Our client is a privately owned biotech with offices in central Oxford, UK and outsources all laboratory work. They are developing a disruptive approach to the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s and other neuro-degenerative diseases. They are now raising a significant fund and preparing to take the assets into the clinic, and they are building the team to make that happen.

The COO will be the operational backbone of the company, the person who turns the CEO’s vision and the CSO’s science into structured, well-governed, efficiently executed reality. The role holder will have responsibility for everything that keeps the company running well – from vendor governance and regulatory coordination to corporate infrastructure, compliance, and team development.

The COO will work closely with a small passionate founding team; they are a lean, ambitious organisation. All laboratory and scientific work is conducted through a carefully selected network of external partners, CROs,...