Research Operations Lead, Biology

Key Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day operations end to end: ordering and inventory, equipment scheduling and upkeep, consumables, shipping and receiving, and general space organization.
• Build on and extend the operational systems a growing group needs: procurement workflows, inventory and sample tracking, equipment maintenance and calibration schedules, onboarding and training, SOPs.
• Manage facilities and space: coordinate buildouts, moves, and equipment installs; act as the primary interface to building management, contractors, and Anthropic's central Workplace and IT teams.
• Own the operating budget: track spend against plan, run the capital equipment purchasing process, and partner with Finance on forecasting and reporting.
• Manage vendor and supplier relationships: including contract research organizations: source and qualify vendors, negotiate quotes and service contracts, schedule preventive maintenance and field-service visits, and hold suppliers to their commitments.

Minimum Qualifications

• Have managed the day-to-day operations of a life sciences lab — equipment, inventory, ordering, safety, space, and scheduling.
• Have hands-on procurement and vendor management experience: sourcing suppliers, negotiating quotes and service contracts, and coordinating field-service and maintenance technicians.
• Have tracked and managed an operating budget: purchase orders, invoices, spend-vs-plan, and capital requests.

Preferred Qualifications

• Are the person everyone in your group already comes to when something is broken, missing, late, or unclear — and you like being that person.
• Enjoy engaging with scientists on the science itself — you want to understand what's happening at the bench well enough to anticipate needs.
• Are results-oriented and practical and pick up slack even when it goes outside your job description.
• Enjoy a role that stretches from the hands-on to the strategic, and are comfortable when priorities shift quickly and feedback is direct.
• Lab operations or lab management 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: hiring, onboarding, and supervising operations or facilities staff.
• Experience supporting a team through significant growth in headcount, footprint, or capability, including utilities, permitting, and equipment.
• 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 — evaluation, purchase, qualification (IQ/OQ/PQ), 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 (e.g., Claude Cowork).