Founder's Associate

Join Our Mission

Micrgraphia Bio’s mission is to deliver a new era of drug discovery using spatial proteomics.  Becoming a part of Micrographia Bio means being passionate about making medicines that matter. You will have a direct impact on improving a medicine’s probability of success. Our world-class team includes experts in molecular biology, chemistry, physics, machine learning and visionary entrepreneurs dedicated to delivering a new era of drug discovery. 

We are impatient optimists and contrarian thinkers. Instead of believing a drug only has only one target in a cell, we believe there are several molecular effects all at the same time - and we are developing the technology to see them all. 

We believe in a new (future) era where drug discovery is driven by spatial proteomics: the understanding of protein-protein networks inside cells that ultimately determine mechanisms of action of medicines. 

We combine cutting edge deeptech innovations in optics, chemistry and machine learning with the aim of speeding towards this new era. At Micrographia Bio, we dive deep into visualising proteins in their spatial context and build world class solutions from first principles. 

The nature of our work is frequently described as the holy grail, but if like us, you’re driven by the challenge to prove that there is a better way to do drug discovery, join us. You will play a critical role in developing the future of spatial proteomics and ultimately impact, collaborate and discover several new medicines that matter.

Are you ready to help us lead the way in spatial proteomics? Apply now and be part of something truly transformative at the intersection of AI x Life Sciences.

About the Role: Founder’s Associate 

Join Micrographia Bio as a Founder’s Associate and help us radically improve the probability of success of drug discovery. We do this by understanding mechanisms of action of drugs accurately in the preclinical stages. 

As Founder's Associate, you will work directly alongside our visionary CEO and CTO, gaining unparalleled front row action and learning on building a deeptech venture-backed business from scratch, solving complex problems, and improving patient lives. The Founder's Associate role at Micrographia Bio is diverse, spanning operations, finance, business development, people, culture, communications, and legal. You will collaborate with an incredibly multidisciplinary team and have the freedom to shape initiatives that push our mission forward.

We see this role as an accelerated stepping stone - after being in the role for 12-18 months you will evolve into a leader within our business or potentially leave to found a start-up of your own equipped with transferable skills and access to top-tier VCs.  

Your Impact

These are the areas where we believe you will make the greatest impact on our mission: 

• Finance operations: Develop and execute our business model. Explore non-dilutive funding options such as grants, loans, and R&D tax credits. Collaborate with accountants and investors on quarterly reporting requirements, including board meetings and fundraising documentation
• Business operations: Be the central point of operations and ensure we have the optimal laboratory and office space and work to streamline vendor payments, identifying opportunities for automation where possible. 
• Customer Success: Being laser-focused on customer / deliverables for industry collaborators who are eager to adopt our groundbreaking technology. Astute business intelligence/equity research analyst capabilities a plus. 
• People operations: Partner with the founders to build and maintain a world-class team and strengthen team culture. Lead on employee onboarding, all-hands meetings, feedback and pulse surveys. Engage with and leverage Micrographia’s incredible advisors.
• Collateral and Assets: Craft and disseminate communications highlighting our work and impact to build an engaged audience. Work with the team to manage Company LinkedIn and social media platforms, spreading our vision and cultivating a community around our mission.
• Legal: Support on commercial contracts, NDAs, and other legal documentation, ensuring compliance and safeguarding the company's interests.
• Special Projects: Partner with founders on special ops to build the company for short and long-term success. 

Example of a What a Typical Day Could look like in this role:

• Morning: building a financial model to analyse different scenarios of obtaining our new scale-up lab space requirements. Adding results of your analysis into a GSuite slide deck.
• Lunch with the wider Micrographia Team 
• Afternoon: attending quarterly Board meeting with Founders and Investor Board Members (the best deeptech VCs in the world) and following up on action items 
• Before leaving home for the day: Quick check on planning quarterly team All-Hands events: for example, a Team Volunteering Day and a Fireside Chat Seminar with a GB Olympian to discuss winning sporting mindset(s) applied to start up culture 

What We Offer

• An opportunity to work in the hottest intersection of technology and life sciences - in the emerging area of spatial proteomics
• Opportunities for growth and development as we expand and scale our impact: We see this as a stepping stone role for 12-18 months with likely next step as a operational leader within our business 
• Collaborative and innovative work environment
• Highly competitive salary (commensurate with experience) and equity in the business. Salary in the role is not static and your equity value is uncapped. If you deliver high impact, your salary will increase.  
• Professional development and mental fitness training for all at the company  
• Amazing colleagues who are also world class at teaching and sharing their professional craft (your learning will be exponential) 
• Access to Bubble At Work - a service to find babysitters, dogsitters, care workers on a trusted platform
• Regular social events that enhance team building and a fun company culture that values multidimensional human beings at work 

What We Are Looking For

• 3+ years of experience in top-tier investment banking, biotech equity research or management consulting, accustomed to learning quickly, working diligently, and thinking analytically.
• Ability to operate effectively with high degrees of ambiguity and uncertainty, and to execute tasks against tight timelines
• Educational background in STEM and computational drug discovery is a plus
• Growth mindset with a strong bias to building and resilient problem-solving skills
• Results-driven, highly reliable, and eager to invent and streamline current processes and practices
• If you have worked in start ups before, great, if not but eager to crossover - great too.
• Passion for biotech, techbio and using technology in any way shape or form to help patients improve their health 

More about Our CompanyWe believe a person’s time is their most valuable resource. We include our Company values in this job description to provide clarity of our ambitions and team culture. Please check they resonate with you prior to application. 

1. We Build.
2. Courage to Grow
3. Urgency Compounds Success
4. A Foundation of Discipline 

How to Apply

Please submit your CV.

As part of your application to Micrographia Bio, please include something you have personally BUILT linked to your CV. You are welcome to express your interest in this role through a Notion page, a website, a loom / vimeo / youtube video, an excel/google spreadsheet, a powerpoint slide deck, a Kanban board - any format you choose will be welcome. The only requirement is that you BUILT it yourself to express interest in this Founder’s Associate role at Micrographia Bio. Please timebox this exercise to 30 minutes and submit the result with your CV to this application. 

Application Deadline: We screen on a rolling basis with a final deadline of September 25, 2024. 

Micrographia Bio celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment in which a variety of backgrounds thrive. We do not tolerate discrimination of any nature including but not limited to discriminating on the basis of race, colour, religion, culture, nationality, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, disability, or marital status. If this job advert appeals to you we welcome your application. If you have career breaks in your CV and you are looking to return to work full-time, we welcome you too. 

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, only successful candidates for interviews will be contacted.  No recruiters or recruitment agencies, please. Thank you.