Chaidiscovery

Business Operations

San Francisco office. Posted 18 days ago

The role

The Business Operations lead will solve hard problems end to end as a partner to founders and functional leaders. Work includes renegotiating contracts, managing compute spend, standing up functions, managing office moves, and helping with recruiting.

What you will do

  • Renegotiate contracts
  • Ensure compute spend matches actual needs
  • Stand up functions
  • Take ownership of an office move
  • Help with recruiting
  • Handle friction and pain points without delay
  • Build systems to leave behind

Required qualifications

  • Generalist with commercial instinct and a bias for action
  • Ability to build models behind major contracts and negotiate them
  • Ability to chase down quotes for an office move or organize dinners
  • Experience operating rather than just advising
  • Comfortable in any room and on any call

Nice to have

  • Technical or scientific background
  • Biotech experience

About the company

Chai Discovery builds the computer-aided design suite for molecules. The company trains frontier models for biochemical structure and interaction to help scientists develop medicines.