This is a founding general manager job for a new London lab. The person owns everything from getting the site fitted out and opened to setting up the company, hiring the first team and looking after UK customers. A strong candidate has launched a new site or business before, ideally in a lab or other physical, equipment-heavy setting, and can handle property, finance, legal and hiring without being an expert in each. A life sciences background and a willingness to be on site in London matter too.
How it fits the AI era
The company runs a lab where AI agents order and learn from real experiments, so the London site is part of the physical side of AI-driven science. In this role, AI tools help with everyday operations work, such as drafting, analysis and planning, so one person can cover more ground. What stays human is negotiating with landlords and vendors, hiring scientists, making judgment calls under pressure and building trust with UK customers and partners.
How it builds AI experience
Working here means seeing closely how an automated lab connects AI protein design tools to real experimental data, including work for AI labs and biotech partners. Day to day, the role involves using AI coding and assistant tools in operations. A candidate can prepare by trying these tools on planning, budgeting and vendor comparison tasks, and by learning how AI-designed proteins get tested in the lab.
Worth showing
Launched a new site or businessLab or infrastructure build experienceHiring and team buildingVendor and landlord negotiationDaily use of AI tools
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An automated lab that tests AI-designed proteins, so researchers can send a sequence and get real experimental data back.
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