Business Operations Manager

NeuroBionics; Somerville (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

3 weeks PTO

Company shutdown

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

NeuroBionics in Somerville, MA is hiring a Business Operations Manager to serve as the operational backbone, owning HR, payroll, benefits, onboarding, procurement, and vendor relationships. As the first dedicated operations hire, you\'ll build systems and processes, coordinate facilities and safety, and support founders by handling day-to-day operational complexity.

This on-site role offers relocation assistance and growth as the team scales.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of operations experience in a startup or small-company environment.
• Hands-on with payroll and HR administration, and/or finance operations.
• Proven track record building processes and systems.
• Highly organized and independent; able to own decisions.

Responsibilities

• Run payroll, onboarding, and benefits administration.
• Own procurement, accounts payable, vendor management and contracts.
• Coordinate lab facilities, safety, and space planning.
• Coordinate external partners (bookkeeper, CFO, HR advisor, IT).
• Develop and refine operating systems, meetings, and workflows.
• Operate independently within scope to reduce founders' workload.

Skills

Operations leadership

Payroll

HR administration

Vendor management

Tools

Payroll software

Accounting systems

Job description

About NeuroBionics NeuroBionics, an MIT neurotechnology spinout, is developing novel implantable devices that interface seamlessly with the human body to treat neurological conditions. Leveraging over a decade of innovation, we have engineered a novel neural interface using microscale, flexible, bioelectronic fibers that can be delivered into the body through minimally invasive endovascular approaches. By making neural interfacing a minimally invasive procedure, we aim to revolutionize deep brain stimulation and broaden access to life-changing neuromodulation therapies to millions of patients.

About NeuroBionics NeuroBionics, an MIT neurotechnology spinout, is developing novel implantable devices that interface seamlessly with the human body to treat neurological conditions. Leveraging over a decade of innovation, we have engineered a novel neural interface using microscale, flexible, bioelectronic fibers that can be delivered into the body through minimally invasive endovascular approaches. By making neural interfacing a minimally invasive procedure, we aim to revolutionize deep brain stimulation and broaden access to life-changing neuromodulation therapies to millions of patients.

About The Role NeuroBionics is hiring an Business Operations Manager to be the operational backbone of our growing team. As our first dedicated operations hire, you\'ll own the operational core: HR, payroll, benefits, onboarding, procurement, accounts payable, and vendor relationships. You\'ll support our lab facilities and safety and help plan the space we grow into. You\'ll work alongside a set of support functions already in place — a bookkeeper, a fractional CFO, an HR advisor, and IT support — serving as the internal hub that coordinates them so the founders don\'t have to. As the team grows, you\'ll build the systems and rhythm that keep everyone moving, and you\'ll take operational work off the founders so they can focus on strategy, fundraising, and the science.

Title flexible based on experience.

This is a hands-on, generalist role for someone who likes being involved across the whole company, operates with real autonomy, and takes pride in building order in a fast-moving environment.

This position will be on-site in Somerville, MA. Relocation assistance available.

What you’ll do: Duties and responsibilities

• People operations: Run payroll, onboarding, and benefits administration; draft and implement HR policies (with support from our HR advisor); be the team\'s first point of contact for people-ops questions.
• Finance operations: Own procurement, accounts payable, vendor management and contracts, capital and long-lead equipment purchasing (POs, lead times, capex), and transaction coding; be the inside contact for our bookkeeper so operational activity is captured accurately. Coordinate with our fractional CFO on planning and the raise.
• Vendor & facilities coordination: Manage vendor and contract relationships and coordinate lab-space and facilities needs (with support), keeping the team\'s environment running smoothly.
• Coordinate our support functions: Be the internal point person for our external partners — bookkeeper, fractional CFO, HR advisor, IT support.
• Systems & process: Maintain and refine the systems the team runs on (meeting cadence, documentation, communications, onboarding, and workflows) and improve them over time.
• Operational backbone: Operate independently within a defined scope, resolve issues at your level, and keep the team and founders focused by absorbing operational complexity rather than passing it along.

Qualifications

Required:

• 7-10 years of operations experience, ideally in a startup or small-company environment.
• Hands-on with the operational core: payroll and HR administration, and/or finance operations (AP, procurement, transaction coding, vendor management).
• Track record of building or standing up processes and systems, not just running mature ones.
• Highly organized and independent; comfortable owning decisions and setting boundaries.
• Has owned a function end-to-end and made the decisions in it
• Capable of handling sensitive payroll, compensation, and HR information.
• Able to work on-site 4-5 days/week

Preferred

• Comfortable in a regulated or controlled environment (medical device, lab, or similar), including the operational side of a quality system and basic lab safety/EHS.
• Lab or facilities operations and capital-equipment procurement.
• Has managed external partners or consultants.
• Has helped a founder hand off finance and operations and built the trust to make that work.
• (nice to have) HR / People-ops background (can work with our HR consultant and run HR, payroll, and benefits).

What We Offer

• Mission-driven, collaborative team solving a high-impact problem
• Competitive and experience-guided compensation (and equity for full-time roles)
• 3 weeks flexible PTO + 1.5 week company shutdown
• Comprehensive benefits plan including
• Health, dental and vision insurance covered at 100%
• Health Reimbursement Account
• Parental & Medical Leave
• Life and Long-term Disability insurance
• 401(k)
• Health & wellness benefit
• Opportunity to learn and work for a fast-growing, VC-backed, MIT-spinoff on one of the most impactful problems that can change lives

What We Offer

• Mission-driven, collaborative team solving a high-impact problem

Join NeuroBionics and contribute to the evolution of cutting-edge neural technology that has the potential to revolutionize the field of neurobiology and improve the lives of countless individuals worldwide.