Member of Operations Staff at Edison%20Scientific in San Francisco

Job description

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• About Us
• As a Member of Operations Staff at Edison Scientific, you will be a jack-of-all-trades generalist who knows how to ruthlessly prioritize and get things done. You will report to our Head of Operations and partner closely with teams across Edison to strengthen our operational backbone as we scale.
• This is a role for someone who wants to be close to the hardest problems at a company moving with urgency and focus.

Responsibilities

• Own cross-functional projects end-to-end, from scoping through execution.
• Build and run operational processes that make Edison easier to operate as we scale.
• Execute on projects spanning operations, people, and business systems.
• Identify gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities before they become obvious.
• Pull and analyze data to inform decisions and track progress.
• Communicate clearly with stakeholders ranging from engineers to executives.
• Pick up whatever needs doing, even when it's outside your comfort zone.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in operations, consulting, finance, or a similar business-side role.
• Demonstrated ability to own projects end to end without close supervision.
• Experience pulling and interpreting data to drive decisions.
• Ability to communicate credibly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Comfort working in ambiguity and intensity.
• Actively uses AI tools to create leverage across daily work: automating tasks, optimizing workflows, and directing agents where appropriate.
• Strong interest in AI for science.
• Experience in a high-growth startup or early-stage company.
• A second degree (MBA, MPP, JD) or pre-career path in a rigorous analytical field.
• Background in science, whether through formal training or professional experience in a scientific domain.

Skills

Required

• Project management
• Operations
• Data analysis
• Communication
• AI tools
• Interest in AI for science

Preferred

• High-growth startup experience
• Analytical rigor
• Scientific background

Benefits

• We're a fast-moving, mission-driven culture where smart people do their best work and actually enjoy doing it. We also offer full-time employees the following:
• Competitive salary and equity
• Full healthcare coverage; we pay 100% of premiums for you and your dependents
• Support for growing families, including a yearly new parent stipend and fertility coverage through Carrot
• Mental health support through Rula, our in-network therapist and psychiatrist network with fast availability
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave for maternity, paternity, and adoption
• Pet care support with a yearly employer-funded stipend for your animal companions
• Commuter benefits so you can pay for transit and parking with pre-tax dollars
• 401(k) company matching
• $300 health and wellness benefit quarterly
• Lunch is on us every day you're in the office, and dinner is on us when you're working late
• Regular team off-sites and company events