# Research Operations Lead, Biology

**Company**: Anthropic
**Location**: San Francisco, CA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $150,000-$200,000 USD
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116758847

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## Description

## Job Overview

We are seeking a Research Operations Lead to join our Life Sciences team at Anthropic. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of our biology laboratory, ensuring that scientists can focus on their research without worrying about the logistical aspects.

## Key Responsibilities

- Own and manage the operational systems of the laboratory, including procurement, inventory, equipment scheduling, and space organization

- Develop and implement new operational systems to support the growth of the team, including procurement workflows, inventory tracking, and equipment maintenance schedules

- Manage facilities and space, coordinating buildouts, moves, and equipment installs, and acting as the primary interface with building management and contractors

- Oversee the operating budget, tracking spend against plan, running the capital equipment purchasing process, and partnering with Finance on forecasting and reporting

- Manage vendor and supplier relationships, including contract research organizations, sourcing and qualifying vendors, negotiating quotes and service contracts, and holding suppliers to their commitments

## Requirements

- Experience managing the day-to-day operations of a life sciences laboratory, including equipment, inventory, ordering, safety, space, and scheduling

- Hands-on experience with procurement and vendor management, including sourcing suppliers, negotiating quotes and service contracts, and coordinating field-service and maintenance technicians

- Experience tracking and managing an operating budget, including purchase orders, invoices, spend-vs-plan, and capital requests

## Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in a biotech, pharma, diagnostics, or life-sciences startup environment, including exposure to how those organizations build new functions and processes end-to-end

- A degree in the life sciences and prior research experience at the bench

- People-management experience, including hiring, onboarding, and supervising operations or facilities staff

- Experience supporting a team through significant growth in headcount, footprint, or capability

- Familiarity with liquid-handling platforms, including their service, calibration, and consumable needs

- Experience selecting and administering inventory management, sample tracking, equipment scheduling, or ELN systems

- Capital equipment lifecycle management experience, including evaluation, purchase, qualification, service contracts, and decommissioning

- Experience with regulated shipping and receiving of biological materials, including import/export, permits, and material transfer agreements

- Experience using AI tools for efficient team and process management

## Benefits

- Competitive compensation and benefits package

- Optional equity donation matching

- Generous vacation and parental leave

- Flexible working hours

- Lovely office space

## Salary Range

The annual salary range for this role is $150,000 - $200,000 USD.

## Skills

### Required
- procurement
- vendor management
- budgeting
- laboratory operations

### Nice to have
- life sciences
- biotech
- pharma
- diagnostics
- inventory management
- equipment maintenance
- AI tools

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