Operations Generalist

Latch Bio, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Paid meals

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Equity incentives

Professional development

Visa sponsorship

Onsite team activities

Job summary

LatchBio, Inc. is seeking an Operations Generalist in San Francisco to tackle high‑impact problems with the COO and Chief of Staff. You’ll own diverse tasks from hiring to contracts, with real ownership and fast learning in a high‑growth biotech software environment.

You will work closely with engineers, scientists, sales, and founders, handling ambiguity with structure and delivering results that move the company forward.

Qualifications

• 0–3 years of experience; startup/consulting/banking backgrounds are a plus.
• Strong analytical skills; you’re dangerous in a spreadsheet.
• Excited about AI, biotech, or SaaS.
• Bias toward action and iteration over perfection.
• Genuinely enjoy this kind of work and bring personality to the team.

Responsibilities

• Figure out how to hire 60 engineers in 90 days, then help make it happen.
• Dig into the cloud bill and find six figures of savings.
• Build the financial model leadership uses to hire and spend.
• Learn to redline a customer contract and move deals.
• Stand up a system from scratch for vendor management, compliance, or office expansion.
• Drop into issues on fire this week and leave it better than found.

Skills

Fast learner

Gets things done

Ambiguity tolerance

Detail-oriented

Clear communicator

Low ego, ownership

Job description

Seeking a sharp, curious, high-agency Operations Generalist to join LatchBio!

LatchBio

The convergence of laboratory automation, high-throughput assays, and machine learning is moving the medium of biological discovery to silicon. At LatchBio, we are building AI and data infrastructure to accelerate biopharma R&D.

Present snapshot

• We are 100+ engineers and operators in San Francisco solving the data bottleneck in biology.

• Data in biotech has increased 10,000x over the past 10 years.

• AI in biopharma will 20x in 7 years. $200m to $4b, 54% CAGR.

• We build ubiquitous software, storage, pipelines, & machine learning for all of biology.

• 50+ new biotech companies onboarded in the past 12 months. $28M Series A from Lux Capital, Coatue, and General Catalyst.

Operations Generalist

We’re growing fast, and every week brings a new problem nobody has solved yet. One week it’s finance, the next it’s hiring, a customer contract, an AI partnership, or an infrastructure bill that doubled overnight.

You’ll work directly with the COO and Chief of Staff on the company’s most important problems. This isn’t a support role or a ticket queue. You’ll get real problems with real stakes, and you’ll be trusted to figure them out. It’s one of the fastest ways to learn how a high-growth company actually works.

Who you are

• Fast learner. You don’t need to know how to do something yet. Give you a week and you’ll know it better than most.

• Gets things done. You finish what you start, follow up, and close loops without being chased.

• Comfortable with ambiguity. Hand you a messy, half-defined problem and you’ll come back with structure and a plan.

• Detail-oriented, with the bigger picture in mind. You sweat the small stuff because you understand how it connects to everything else.

• Clear communicator. Concise in writing and in person, and equally at home with engineers, scientists, salespeople, and founders.

• Low ego, high ownership. No task is beneath you, and no problem is too big to take a swing at.

What you’ll actually do

Some examples of problems you might own in your first few months:

• Figure out how we hire 60 engineers in 90 days, then help make it happen

• Dig into our cloud bill and find six figures of savings

• Build the financial model leadership uses to make hiring and spend decisions

• Learn to redline a customer contract and keep deals moving

• Stand up a system from scratch the first time we need it, whether that’s vendor management, compliance tracking, or office expansion

• Drop into whatever is on fire this week and leave it better than you found it

What we look for

• 0–3 years of experience; startup, consulting, banking, or other high-intensity backgrounds are a plus

• Strong analytical skills; you’re dangerous in a spreadsheet

• Excited about AI, biotech, or SaaS

• Bias toward action and iteration over perfection

• Genuinely enjoying this kind of work and bringing your personality to the team

What it’s like to work at Latch

• Salary: $150K – $190K

• Unlimited PTO policy

• Every lunch and dinner is paid for ($18K annual value)

• 100% premium covered on Blue Shield’s platinum health plan ($0 premium, $0 deductible) and 50% premium coverage for dependents. 100% coverage for top-tier Guardian dental and vision plans. ($15K value)

• Ambitious equity incentives

• 401(k) plan options

• Company-sponsored professional development

• Work visa sponsorship ($15K value)

• Team-wide science reading groups

Who You’ll Work With the Most

This role is fully in-office Monday through Friday. You’ll work closest with:

• The Founders: Alfredo, Kyle, Kenny

• Ops Team: Jordan, Daniel, Saul, Jesse, Andy, Camila, and Greg

Learn more:

About Us · Website · Twitter · Blog

Hiring process

(no more than three weeks)

• Round 1: Andy, Founding Recruiter

• Round 2: Daniel, Chief of Staff

• Round 3: Jordan, COO

• Round 4: Paid onsite work trial ($1,500) for three days to meet the rest of the team