VP of Marketing
Turbine · Remote · $220,000–$250,000 (stated in the posting)
Join our team as a VP of Marketing and help virtualize biological experiments to accelerate discovery!
Location: Remote - US East Coast
Reports to: Chief Business Officer
About Turbine
A lab without limits, built for biopharma.
Turbine’s Virtual Lab (vLab®) enables scientists to run Virtual Assays across millions of biological conditions far beyond traditional laboratory throughput. Instead of narrowing hypotheses to fit experimental constraints, scientists can explore the broader biological search space computationally before deciding what to validate in the wet lab. Turbine doesn’t replace the wet lab. It makes every experiment count. Through an integrated lab-in-the-loop workflow, virtual findings become testable hypotheses, with validation results feeding back to strengthen subsequent predictions within the workflow.
In deployed programs, Turbine has reduced decision timelines from 12-18 months to approximately two months while cutting wet-lab experiments by more than 50%.
Working with scientists at leading biopharma like MSD (Merck & Co.), AstraZeneca and Bayer, Turbine’s virtual assays have rationalized experiments across more than 30 discovery programs.
Backed by leading tech and industry investors like Accel, MSD Global Health Innovation Fund, Interactive Venture Partners and Beiersdorf, Turbine is turning biology into an engineering discipline.
About the Role
Turbine is seeking a strategic VP of Marketing to build the company's reputation and market position as a leader in BioAI and virtual biology, translating our scientific and commercial differentiation into a clear corporate narrative, strong executive presence, and increased engagement with leading biopharma organizations.
A central mandate will be to elevate the external profiles of Turbine's founders and leadership team and establish them as credible, distinctive voices in BioAI and the future of pharmaceutical R&D.
The VP of Marketing will provide the strategic marketing leadership required as Turbine scales commercially and expands its technology across modalities and therapeutic areas. They will act as a strategic advisor to the CEO, founders, CBO, and wider leadership team on positioning, external communications, executive visibility, and market engagement.
The VP will lead Turbine's marketing function, setting strategy and direction across corporate and product marketing while developing a high-performing team focused on product marketing, scientific content, conferences, and sales enablement.
Key Responsibilities
Corporate Strategy, Positioning & Brand
- Own and continuously sharpen Turbine's corporate positioning and market narrative.
- Define Turbine's overarching corporate narrative and category positioning.
- Establish clear, differentiated messaging around virtual biology, Virtual Cells, Virtual Assays, and Virtual Lab.
- Translate sophisticated science and technology into compelling and accessible market narratives.
- Clearly differentiate Turbine within the AI drug discovery, virtual cell, and broader TechBio landscape.
- Ensure consistency across corporate, product, scientific, and commercial communications.
- Build and maintain a differentiated corporate brand and consistent visual and verbal identity as the company and product portfolio expand.
- Monitor market, customer, and competitive developments and translate these insights into positioning and go-to-market strategy.
Founder & Executive Thought Leadership
- Build a systematic thought-leadership platform around Turbine's founders and leadership team.
- Develop distinct thought-leadership territories for priority executives.
- Identify and secure relevant speaking, media, podcast, panel, and authorship opportunities.
- Develop executive narratives, talking points, and opinion pieces.
- Prepare executives for high-profile external engagements.
- Build relationships with conference organizers, industry influencers, and relevant ecosystem leaders.
- Position Turbine executives as credible and sought-after voices on AI, biology, and the future of pharmaceutical R&D.
- Work with external agencies and internal teams to deliver consistent and sustained executive visibility.
PR, Communications & BioAI Ecosystem
- Own Turbine's global PR and external communications strategy.
- Build direct relationships with influential biopharma, biotech, technology, and AI journalists and editors.
- Lead and manage external PR and communications partners.
- Develop proactive media narratives beyond company announcements and press releases.
- Build communications programs around scientific results, partnerships, funding, product developments, and customer milestones.
- Maximize the impact of corporate announcements through targeted media engagement and follow-on coverage.
- Generate proactive earned-media opportunities around relevant industry developments and conversations.
- Manage corporate announcements and issues communications.
- Increase high-quality earned media coverage and Turbine's share of voice in BioAI and virtual biology.
Commercial Marketing & Account Engagement
- Partner closely with Business Development and Product Marketing to translate Turbine's positioning into commercial impact.
- Develop marketing strategies for priority biopharma accounts, therapeutic areas, and use cases.
- Use account-based marketing and targeted campaigns to increase engagement within strategic accounts.
- Coordinate executive, conference, content, and digital activity around priority accounts.
- Develop messaging and campaigns around customer needs and commercial priorities.
- Drive measurable marketing contribution to qualified pipeline and strategic-account engagement.
- Use customer, market, and competitive insights to inform marketing and commercial strategy.
