H-1B1 Singapore Visa Chemist Jobs
Chemist jobs with H-1B1 Singapore visa sponsorship are open to Singaporean nationals without a lottery or USCIS petition. The H-1B1 cap of 5,400 rarely fills, and your application goes directly to a U.S. consulate. Most chemistry roles in pharmaceuticals, materials science, and quality control qualify as specialty occupations.
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Lila Sciences is using its autonomous science platform to accelerate chemical discovery — from smarter synthesis pathways and next-generation catalysts to molecular design for clean energy and industrial applications. The Chemistry experiment team is running programs at a pace and scale that demands serious operational rigor, and we're looking for a Technical Program Manager to provide it. You'll work closely with the Chemistry domain lead who sets scientific strategy and direction, while you own the execution layer: the project plans, the cross-functional dependencies, and the blockers that need to be surfaced and resolved before they become problems. You won't be directing scientific work — you'll be creating the conditions for it to happen at speed and at scale. This is a role for someone who genuinely loves the craft of program management in complex, technical environments.
What You'll Be Building
- Own day-to-day program execution within the Chemistry experiment team — maintaining project plans, tracking milestones, and ensuring agentic science programs are delivered on time and with rigor
- Serve as the primary operational interface between the Chemistry team and platform partners (Automation, ML, Engineering) — communicating needs, aligning on priorities, and keeping dependencies visible and resolved
- Translate scientific program goals into structured workstreams that enable autonomous experimentation to run efficiently and at scale
- Run program rituals including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives with a bias toward purposeful meetings, documentation, and follow-through
- Partner with the Chemistry domain leads to surface blockers, risks, and interdependencies early and drive them to resolution
- Support the delivery of commercial contracts by working with the Product & Revenue team to ensure program commitments are well-scoped, tracked, and clearly communicated to all stakeholders
- Contribute to capacity planning and resource coordination in partnership with scientific leadership
What You'll Need to Succeed
- 10+ years of program or project management experience in a chemistry, pharmaceutical, or deep tech environment
- A Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related field
- A track record of managing multiple concurrent programs in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and energized by building programs from the ground up; early-stage start-up experience is a strong plus
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate across scientific and operational stakeholders and manage complex cross-functional dependencies
- Sufficient scientific fluency to understand Chemistry program goals and communicate them clearly to partner teams
- Experience supporting commercial program delivery and working with external partners or customers
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills — able to break complex goals into clear, achievable units of work and keep stakeholders consistently well-informed
Bonus Points For
- Familiarity with project management tools such as Smartsheet, Asana, Jira, or similar
- PMP, PgMP, or agile certification (e.g., CSM, SAFe) is a plus
About LILA
Lila Sciences is building Scientific Superintelligence™ to solve humankind's greatest challenges. We believe science is the most inspiring frontier for AI. Rather than hard-coding expert knowledge into tools, LILA builds systems that can learn for themselves.
LILA combines advanced AI models with proprietary AI Science Factory™ instruments into an operating system for science that executes the entire scientific method autonomously, accelerating discovery at unprecedented speed, scale, and impact across medicine, materials, and energy.
Guided by our core values of truth, trust, curiosity, grit, and velocity, we move with startup speed while tackling problems of historic importance. If this sounds like an environment you'd love to work in, even if you don't meet every qualification listed above, we encourage you to apply.
We're All In
Lila Sciences is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.
Information you provide during your application process will be handled in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Policy.
A Note to Agencies
Lila Sciences does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Lila Sciences or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Lila Science's internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Lila Sciences, and Lila Sciences will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.
Your Impact at LILA
Lila Sciences is using its autonomous science platform to accelerate chemical discovery — from smarter synthesis pathways and next-generation catalysts to molecular design for clean energy and industrial applications. The Chemistry experiment team is running programs at a pace and scale that demands serious operational rigor, and we're looking for a Technical Program Manager to provide it. You'll work closely with the Chemistry domain lead who sets scientific strategy and direction, while you own the execution layer: the project plans, the cross-functional dependencies, and the blockers that need to be surfaced and resolved before they become problems. You won't be directing scientific work — you'll be creating the conditions for it to happen at speed and at scale. This is a role for someone who genuinely loves the craft of program management in complex, technical environments.
