Business Operations Associate

The role

The Business Operations Associate will turn interest in Basis into signed, funded partnerships. This person will operate the deal pipeline, scale business opportunities, and build business operations infrastructure.

What you will do

• Operate the deal pipeline
• Keep every partnership, contract, gift and investor conversation in one CRM
• Schedule meetings and send follow-ups
• Take contracts from first draft to signature
• Prepare the weekly review of where things stand
• Research prospective partners and funders
• Keep inbound interest warm
• Prepare the founders for events and introductions
• Build the CRM, templates, automations and reporting

Required qualifications

• Finish what you start
• Have a record of noticing what needed doing and doing it without being asked
• Run a CRM or similar tool (HubSpot, Attio, Salesforce or equivalent) and keep it correct
• Write clearly and quickly
• Keep commercial, funder and investor information confidential
• Be comfortable among researchers and engineers

Nice to have

• Business operations, deal desk, sales operations or partnerships experience at a startup, research institute or deep-tech company
• Experience with both commercial deals and philanthropic or investor relationships
• Small automations you have built around a CRM, contract flow or inbox

Before you apply

• A short practical task
• A conversation with the hiring manager
• Interviews with the people you would work with

About the company

Basis is a nonprofit applied AI research organization. It aims to understand and build intelligence and advance society's ability to solve intractable problems.