- Turn customer proof points and scientific results into compelling commercial narratives in partnership with Business Development, Product, and scientific teams.
Marketing Leadership & Operations
- Own the annual marketing strategy, priorities, operating plan, and budget.
- Establish clear corporate and product marketing objectives and measurable KPIs.
- Prioritize investment across PR, thought leadership, conferences, content, digital, and account-based marketing.
- Assess marketing effectiveness and ROI and redirect investment where appropriate.
- Select, manage, and hold external agencies and partners accountable for outcomes.
- Lead, develop, and mentor a high-performing marketing team.
- Establish effective ways of working across Marketing, Business Development, Product, and Delivery.
- Provide concise, decision-oriented marketing reporting and recommendations to the leadership team.
Product Marketing & Sales Enablement
- Provide strategic direction and leadership to the Product Marketing & Sales Enablement function while empowering the team to own day-to-day execution.
- Ensure clear and differentiated product positioning and messaging.
- Oversee development of sales enablement materials, product collateral, and launch programs.
- Build a strong portfolio of customer case studies and scientific and commercial proof points.
- Ensure competitive intelligence informs product positioning and commercial conversations.
- Oversee conference content, scientific publications, white papers, webinars, and product-oriented campaigns.
- Ensure Business Development has the narratives, evidence, and materials required to engage priority customers effectively.
- Partner with Product, Scientific, and Delivery teams to ensure scientific accuracy and identify compelling evidence and proof points.
Requirements
Experience & Qualifications
Essential
- 12+ years of progressive marketing, communications, or corporate marketing experience.
- Significant experience in biopharma, biotech, TechBio, AI-enabled drug discovery, or an adjacent scientific technology market.
- Strong existing relationships across the biopharma and biotech media, communications, and industry ecosystem.
- Demonstrated success positioning a complex scientific or technology company.
- Track record of developing founders and senior executives into recognized external thought leaders.
- Exceptional corporate narrative, positioning, messaging, and storytelling capabilities.
- Experience leading PR agencies and external communications partners.
- Ability to understand sophisticated science and technology and translate it effectively for different audiences.
- Strong executive presence and the ability to operate credibly with founders, board members, investors, and pharmaceutical executives.
- Demonstrated ability to move between strategy and execution while maintaining focus on the highest-value priorities.
- Experience leading and developing a small, high-output marketing team.
- Strong understanding of how marketing contributes to commercial growth, including target-account engagement and pipeline influence.
Highly Desirable
- Experience helping scale an investor-backed company through a significant commercial growth phase.
- Strong understanding of pharmaceutical R&D and drug discovery.
- Experience creating or positioning a new technology category.
- Strong US biopharma network, ideally complemented by European relationships.
- Experience with strategic partnerships and joint customer communications.
- Experience building an executive thought-leadership program from the ground up.
- Experience with account-based marketing in a complex enterprise sales environment.
What Success Looks Like
In this role, you will:
- Establish a clear and differentiated corporate narrative and positioning for Turbine.
- Build a systematic and high-impact founder and executive thought-leadership program.
- Increase Turbine's high-quality earned media coverage and share of voice in BioAI and virtual biology.
- Build strong relationships with priority journalists, influencers, and industry leaders.
- Increase Turbine's visibility and credibility among target biopharma audiences.
- Build effective account-based marketing in close partnership with Business Development.
- Increase engagement within priority biopharma accounts and demonstrate measurable marketing influence on commercial pipeline.
- Create strong alignment between corporate marketing, product marketing, and commercial priorities.
- Improve the effectiveness and measurable ROI of Turbine's marketing investment.
- Build and develop a scalable, high-performing marketing organization with clear priorities, accountability, and KPIs.
You are a Turbiner if You are:
- Curious and self-aware: You actively seek to understand new scientific and commercial challenges and maintain a growth mindset.
- Continuously improve: You welcome feedback, adapt your approach and apply learnings to achieve better outcomes.
- Take ownership: You are independently motivated, proactive and accountable for delivering meaningful results.
- Collaborate constructively: You engage in thoughtful, respectful discussion and work across disciplines to achieve the strongest scientific and business outcomes.
- Think commercially: You connect scientific innovation to customer needs, business value and measurable impact.
- Thrive in ambiguity: You are comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment, identifying opportunities and creating momentum without requiring extensive direction.
Benefits
Compensation:
Base salary: $220K - $250K + target annual bonus of 20% of base salary (performance-based)
Benefits:
- HO allowance $410: You can spend your amount within your first 6 months. Purchase the item for your home office (desk, ergonomic chair, router, etc.).
- 401(k) with company match
- Comprehensive medical coverage, dental, and vision options
- You are also eligible for 20 paid vacation days each calendar year accrued per pay period plus 8 days of paid sick leave per calendar year