Biotech CEO & Co-Founder — Venture Studio, LA

NQB8; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

NQB8, a Los Angeles biotech x software venture studio, is seeking a CEO and cofounder to shape a hardware/software biotech venture aimed at improving scientists’ reproducibility. You will decide whether the opportunity is a great business and help get it there.

If the business isn’t great, you’ll pivot and find the next opportunity. You will start a company and will start one no matter what, with competitive compensation during incubation and CEO-level equity when the business is formed.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to lead a biotech-software venture.
• Experience communicating with scientists and molecular biologists.
• Comfort with ambiguity and rapid pivots.

Responsibilities

• Figure out if the venture can be an amazing business and help get it there.
• Pivot strategy if initial plan underperforms and pursue the next opportunity.
• Lead incubation efforts and prepare for future company formation.

Skills

Leadership

Bias for action

Ambiguity tolerance

Science communication

Top operator

Job description

NQB8, a Los Angeles biotech x software venture studio, is seeking a CEO and cofounder to shape a hardware/software biotech venture aimed at improving scientists’ reproducibility. You will decide whether the opportunity is a great business and help get it there.

If the business isn’t great, you’ll pivot and find the next opportunity. You will start a company and will start one no matter what, with competitive compensation during incubation and CEO-level equity when the business is formed.