Isotope Generation & Market Strategy Leader (Mid Level to Executive Level)

📍 Location: Remote (Onsite Locations to be disclosed upon interviews)

Salary Range: $100,000-$350,000, depending on experience

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The Role

We are seeking a Vice President of Isotope Generation & Market Strategy to own the commercial strategy, product portfolio, and go-to-market execution for a growing isotope generation business serving medical and industrial customers. This leader will connect production reality (targetry, reactor modification & flux yield constraints dictated by engineering team, irradiation, processing, QA, packaging, and release) to market demand (indication growth, industrial end-use trends, customer qualification cycles, and pricing dynamics). You will be accountable for defining which isotopes we make, how we make them, how we price them, and how we scale supply with high reliability.

What You’ll Do

  • Own isotope portfolio strategy across medical and industrial products (identify target isotopes, demand drivers, differentiation, and investment thesis).
  • Build and maintain pricing and margin models across isotopes and services, including:
    • Ballpark market price ranges by isotope and form (for example: raw vs value-added processed, different purity grades, different activity or enrichment bands).
    • Typical cost drivers across generation, processing, QC release, packaging, and logistics.
    • Contract structures (spot vs term, take-or-pay, allocation frameworks during constrained supply).
  • Translate market needs into production requirements and roadmaps (capacity, cadence, uptime targets, processing capability, and supply chain resiliency).
  • Lead or heavily influence commercial execution: strategic customer development, partnerships, and key account negotiations (hospitals, radiopharmacies, pharma/radiotherapeutics, industrial end users, distributors).
  • Develop market entry and scale-up strategy for new isotopes and new customers, including qualification pathways and time-to-revenue assumptions.
  • Own competitive intelligence and market mapping (global supply, alternative production routes, regulatory risk, and substitution dynamics).
  • Partner closely with operations, engineering, and quality/regulatory teams to ensure commercial commitments are feasible and consistently delivered.
  • Define and package value-added isotope processing services (highly desirable), such as:
    • Chemical separation and purification
    • Enrichment-related services (when applicable)
    • Custom targetry, encapsulation, or form-factor conversion
    • Blending, dilution, and custom activity packaging
    • Analytical characterization and certificate of analysis support
  • Own (or co-own) end-to-end supply chain logistics strategy for isotopes (highly desirable), including:
    • Time-critical shipping design (courier strategy, cold chain where needed, scheduling windows)
    • Hazmat/classification and packaging compliance
    • Import/export constraints, handoffs, and contingency routing
    • Waste returns, decayed product handling, and reverse logistics as needed
  • Establish business-level KPIs and reporting that tie supply reliability to revenue (OTIF, fill rate, allocation performance, gross margin, forecast accuracy, customer retention).

Commercial & Financial Expectations (ballpark):

  • Comfort operating with order-of-magnitude economics, such as:
    • Per-batch or per-run generation and processing costs that may range from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars depending on isotope, throughput, and yield.
    • Revenue per campaign, per week, or per customer program that can range from low six figures to multi-million dollars annually for high-demand medical or industrial isotopes.
    • Value-added processing and logistics services that can contribute meaningful gross margin (often the difference between commodity supply and premium, specification-driven supply).
  • Ability to communicate these economics clearly to executives, investors, and technical leadership without overpromising what the plant can deliver.

    Qualifications

    10+ years of experience across isotopes and/or radiopharmaceutical or industrial isotope supply chains, with demonstrated commercial ownership (portfolio, pricing, contracts, and growth strategy).

    Strong understanding of isotope markets and pricing across multiple isotopes and applications (medical imaging, radiotherapeutics manufacturing inputs, industrial gauges/inspection, research, etc.).

    Experience with isotope generation routes (reactor, accelerator, cyclotron, fusion neutron generators, or other relevant methods) and their practical implications on cost, spec, and scale.

    Highly desirable: hands-on knowledge of isotope supply chain logistics, including time-critical delivery and compliance.

    Highly desirable: experience with value-added isotope processing services and how they impact pricing, margin, and customer stickiness.

    Strong cross-functional leadership skills, able to align operations, engineering, quality, regulatory, and commercial teams.

    Excellent communication and negotiation skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

    Why This Role

    • Build and scale a strategically important isotope business at the intersection of nuclear technology, healthcare, and industrial infrastructure.
    • Own a portfolio-level strategy, with direct impact on revenue growth, margin expansion, and supply reliability.
    • Opportunity to shape a differentiated offering that combines production with value-added processing and high-performance logistics.

    Benefits

    Competitive salary • 401(k) with match • Health, dental & vision insurance • Equity • Relocation Assistance