Join a lean, four-person biotech team as a right-hand to the founders. You will tackle high-impact challenges across clinical study coordination, patient recruitment, and core business operations. This is a high-autonomy role designed for a former founder or early-stage operator ready to build something technically complex and meaningfully new in London.
Founders Associate at Genie Fertility
Join a 4-person pre-seed biotech startup as a Founders Associate and work directly with PhD-led founders to revolutionize women's reproductive health. This London-based role blends clinical study coordination with core business operations, offering a unique path for former founders or early-stage operators to drive patient impact. If you thrive in high-stakes, 0-to-1 environments and have a background in biotech or clinical ops, this is your chance to secure meaningful equity and shape the future of fertility tech.
About this role
Role overview
About the company
Genie Fertility is a UK-based biotech startup developing non-invasive fertility diagnostics for uterine health using menstrual blood analysis. Powered by an ML multi-omics discovery platform built on data from over 200,000 fertility patients, it identifies novel biomarkers in the uterus lining to address up to 25% of fertility issues previously assessed only through invasive biopsies. The company works with leading IVF groups in the UK and Europe, backed by medical advisors from Imperial College London and Harvard Medical School, and plans diagnostics and therapeutics for reproductive conditions like PCOS and endometriosis.[1][3][7][8]
What you'll do
What you will do
- Coordinate clinical studies and manage patient recruitment, overseeing on-site operations and maintaining regulatory compliance.
- Own the company’s operational engine, including managing legal documentation, contracts, payroll, and essential financial reporting.
- Support the founders in shaping go-to-market strategy by conducting market research and engaging with potential customers.
Who you are
Who this is a fit for
- 1-3 years of experience in high-pressure environments such as early-stage startups, consulting, or top-tier financial institutions.
- A strong background in biology, biotechnology, or clinical operations with a proven ability to manage complex trials.
- A proactive, "founder-ready" mindset with a bias toward action and experience navigating the ambiguity of 0-to-1 environments.
Why this role
Why this role is remarkable
- Work directly with PhD and geneticist founders at the absolute ground floor of a high-potential pre-seed biotech venture.
- Transition seamlessly between high-level strategy and relentless execution, from market research to on-site clinical study management.
- Secure meaningful equity in a small team where your work has a direct, tangible impact on patient outcomes.
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