Founder's Associate
Core
Support founders on hiring, special projects, operations, and fundraising to scale a non-natural biology drug discovery company.
Role type
Founder's Associate (early-stage biotech operator)
Builds
Hiring pipelines, special project delivery, operational processes, investor/partner materials
Domain
Life sciences / Biotechnology / Drug discovery
Deliverable
product features | client delivery
Required skills
Project management, hiring operations, financial/procurement/legal process management, strategic communications, AI fluency, life science literacy, high agency, intellectual rigour
Preferred skills
Independent technical work (doctoral training/research), experience in consulting/investment/early-stage biotech, building functions from scratch, large-scale procurement
Technologies
AI tools / LLMs
Responsibilities
Run hiring rounds end-to-end, manage special projects from definition to delivery, drive finance/procurement/legal/HR processes, build investor and grant materials
Seniority
Individual Contributor, early-stage operator