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Head of UK Operations
AdaptyvAI-powered Protein company
London, United KingdomDirector
Founderful
Y Combinator
ACE Ventures
ByFounders
LongGame Ventures
Wingman Venture
Leadership & General Management
About the role
TL;DR
Build and run Adaptyv's UK operations, including a new London lab and founding team.
- •{"about_the_role": "Adaptyv is building an automated lab that lets AI agents run biology experiments.
- •We are expanding from Switzerland to the UK and are opening a lab in London in 2026.
- •This role will own the UK operation end to end, establishing the company, getting the lab open, building the first team, and running the business day to day.", "key_responsibilities": ["Build the London lab from lease to operational status, including fit-out, contractors, equipment, suppliers, permits, timelines, and budget.", "Build the founding UK team by hiring across lab operations, automation, and science.", "Set up and run Adaptyv UK, including the UK entity, banking, accounting, payroll, insurance, budgeting, and contracts.", "Own the local customer experience from onboarding through experiment delivery.", "Build the local network with landlords, contractors, vendors, universities, biotechs, and partners."], "requirements": ["Proven experience building something from zero before, ideally launching a new site, geography, business unit, or physical operation for a fast-growing company.", "Exceptional generalist ability to move comfortably between property, finance, legal, hiring, customers, and operations.", "Ability to get things over the line, negotiate well, make decisions, follow up, and keep complex projects moving.", "High degree of ownership and ability to figure out what needs to happen and make it happen.", "Strong life-sciences background (degree and/or professional experience highly preferred)."]}
Required skills
Business OperationsProject ManagementContract ManagementProcurementVendor ManagementStrategic PlanningOrganizational Design
Domain expertise
biotechdeeptechai
Tech stack
PythonJavaScriptTypeScriptNode.jsDjangoFlaskFastAPIReactVue.jsAngularNext.jsSvelteHTMLCSSTailwindReduxGraphQLjQueryBootstrapSassMaterial UIChakra UIWebpackVitePandasNumPySparkAirflowdbtTableau