Head of Business Operations, Bactobio
£75-90k
+ Share Options
4-5 days a week in office
Uncovering solutions from biological dark matter
Open for applications
Uncovering solutions from biological dark matter
21-100 employees
Open for applications
£75-90k
+ Share Options
4-5 days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To create a safer and greener world by harvesting valuable metabolites from biological dark matter.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business administration or life sciences (advanced degree in business or life sciences preferred)
- 7+ years experience in startups / operations / strategy / consulting / business development, with at least 3 years in a senior management role
- Familiarity with all business functions including HR, Finance and IT
- Collaborative drive and good team ethic
- A focus on impact, as an individual contributor and by guiding the people around you
- First-class problem-solving and a drive to address new challenges quickly
- Ability to step outside of your comfort zone and adapt to changing priorities
- Excellent written & spoken English
- Strong presentation skills and capabilities with Microsoft Office
- Exceptional project management skills – proven experience in leading strategic initiatives and handling multiple projects simultaneously
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to liaise with diverse stakeholders
- Highly organized and detail-oriented, with a focus on delivering high-quality results
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Head of Business Operations to help shape our company's growth
- Reporting directly to the CEO and working closely with the Chief of Staff, and line managing the People Lead, Finance Manager, Lab Manager, and Office Manager, you will help shape Bactobio’s operational effectiveness and strategy as we continue to grow
- We are looking for a self-motivated and highly adaptable individual to make the role their own in a fast-paced environment
- Our Business Development and Operations team is a close-knit group who manages the daily operations and long-term vision of a fast-growing biotechnology company
- We run a lean structure with a strong work ownership mindset and collaborate closely to keep the company’s development on track
- Operational Effectiveness: Developing and executing a strategy to scale our systems and processes, ready for Series A and beyond. Planning, monitoring, and analysing key metrics for day-to-day operations to ensure efficient and timely completion of milestones across the company
- Grants Management: Project managing our grants and preparing grant monitoring visits, establishing and maintaining strong relationships with relevant grant bodies, and supporting grant applications
- Finance Management: In collaboration with our Finance Manager, overseeing expenses and budgeting to help the company optimise costs and benefits
- Business Strategy: formulating business strategy with others in the executive team
- Compliance: adhering to the company’s policies and standards, and ensuring that laws and regulations are being followed
- People Operations: working closely with the People Lead to foster a value-driven, people-focused culture, while maintaining a productive working environment; contribute to recruitment and talent planning from the angle of operational effectiveness and capacity
- Office Management: leading the expansion of the office space as we approach the series A and overseeing a smooth running of the workspace including occupancy, allocation, improvements, maintenance, and community engagement
Salary benchmarks
Our take
With the highest genetic diversity of any organisms on earth, bacteria hold tremendous potential for novel treatments, gene therapy, and commercial applications. But to this day, under 1% of all bacteria have been cultured in labs for chemical discovery.
Bactobio is a biotechnology company helping realise the full potential locked in bacteria, by harvesting bacterial metabolites from biological dark matter. Its Bacterial Community Cultivation platform enables new bacteria to be cultured and screened for novel applications.
In order to make more ground-breaking discoveries, Bactobio is expanding its business operations team. By seeking to strengthen brand awareness and market analysis, as well as guide the core direction of the company, it is setting out to help define the future of biotechnology.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
57% female employees
Company
Company benefits
- New lab and office space in central London
- Learning and development opportunities
- Bike2work scheme
- Enhanced Sick Pay
- Weekly team activities including board games, sports activities, and socials on Fridays
- Complimentary snacks, fruits, tea, coffee, soft drinks...
- Flexible start and finish times within the company’s core hours
- Diverse team of colleagues (check out our website to meet us)
- 25 days holiday
- Pension plan
Company values
- Impact
- Empowerment
- Collaboration
Company HQ
Vauxhall, London, UK
Leadership
Dr Daniel Hansen
(Co-Founder & CEO)Having worked for 2 years at Barclays, Daniel took a PhD at Imperial and became a LMU Munich Exist Fellow, before co-founding Bactobio in July 2019.
Dr Mark Wilkinson
(Co-founder & CSO)Mark joined Bactobio in 2020 and oversees scientific projects from microbial generation through to compound discovery.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Bactobio
Magdalena Kowalczyk (People Ops Lead)
- We empower women in STEM through inclusive recruitment and raising awareness of DEI benefits for the business
- We build international teams through visa sponsorship and global recruitment strategies. We are proud that our team comes from over 15 nationalities across 6 continents!
- We carefully consider our recruitment practices ensuring a diverse candidate representation, crafting inclusive job descriptions, providing awareness training for hiring managers, setting shortlist targets, and removing unnecessary application information that may lead to unconscious recruitment bias
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