Business Operations Lead, AI Drug Discovery

present of AI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Frontier AI is seeking its first dedicated business operations hire in San Francisco to bridge commercial negotiation, cost control and hands-on office/people tasks. You will oversee major contracts and right-size compute spend while coordinating an office move and supporting recruiting efforts.

A strong candidate has run programs inside a company, can build a financial model and negotiate from it, and is comfortable taking initiative rather than waiting for the perfect plan.

Qualifications

• Experience building financial models and negotiating from them.
• Ability to manage complex commercial tasks and vendor relationships.
• Strong operational capability for hands-on tasks (office moves, recruiting support).

Responsibilities

• Negotiate major contracts and align compute spend with business goals.
• Own small-to-mid scale operational projects and supplier decisions.
• Coordinate office moves and support recruiting as needed.

Skills

Contract modeling

Negotiation

Cost optimization

Job description

Frontier AI is seeking its first dedicated business operations hire in San Francisco to bridge commercial negotiation, cost control and hands-on office/people tasks. You will oversee major contracts and right-size compute spend while coordinating an office move and supporting recruiting efforts.

A strong candidate has run programs inside a company, can build a financial model and negotiate from it, and is comfortable taking initiative rather than waiting for the perfect plan.