Founders Associate

Job description

GROUND TRUTH LABS GTL builds AI to help understand, diagnose and treat blood cancer. Since 2023 we have made considerable progress; deploying our first algorithms commercially with global biopharma and partnered with world-leading academic medical centres to develop and validate new biomarker tools. We have built an exception, small-by-design, interdisciplinary team to translate leading academic research into real impact on health. YOUR IMPACT We are looking for a Founders Associate/Operator/Strategy & Ops Doer to join us. This is a role for an early career operator with a demonstrable interest in (bio)technology to join our team and play a pivotal part in the growth of our company. We expect that you have a bias for action, an enthusiasm for managing complex problems, and an early career arc that demonstrates high agency. Ground Truth Labs offers you a unique opportunity to build a track record of leadership, execution, and delivery of complex work, at a company with some of the most talented machine learning scientists, engineers, and clinicians in the world. WHAT YOU’LL DO Carry a message to Garcia https://x.com/patio11/status/1771222577001689545. More concretely: - Support (and eventually own) business-critical work across the company - commercial partnerships, hiring, operations etc. - Develop, implement and improve the processes behind our outward-facing work - revenue generation and collaborations with pharma and academic medical centres. - Track and enable company-wide Initiatives https://linear.app/docs/initiatives and flag what's slipping - Create clear and logical presentation materials and deliver timely work-in-progress updates. - Manage meetings for the leadership team: good materials are out in advance, time used well, decisions followed up. - Ensure high-quality internal company documentation is well-organised and effectively supports a culture of strong written communication within a distributed team. This role is somewhat underspecified. We expect a strong candidate to reshape it around their strengths and meet the companies needs to do the most good. WHAT YOU BRING ESSENTIAL - High agency: you identify what needs to be done, bring structure to ambiguous problems and drive work through to completion with limited oversight. - Excellent judgement, reliability, and discretion: you'll handle sensitive information and sometimes represent us externally. - Clear communication, with the ability to distil complex information into clear recommendations, plans and updates. - Excellent organisation and attention to detail, with the ability to manage several competing priorities without losing momentum or quality. - The ability to build trusted relationships with colleagues, partners and other members of GTL’s wider ecosystem. - Genuine curiosity about biotechnology, healthcare and the process of turning scientific advances into products that improve patients’ lives. NICE TO HAVE - Experience in an early-stage startup or another demanding, high-autonomy environment. - Experience in biotech, life sciences, healthcare or another technically complex industry. - Exposure to business operations, commercial partnerships, strategy, project delivery, hiring or company-building. - Experience working closely with founders or senior leadership. OPPORTUNITY This is an opportunity to join a small, high-calibre team and work closely with the founders at a pivotal stage of company growth. You will gain unusual exposure to the decisions, challenges and opportunities involved in building a techbio company—from strategy and commercial partnerships to operations, hiring and organisational design. This is not a traditional support or purely advisory role. It suits someone who wants to operate at the heart of the business: exercising judgement, earning trust, driving work forward and stepping into whatever needs to be done. WORKING ENVIRONMENT We primarily work remotely, with processes built for high-quality async work. But we also think time together matters, so expect regular in-person days in London and Oxford ~2-8 per month. As a team, we value: 1. Concise and engaged communication - we communicate clearly to work effectively in a remote setting. 2. Pride in high-quality work - we pay attention to detail and deliver to the highest standard. 3. A strategic approach - we think critically and creatively about complex issues. We identify the underlying patterns and leverage them to develop effective strategies. 4. Collaborative co-creation - we are open to diverse perspectives, bounce ideas off each other, and build upon each other’s strengths. EQUALITY We welcome applications from all of society. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of age; disability; gender reassignment; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and parental; race; religion or belief; sex; sexual orientation or any other basis as protected by applicable law. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us know. IMPACT This is an opportunity to join a rapidly growing startup in the AI space and make a real impact in the field of blood cancer. Your work will help GTL operate effectively, move faster and focus on its highest-value priorities. By driving critical initiatives across the business, you will contribute directly to our ability to turn scientific advances into better outcomes for people with blood cancer and beyond. Please note that when you submit an application, your data will be processed in line with our privacy policy https://groundtruthlabs.com/privacy.