.

If you're an ambitious commercial leader looking for the opportunity to build and scale a new AI business in healthcare and life sciences, i'd love to hear from you. Please apply within or send an updated CV to agreatorex@barringtonjames.com