Chief of Staff

You will act as a scientific and strategic partner to the Executive Director. You will synthesize complex scientific inputs into decisions and recommendations, lead high-priority programs and collaborations, organize meetings and offsites, translate technical work for varied audiences, and manage confidential information with discretion.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a scientific and strategic thought partner to the Executive Director
• Manage the Executive Director's operating rhythm, schedule, and competing priorities
• Synthesize technical information into options, trade-offs, and recommendations
• Design meeting and offsite pre-reads, agendas, and follow-up
• Drive scientific programs, collaborations, and special projects through execution
• Help define annual and long-term strategic goals
• Organize scientific collaborations and connect people, data, platforms, and reagents
• Translate technical work for scientific staff, leadership, funders, and public-facing audiences
• Handle confidential scientific and organizational information with discretion

Requirements

• Ph.D. or equivalent research training, or comparable technical depth from consulting or a founder path
• 5–12+ years of experience
• Background in genome or transcriptome engineering, functional genomics, neuroscience, molecular or cell biology, multi-omics, or computational biology
• Technical information gathering, stakeholder mapping, dependency management, and scientific synthesis experience
• Experience managing complex cross-functional research projects from inception through execution
• Experience translating technical or scientific work for non-specialist audiences
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience designing and facilitating meeting pre-reads, agendas, and follow-ups

Benefits

• Annual discretionary bonus