Workplace Partner, Cambridge MA

Isomorphic Labs • Cambridge, MA

4h • Hybrid

About The Position

Isomorphic Labs is applying frontier AI to help unlock deeper scientific insights, faster breakthroughs, and life-changing medicines with an ambition to solve all disease. The future is coming. A future enabled and enriched by the incredible power of machine learning. A future in which diseases are curtailed or cured starting with better and faster drug discovery. Come and be part of an interdisciplinary team driving groundbreaking innovation and play a meaningful role in contributing towards us achieving our ambitious goals, while being a part of an inspiring and collaborative culture. The world we want tomorrow is the one we’re building today. It starts with the culture at this company. It starts with you. About Iso Isomorphic Labs (IsoLabs) was launched in 2021 to advance human health by building on and beyond the Nobel-winning AlphaFold system. Since then, our interdisciplinary team of drug discovery experts and machine learning specialists has built powerful new predictive and generative AI models that accelerate scientific discovery at digital speed. Our name comes from the belief that there is an underlying symmetry between biology and information science. By harnessing AI’s powerful capabilities, we can use it to model complex biological phenomena to help design novel molecules, anticipate how drugs will perform and develop innovative medicines to treat and cure some of the world’s most devastating diseases. We have built a world-leading drug design engine comprising AI models that are capable of working across multiple therapeutic areas and drug modalities. We are continually innovating on model architecture and developing cutting-edge capabilities to advance rational drug design. Every day, and with each new breakthrough, we’re getting closer to the promise of digital biology, and achieving our ambitious mission to one day solve all disease with the help of AI. Your impact Getting things done and making things work smoothly are needed for our fast-paced, pioneering venture and the Workplace Partner plays a critical role in achieving this. This is a high-impact role, taking the lead on managing all aspects of an upcoming office move, as well as ensuring the seamless day to day operations in the long term. You’ll need to be an effective operator and use your initiative in order to be successful. You will take ownership of key projects and existing workflows, and spot opportunities for improvement and efficiencies as we scale and grow. You’ll be responsible for the smooth running of all workplace-related activity, as well as calibrating the employee experience, service lines, and facilities management provision for the Cambridge site. You’ll proactively collaborate with workplace services & vendor teams to ensure they understand our unique workplace vision. Building trusted relationships across the whole organisation will be vital to the success of this role. This key role empowers you with significant ownership over daily operations and project execution across our Cambridge base and international offices.

Requirements

• Min 3 years experience operating in a similar role in a startup or fast-growth 'scale-up' environment, dealing with high levels of change and ambiguity.
• Proven experience in creating scalable processes from scratch, identifying opportunities for improvement and implementing solutions.
• Background in Workplace & Facilities Management, with experience managing key vendors.
• Significant experience managing complex projects like office moves and international site setups.
• Experience in a tech/biotech environment.
• Excellent decision-making skills and the ability to prioritise based on business needs.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
• Understanding of systems and building new workflows.
• Good understanding of Health and Safety, ergonomic and accessibility requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working as part of a global team.
• OSHA, IOSH and/or NEBOSH qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute on key projects, including office moves and expansions, from setting up temporary working spaces to managing the move into permanent ones.
• Oversee key aspects of the day-to-day management (daily checks, managing supplies, hosting visitors / guests etc) and smooth running of our workplace operations in our Cambridge site.
• Partner collaboratively across the global Workplace, People and wider operational functions, to drive a unified and integrated employee experience, ensuring value alignment and policy consistency across all global locations
• Act as the primary point of contact for employees, vendors and on-site service providers, helping to resolve queries in a timely manner.
• Manage key vendors, overseeing Facilities Management services to ensure the consistent maintenance and high-standard running of our buildings.
• Create and define new workplace processes that are scalable and align with our global framework as we grow.
• Optimisation projects, including layout improvements, setting up new desks, managing meeting rooms; continually improving the office environment.
• Successfully onboard new employees from a workplace perspective, ensuring they understand all general processes, security and health & safety requirements.
• Provide effective support to employees visiting from other locations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed