About Ataraxis AI

Ataraxis is an AI precision medicine company working at the intersection of multi-modal artificial intelligence and oncology. We develop and deploy AI-native tools to assist physicians in selecting the most optimal treatments for their patients.

Our mission is to change how cancer is treated and impact at least 50% of new cancer cases by 2030. Our first test for breast cancer patients was developed and evaluated in a validation study on over 8,000 patients from 15 international institutions. Ataraxis Breast was shown to improve the accuracy of gold standard tests by 30% and enable testing expansion to 100,000 new patients annually. At Ataraxis, you will have a unique opportunity to shape not only the future of our company, but also the future of healthcare.

At Ataraxis, you will join an exceptional team at the forefront of healthcare-focused AI research and deployment. As a frontier AI lab, we bring together leading AI researchers, medical doctors, and industry veterans. Our advisors include AI pioneers such as Yann LeCun and distinguished oncologists from top cancer research institutions, all united by the mission to redefine precision medicine.

Ataraxis has raised $24 million in funding, including a recent $20.4 million Series A round led by top venture capital funds such as AIX Ventures (Hugging Face, Perplexity), Thiel Capital, Founders Fund (OpenAI, SpaceX, Palantir, Oscar Health), and Obvious Ventures (Recursion). Our company was recently covered in an exclusive story in TechCrunch, "Not all cancer patients need chemo."

We are an AI-native company with a flat organizational structure, where every team member is empowered to actively contribute. Leadership roles are earned by those who demonstrate initiative and consistently deliver exceptional results. Strong work ethic and the ability to prioritize ruthlessly are essential.

Responsibilities

• Investigate whitespace opportunities across adjacent markets, care pathways, and data ecosystems—identifying where the company’s platform can deliver asymmetric value.

• Lead cross-functional deep dives on complex, high-stakes questions (e.g., pricing strategy, data monetization, vertical integration) and translate findings into structured, directional recommendations.

• Launch and incubate new initiatives end-to-end, from hypothesis development to pilot design, operationalization, and postmortem synthesis.

• Support company-wide strategic planning and prioritization by developing internal frameworks for evaluating opportunity size, complexity, and strategic fit.

• Architect systems, rituals, and workflows that improve organizational clarity, coordination, and adaptability as the company scales.

• Build executive dashboards, custom reports, and performance snapshots to support faster decision-making and tighter feedback loops at every level of the org.

• Act as a thought partner and utility player across teams—jumping into ambiguous projects that need analytical firepower, operational structure, or strategic framing to gain momentum.

• Stay ahead of industry, regulatory, and technology trends to inform long-term bets and internal positioning.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in either research-heavy roles (management consulting, investment banking, venture capital, private equity) and/or GTM, strategy, operations roles in high-growth early-stage tech startups.

• Proven record of zero-to-one experiments and projects that shipped quickly and generated measurable results.

• Thinking from first principles and being a creative problem-solver.

• Biased for action with classic “move fast and break things” mindset.

• Exceptional communicator and willing to meet new people and talk both internally and externally.

• Analytical skillset and advanced technical proficiency in Excel/GSheets (and ideally SQL/BI), Salesforce/HubSpot, etc.

• Experience in any of the following is a nice bonus: oncology, diagnostics, software as a medical device, reimbursement, distribution.

This is a full-time, in-person role at our NYC NoMad office. Please apply only if you are based in NYC or willing to relocate.