Research Operations Lead, Biology

Anthropic's Life Sciences team combines cutting-edge AI with hands-on biological research to make fundamental biological discoveries.

We are hiring a Research Operations Lead to be the operational backbone of the Life Sciences team, owning procurement, inventory, safety, equipment, and space operations, and scaling them as the lab grows.

• Own day-to-day lab operations: ordering, inventory, equipment scheduling, consumables, shipping/receiving, and space organization.
• Build operational systems: procurement workflows, inventory/sample tracking, equipment maintenance/calibration, onboarding/training, and SOPs.
• Manage facilities and space, coordinate buildouts, moves, and equipment installs; interface with building management, contractors, and central Workplace and IT teams.
• Own the operating budget, track spend, run capital equipment purchasing, and partner with Finance on forecasting.
• Manage vendor and supplier relationships, including contract research organizations; negotiate quotes and service contracts.

• Managed day-to-day operations of a life sciences lab (equipment, inventory, ordering, safety, space, scheduling).
• Hands-on procurement and vendor management experience.
• Tracked and managed an operating budget (purchase orders, invoices, spend-vs-plan, capital requests).

• Lab operations experience in biotech, pharma, diagnostics, or life-sciences startup environment.
• Degree in life sciences and prior bench research.
• People-management experience: hiring, onboarding, supervising operations or facilities staff.
• Experience with inventory management, sample tracking, equipment scheduling, or ELN systems.
• Capital equipment lifecycle management experience (evaluation, purchase, qualification, service contracts, decommissioning).
• Experience with regulated shipping and receiving of biological materials.
• Experience using AI tools for team and process management (e.g., Claude Cowork).

Annual Salary: $150,000—$200,000 USD

Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent. Required field of study: relevant field. Minimum years of experience: correlates with internal job level. Location-based hybrid policy: all staff in office at least 25% of the time; some roles may require more.

Competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and office space.