Here's the tl;dr:

• We are on a mission to make programming biology easy. We provide biologists with the software, machine learning & services to discover, design and optimise enzymes and their cell-factories to ultimately produce almost anything.

• We're an experienced team. We have built many successful products before and we have raised enough funds to have plenty of runway for the years to come!

• We're focused on building the best possible team culture. We're distributed across two locations, and are flexible about when and where we work.

• We offer top of the market salary, a generous equity stake in the company and a wide range of benefits from health and wellbeing, financial, to training and career progression opportunities.

What We're Looking For

Cradle’s location in The Netherlands is home to an office and a biotechnology laboratory. The laboratory is where Cradle’s BioEngineering team develops and runs high-throughput workflows for testing Cradle’s designed protein variants in real life. They build DNA libraries, express and purify proteins, and test their functionality. The lab is equipped with state-of-the-art automation that enables scalable and cost-effective experimentation. In the office, biologists work alongside designers and software engineers who develop beautiful and user-friendly software tools.

As a Lab & Office Manager you will oversee that the lab and office are safe, clean, and positive environments to work in. In the lab, you will develop and run processes to keep our lab operations running smoothly. You will ensure that the lab is well-stocked with research consumables, that robots and other equipment are maintained and calibrated, and that waste streams are handled appropriately. In the office you will serve as a contact point for visitors and inquiries, help to organize internal and external events, replenish office supplies where necessary, and let loose your creativity in welcoming new team members, celebrating successes or organizing social activities. If you possess additional superpowers you'd like to put to good use at Cradle, rest assured there's space for that!

If you are organized and proactive, thrive when bringing structure to chaos, enjoy working in a multi-disciplinary team, and want to be a part of building the next-generation platform for making biotechnological products - please apply!

Responsibilities

As Lab and Office manager for Cradle in The Netherlands, you would be expected to:

• Create and maintain inventory records of laboratory supplies and consumables. Manage relationships with our suppliers and ensure timely response to backorders.

• Receive packages and ensure the correct handling and storage of ordered materials in the laboratory and office.

• Oversee and actively participate in the cleaning, maintenance, compliance, and calibration of the laboratory and lab equipment (liquid handling robots, incubators/freezers, centrifuges, and analytical devices).

• Develop, implement, and update safety protocols and standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure all laboratory work can be carried out safely.

• You will oversee the correct handling and disposal of chemical and biological waste streams, in compliance with local regulations.

• Prepare and maintain various media, buffers, and solutions needed for experiments.

• Work closely with the scientific team to provide support and assistance in their experimental requirements.

• Continuously identify areas for improvement within lab and office operations, proposing and implementing solutions to create a more effective, reliable and enjoyable work environment.

• Serve as primary contact person for external visitors and inquiries.

• Work alongside team members to organize internal and external events, welcome new team members, celebrate successes, initiate social activities.

• Help to coordinate the internal and/or external moves.

Need-to-Haves

• Higher education degree in biotechnology or related field.

• Experience in laboratory management and operations, preferably within a biotechnology or life sciences setting.

• Basic understanding of lab equipment, maintenance, and calibration processes.

• Knowledge of biosafety regulations and safe handling of chemical and biological materials.

• Excellent organizational skills with strong attention to detail.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in Dutch and English.

• Flexible and pragmatic approach to changing priorities in a dynamic startup environment.

• Team player, comfortable with giving and receiving feedback

• Willingness to work in the greater Amsterdam area.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience working with liquid handling robots and other advanced laboratory automation systems.

• Familiarity with Dutch biosafety regulations and waste disposal guidelines.

• Former training as Biologische Veiligheids Functionaris (BVF) and/or Bedrijfshulpverlening (BHV) and/or First Aid certification.

• Drivers license B.

Note

This position is open for 0.6 - 1.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) commitment, providing flexibility in working hours to accommodate diverse needs.

Cradle helps biologists design improved proteins in record time using powerful prediction algorithms and AI design suggestions.

We use generative machine learning models, accessible through user-friendly software interfaces, to help engineer protein properties such as stability, expression, activity, binding affinity and specificity. Our mission is to ultimately help more people build with biology and replacing traditional farms and factories for a more sustainable world.

You will be joining a high-growth, highly ambitious startup with an experienced founding team, whose motivation is building a more sustainable world using biology. We are backed by some of the most well known investors and industry veterans. Joining us now means you will be getting in on the ground floor; you will have a significant impact on how we shape the company, and success will mean an outsized reward.

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