Founders Associate

Lausanne, United StatesOn-site

Requirements

Adaptyv is building an automated lab thats let AI agents run biology experiments.
We're entering the era of agentic science where AI models can now design novel proteins, propose hypotheses, and iterate on experimental results.
We're building the infrastructure that gives AI agents access to the physical world.
We are one of the fastest growing biotech companies, trusted by leading biopharmas, frontier AI labs, and the techbio companies pushing the field forward.
We’re growing rapidly and are hiring for talented people to scale and support the massive demand for AI-driven wet lab experimentation.
WHAT YOU'LL DO - Own complete operational workstreams end-to-end — you're accountable for outcomes, not tasks - Use AI tools to rebuild workflows that are still too manual, messy, or slow, and turn them into systems that run without you - Own customer onboarding and help keep our growing customer base happy as we scale - Run finance and administrative operations, working closely with our accountants and service providers - Manage supplier and service-provider relationships, including negotiation and
A background in biology is not a hard requirement.
You spot problems before anyone asks, take action, and don't stop until they're solved - Entrepreneurial and self-directed — you're comfortable with ambiguity and no playbook, and you'd rather build the system than just run the task - Strong with AI tools, especially Claude Code or Codex.

But they can't run the experiments themselves - that's still a manual, months-long process.
This is a rare chance to help advance some of the most important work happening in biotech today.
We are significantly expanding our lab this year, onboarding more and more customers every week, and building the systems needed to keep the company running smoothly as we scale.
We are looking for a Founders Associate to own and build the operational backbone of the company as we scale.
This is a high-ownership generalist role: you'll take entire problems and run them end-to-end, from messy first draft to a process that runs cleanly without you.
You'll move between finance, customer operations, hiring, supplier relationships, and lab logistics — owning whatever is most important that week, not just supporting it.