Operations Generalist: Fast-Track Problem Solver

LatchBio; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Meal program

Health insurance

Visa sponsorship

Equity incentives

Job summary

LatchBio is seeking an Operations Generalist to join our fast-growing team in San Francisco. You’ll work directly with the COO and Chief of Staff on the company’s most important problems, from finance to hiring, contracts, AI partnerships, and infrastructure.

This isn’t a ticket queue. You’ll own real problems with real stakes, learn how a high-growth biotech software company actually operates, and ship practical solutions every week.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Fast learner

Gets things done

Ambiguity tolerance

Detail oriented

Clear communicator

Ownership mindset

Job description

LatchBio is seeking an Operations Generalist to join our fast-growing team in San Francisco. You’ll work directly with the COO and Chief of Staff on the company’s most important problems, from finance to hiring, contracts, AI partnerships, and infrastructure.

This isn’t a ticket queue. You’ll own real problems with real stakes, learn how a high-growth biotech software company actually operates, and ship practical solutions every week.