We want someone who intends to build a company and wants to help build this one first. You've spent at least a year or two in startup operations, seen what works and what doesn't, and are ready to own considerably more.

You'll work directly with the founders to make Anthrogen run. The work will change as the company grows: getting a critical hire across the line, working with external partners, building an internal tool, or fixing a process that is costing the team time. You won't get a complete task list. A large part of the job is figuring out what belongs on it, what can wait, and what we shouldn't be doing at all.

This requires learning what our scientists and engineers actually do. You don't need to arrive knowing protein design, but you should want to understand the research well enough to make good decisions about the company supporting it. You'll also help tell Anthrogen's story to the wider public, working with the founders and researchers to explain what we're building and why it matters.

Identify the operational problems that most constrain the company, decide which to tackle first, and own them through resolution.

Take on work across recruiting, onboarding, purchasing, external partners, facilities, and internal systems as priorities change, bringing in specialists when needed.

Build small tools and automations that remove repetitive work, and check that they actually work for the people using them.

Give the founders clear recommendations: what matters, what the options are, what you would do, and why.

Help shape our public communications, making complex research clear and compelling without losing the precision that makes it worth sharing.

Help shape how the company works through concrete decisions about hiring, communication, accountability, and where we spend our time.

Founding Operator

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Anthrogen

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