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First Employee - Generalist/Biz Ops
Why this is a great job
Apart from the indisputably worthwhile mission, the company was spun out of The Longevity Fund, which is doing some of the most interesting work in venture right now. If you have a decent risk tolerance and want to be on the ground floor of something potentially transformative, this could be the right role for you.
The nitty gritty
Celevity is a seed stage company developing drugs to help our furry friends live longer, healthier lives. Celevity was spun out of The Longevity Fund and is well funded by top VCs & angels.
Celevity is hiring its first employee. You’ll work directly with the CEO and be involved with all aspects of building and scaling a nascent consumer pet biotech company.
Who You Are
Previous experience in consulting, operations, investment banking, startups, venture, or similar role.
You’ve done at least one outsized, ambitious thing that’s unusual for someone of your stage/experience/age.
Detail oriented, disciplined, naturally seek ownership and responsibility, and happy working on a mix of the fascinating and the mundane.
Growth mindset, value transparency, seek out feedback and iteration cycles, and have the highest standards for quality.
You do not need to be formally trained scientist but should be familiar with basic biology concepts (or be willing to speed-read The Molecular Biology of the Cell).
Love animals!
Sample Responsibilities
This is a generalist role and there will not be a standard day-to-day. Things you may work on in this role include:
Manage the company’s finances including runway projections, expenses tracking, and banking
Help grow the team
Work with the CEO on the strategy and relationship building for future fundraises
Help build the advisory board
Midnight team IKEA trips to furnish our new office (after you help us find the perfect (but also cheap!) office)
Research employee packages and benefits
Ideate and implement market research & validation
Help define our culture and its expression
Logistics
Based full time in San Francisco with some travel
$80k-$120k per year depending on your background & preferred ratio of salary to shares, with top tier health/dental/vision and a learning budget for books and self improvement
Who We Are
We are an ultra-early stage company and as such our culture is still in flux and will be largely defined by our first employees. That said, there are a few things that are quite important to us:
Health| Good health is critical to every other human (and animal!) experience. We believe health is a fundamental right and are dedicating our lives to maximizing health and developing better medicines for the worst diseases.
Truth Seeking & Feedback Loops| Uniquely in biology, there is a predetermined truth of whether a specific drug will work or not — we just have to catch up with biology! We seek out this truth and do not shy away from inconvenient truths. This holds for personal development too: we are always searching for feedback loops and embody a perpetual growth mindset.
Transparency | We believe full transparency in thoughts, opinions, intentions, and actions (both good ones and mistakes) is a better way to build a business and work together.
Morality & Empathy | We are developing medicines that may one day be given to a living animal, medicines that if designed badly could hurt that animal instead of help. This is a huge responsibility and should be respected as such. Our work needs to adhere to the strictest moral code and always integrate empathy for the patient.
Kindness | Great business(wo)men do not need to be ruthless — you can execute excellently with kindness.
Dog gifs | We love them.
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