What You'll Be Building
- Own day-to-day program execution within the Chemistry experiment team — maintaining project plans, tracking milestones, and ensuring agentic science programs are delivered on time and with rigor
- Serve as the primary operational interface between the Chemistry team and platform partners (Automation, ML, Engineering) — communicating needs, aligning on priorities, and keeping dependencies visible and resolved
- Translate scientific program goals into structured workstreams that enable autonomous experimentation to run efficiently and at scale
- Run program rituals including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives with a bias toward purposeful meetings, documentation, and follow-through
- Partner with the Chemistry domain leads to surface blockers, risks, and interdependencies early and drive them to resolution
- Support the delivery of commercial contracts by working with the Product & Revenue team to ensure program commitments are well-scoped, tracked, and clearly communicated to all stakeholders
- Contribute to capacity planning and resource coordination in partnership with scientific leadership
What You'll Need to Succeed
- 10+ years of program or project management experience in a chemistry, pharmaceutical, or deep tech environment
- A Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or a related field
- A track record of managing multiple concurrent programs in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and energized by building programs from the ground up; early-stage start-up experience is a strong plus
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate across scientific and operational stakeholders and manage complex cross-functional dependencies
- Sufficient scientific fluency to understand Chemistry program goals and communicate them clearly to partner teams
- Experience supporting commercial program delivery and working with external partners or customers
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills — able to break complex goals into clear, achievable units of work and keep stakeholders consistently well-informed
Bonus Points For
- Familiarity with project management tools such as Smartsheet, Asana, Jira, or similar
- PMP, PgMP, or agile certification (e.g., CSM, SAFe) is a plus
About LILA
Lila Sciences is building Scientific Superintelligence™ to solve humankind's greatest challenges. We believe science is the most inspiring frontier for AI. Rather than hard-coding expert knowledge into tools, LILA builds systems that can learn for themselves.
LILA combines advanced AI models with proprietary AI Science Factory™ instruments into an operating system for science that executes the entire scientific method autonomously, accelerating discovery at unprecedented speed, scale, and impact across medicine, materials, and energy.
Guided by our core values of truth, trust, curiosity, grit, and velocity, we move with startup speed while tackling problems of historic importance. If this sounds like an environment you'd love to work in, even if you don't meet every qualification listed above, we encourage you to apply.
We're All In
Lila Sciences is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.
Information you provide during your application process will be handled in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Policy.
A Note to Agencies
Lila Sciences does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Lila Sciences or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Lila Science's internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Lila Sciences, and Lila Sciences will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Chemist
Verify your degree field matches the role
H-1B1 visa requires a degree directly related to the specific chemist position, not just any science degree. A biochemistry degree supporting a synthetic chemistry role may draw scrutiny, so confirm the connection before applying.
Pull prevailing wage data before salary negotiations
Your employer must pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for your SOC code and work location. Run the OFLC Wage Search for Chemists before your offer stage so you can negotiate from an informed baseline.
Target employers already filing H-1B1 Labor Condition Applications
Use Migrate Mate to find employers with verified H-1B visa1 LCA filing history for chemistry roles. These companies already understand the consular process and won't need educating on how H-1B1 differs from H-1B.
Request LCA certification before your visa interview date
Your employer must file and receive DOL-certified LCA before you attend your consular appointment. Build at least two weeks of buffer between LCA submission and your scheduled interview to avoid rescheduling delays.
Document your specialty occupation with O*NET
Consular officers assess whether your role qualifies as a specialty occupation. Print the O*NET profile for your specific chemist title and bring it to your interview alongside your employer's position description as supporting evidence.
Clarify E-Verify enrollment with your employer upfront
Some federal contractors and STEM-heavy labs are required to use E-Verify. Confirm your prospective employer's enrollment status before accepting an offer, since unenrolled employers in certain sectors may face compliance gaps after you start.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Chemist role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B1 Singapore?
Yes. Chemist positions typically require at least a bachelor's degree in chemistry, biochemistry, or a closely related field, which satisfies the specialty occupation definition. The consular officer will review your employer's position description alongside your credentials, so the degree field must align directly with the job duties rather than science broadly.
How does H-1B1 Singapore differ from H-1B for Chemist roles?
H-1B1 Singapore skips the H-1B lottery entirely, which matters because many chemistry professionals lose years waiting for a lottery slot. The annual cap is 5,400 visas and rarely fills. You apply at the U.S. consulate in Singapore rather than through USCIS, and your employer files a Labor Condition Application with DOL instead of an I-129 petition, making the process faster and less expensive.
How do I find employers offering H-1B1 Singapore sponsorship for Chemist positions?
Migrate Mate filters job listings by verified H-1B1 LCA filing history, so you can identify pharmaceutical companies, contract research organizations, and materials firms that have sponsored chemistry roles under this visa category. Targeting employers with existing H-1B1 experience avoids delays caused by HR teams unfamiliar with the consular process.
Can I work for multiple employers on H-1B1 Singapore as a Chemist?
H-1B1 is employer-specific, so each employer must file a separate DOL-certified LCA tied to your position and work location. If you take on consulting or part-time lab work with a second employer simultaneously, that employer needs its own LCA. Unlike some other visa categories, concurrent employment requires separate filings for each work arrangement.
What happens to my H-1B1 status if my chemistry employer changes my work location?
A material change in work location, especially to a new metropolitan statistical area, requires your employer to file an amended LCA with DOL before you begin working at the new site. Short-term assignments covered by the existing LCA's area of intended employment may not require an amendment, but your employer should confirm the DOL requirements before relocating you.
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