Community & Ecosystem Growth Strategist

Your Impact at LILA

Are you a strategic social thinker who thrives at the intersection of science, technology, and community? We’re seeking a Community & Ecosystem Growth Strategist who blends social strategy, influencer relations, and hands-on community building to accelerate Lila’s executives and scientific leaders’ credibility and reach. You’ll grow high-quality networks across academia, industry, government, and frontier tech ecosystems, helping our leaders participate credibly in technical discourse and earn durable attention.

What You’ll Be Building

Executive presence and follower growth

• Design and execute growth plans for key executives’ social profiles (X, LinkedIn, Substack, and niche platforms).
• Grow audiences with high-quality followers: researchers, lab leaders, R&D decision-makers, open-source contributors, and public-sector stakeholders.
• Establish an “always-on” cadence: posts, replies, threads, commentary, and light community engagement that feels authentic and valuable.

Engagement in frontier technical communities

• Actively participate in discussions around AI-accelerated science, robotics, materials science, life science, chemistry, frontier tech, generative AI, and agentic science.
• Bring Lila into conversations in helpful, credible ways, even in skeptical or high-signal threads.

Influencer and network activation

• Cultivate relationships with credible creators and technical influencers across academia, industry, and government-adjacent networks.
• Orchestrate co-created moments: AMAs, roundtables, briefings, interviews, guest threads, and research spotlights that elevate Lila leaders.

Thought leadership enablement

• Ghostwrite or co-author with executives and technical leaders while preserving their voice and cadence.
• Coach leaders on engaging in replies and threads to build trust and depth, not hype.

Measurement, learning, and iteration

• Define and track meaningful metrics: follower quality, engagement depth, network effects, and relationship development.
• Test hypotheses, and continuously refine the playbook.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• Proven track record of organically growing executive and brand followings in technical/scientific spaces.
• Strong writing and editorial judgment for technical audiences; ability to translate complex ideas into clear, credible content.
• Comfort engaging in public technical discourse, including disagreement and skepticism.
• Marketing fluency to align with brand and communications strategy, plus the independence to run social/community initiatives day to day.

Bonus Points For

• Existing networks across AI-for-science, robotics, open-source, academia, national labs, or government-adjacent science/tech communities.
• Experience supporting executives or founders as thought leaders (voice, cadence, engagement strategy).