Head of UK Operations

The role

The Head of UK Operations will build and run the London lab from the ground up. This person will establish the UK entity, hire the founding team, and manage day-to-day business operations.

What you will do

• Build the London lab from lease to operational status including fit-out, equipment, and permits
• Build the founding UK team across lab operations, automation, and science
• Set up and run the UK entity including banking, accounting, payroll, and insurance
• Own the local customer experience from onboarding through experiment delivery
• Build the local network with landlords, contractors, vendors, universities, and biotechs

Required qualifications

• Experience building something from zero such as a new site, geography, business unit, or physical operation
• Exceptional generalist capable of moving between property, finance, legal, hiring, customers, and operations
• Ability to negotiate, make decisions, and keep complex projects moving
• High degree of ownership without needing predefined processes
• Comfortable using AI as part of how you work
• Based in London or ready to move to London

Nice to have

• Experience with labs, clinics, manufacturing, hardware, or other infrastructure-heavy businesses
• A degree and/or professional experience in the life sciences

About the company

Adaptyv is building an automated lab that lets AI agents run biology experiments. They are a fast-growing biotech company building infrastructure that gives AI agents access to the physical world.