Operations Manager - Oxford
1 day ago
Job description
At the Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT), we're on a mission to translate scientific discovery into real world impact.We bring together visionary scientists, technologists, policy makers, and entrepreneurs to tackle humanity's greatest challenges in four transformative areas:
Health, Medical Science & Generative Biology
Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture
Climate Change & Managing CO₂
Artificial Intelligence & Robotics
This is ambitious work - work that demands curiosity, courage, and a relentless drive to make a difference.
At EIT, you'll join a community built on excellence, innovation, tenacity, trust, and collaboration, where bold ideas become real-world breakthroughs.
Together, we push boundaries, embrace complexity, and create solutions to scale ideas from lab to society. Explore more atWelcome to the Generative Biology Institute:
The Generative Biology Institute (GBI) at the Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT) aims to overcome two major challenges in making biology engineerable: 1) the ability to precisely synthesize entire genomes, and 2) understanding which DNA sequences will create biological systems that perform desired functions.
GBI will house 30+ groups and over 600 researchers, supported by cutting-edge facilities and sustained funding to address global challenges and advance biology engineering.
Your Role:
We are seeking an experienced and detailed orientated Operations Manager to support GBI's COO in driving the strategic growth of the institute.
In this role, you'll help design and implement scalable business processes, provide PMO support across key operational and infrastructure projects, and keep multiple workstreams moving through strong coordination and stakeholder management.
You'll act as a go‑to problem solver, support high‑impact strategic initiatives, and contribute to shaping GBI's organisational strategy and future direction.
This is an opportunity to play a central role in enabling world‑class research and building the foundations of a rapidly growing institute.
Key Responsibilities:
To support the COO in strategic scaling of GBI, ensuring smooth and responsive business operations that enable world-class research
To design, document, and implement business operations processes, working closely with central EIT teams (e.g. HR, finance, legal, facilities) to ensure scalability and alignment with best practices across GBI and EIT teams
To provide project management office (PMO) support, tracking timelines, milestones, and deliverables across operations and infrastructure projects
To liaise with internal and external stakeholders, managing timelines, documentation, and coordination across multiple workstreams
To act as a flexible and reliable point of contact for operational problem-solving, stepping in wherever needed to keep projects moving
To support strategic initiatives and special projects led by the COO, contributing to planning, execution, and internal alignment across teams
To contribute to GBI's organisational strategy, including understanding the scientific landscape, and identifying opportunities for growth and operational innovation.
To manage and coordinate relationships with external collaborators, including academic institutions, research networks, and strategic partners, ensuring smooth communication and delivery on joint initiatives
To support and coordinate key operational functions for new Spin-out companies that have been incubated within GBI, including budgeting and finance processes, legal and commercial matters, recruiting, communications, procurement, and lab facilities planning.
RequirementsQualifications & Experience:
A degree in a relevant field, such as life sciences, business operations, or project management, or a science / research background and/or experience working in or supporting laboratory environments is preferred.
Ability to coordinate and run complicated projects across multiple different workstreams
Excellent project coordination and time management skills, with experience overseeing complex timelines, budgets and competing priorities with experience in creating materials for leadership teams
Proactive and self-directed, with a willingness to take ownership of problems and implement practical solutions
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work across scientific, technical, and administrative teams
Comfortable supporting strategic planning, with an interest in scientific trends, innovation, and organisational growth
Experience in finance and/or venture capital is highly advantageous.
Benefits
Our Benefits:
Salary:
Competitive + travel allowance + bonus
Enhanced holiday pay
Pension
Life Assurance
Income Protection
Private Medical Insurance
Hospital Cash Plan
Therapy Services
Perk Box
Electric Car Scheme
Working Together - What It Involves:
You must have the right to work permanently in the UK with a willingness to travel as necessary. In certain cases, we can consider sponsorship, and this will be assessed on a case-by-case basis
You will live in, or within easy commuting distance of, Oxford (or be willing to relocate)
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