People Operations Lead

3 hours, 57 minutes ago
Part-time
Senior
HR and Recruiting
Bioptimus

Bioptimus

Bioptimus is a Paris-based biotech startup founded in 2024 that focuses on developing AI foundation models for biology. The company aims to create a universal model that integrates data from molecules to organisms, facilitating advancements in biomedicine and environmental science. Bioptimus has secured a total of $76 million in funding, with significant contributions from Sofinnova Partners and other investors. The company offers key products such as H-Optimus-1, a leading foundation model for histology, and M-Optimus, the first universal AI foundation model for biology. These models are designed to transform biological data into useful representations for research, contributing to nearly 1 million downloads and around 100 scientific publications annually. Bioptimus collaborates with institutions like MIT and Owkin to enhance its data access and model integration, positioning itself as a leader in life sciences AI model development.

research
11-50
Founded 2024
$76M raised

Description

  • Own contracting, payroll coordination, employee records, and day-to-day people administration.
  • Serve as the first point of contact for employee and manager people-related questions and issues.
  • Design and run core people initiatives including performance reviews, onboarding, probation, company policies, employee surveys, salary grids, and compensation strategy.
  • Bring practical, fit-for-purpose ideas for people processes in a hybrid startup environment.
  • Coach managers through underperformance and lead exit and termination processes in partnership with Legal when needed.
  • Support and develop new and emerging managers over time.
  • Act as a steady partner for sensitive and difficult people matters.
  • Build and shape the People function day to day with broad ownership and independence.

Requirements

  • Experience owning people/HR processes end to end.
  • Proven experience managing underperformance and leading terminations and exits.
  • Experience in a startup or scale-up environment.
  • Strong judgment and a clear point of view on performance, onboarding, compensation, and policy.
  • Excellent communication skills for sensitive and difficult conversations.
  • Warm, approachable presence that employees and managers trust.
  • Comfort working across both detailed execution and high-level strategy.
  • Experience running at least one full compensation and review cycle.
  • Willingness to work around three days per week, with occasional extra time during busy periods.
  • Interest in growing the people-partnering and manager-development scope over time.

Benefits

  • Part-time working pattern of around three days per week.
  • Flexible hours that may vary depending on business needs.
  • Potential to grow into a broader and more senior role as the company scales.
  • Opportunity to expand into a full-time leadership seat over time.
  • Work on a mission-driven team building cutting-edge AI and biology products.
  • Collaborative culture with high ownership and autonomy.
  • Equal employment opportunities and an inclusive hiring environment.

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