About Our Company
Universal DX, Inc. is an international Company with a highly experienced team focused on cracking cancer’s code. Through our multi-omics and bioinformatics models, we have figured out how to read the disease’s signals in blood with high accuracy to detect cancer in its earliest stages. Starting with a colorectal cancer screening liquid biopsy test, we are building a multi-cancer platform that can identify the unique DNA regions associated with different types of cancers.
The Opportunity
Universal DX is seeking an experienced
Sr. Director, Business Operations to join our growing team. You will work directly with the COO and will play an integral role in contributing towards the Company’s future growth by leading the development of our US administrative and operational function. As the US branch of the company’s Administrative leader, you will have overall responsibility for ensuring the US team has the proper business infrastructure to achieve our ambitious goals.
The role spans human resources, legal, and finance. You will interface with our EU team and admin function representatives to ensure conformance with global procedures while developing excellent processes that match with the best practices of US organizations.
The Sr. Director, Business Operations will be an expert at analysis and cross-functional interaction to make recommendations, develop plans, and execute against them. This role will lead Universal Dx towards the aggressive growth of business with a focus on an efficient and excellent administration in the US.
You will be part of a team that is passionate about developing novel diagnostic tests for the early detection of cancers. As part of the team, you will be in a Company that aims more than to become one of the leaders in the industry. We want to have a huge positive impact on society by achieving the ambitious purpose of “making cancer a curable disease by detecting it earlier”.
How You’ll Contribute
- Plan and implement an administrative structure that builds the best company possible to accelerate our product development.
- Implement total compensation plan for US employees to attract and retain the best talent (e.g., retirement, insurance policies), develop and implement HR policies and procedures, and ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws.
- Support and coordinate attracting key talent to UDX from recruiting, offer- and onboarding-process, to necessary trainings and development programs. Manage internal communication within teams and managers to ensure proper communication strategy.
- Provide front-line legal support for contract review and negotiation.
- Prepare and manage budgets with US operations and identify and manage non-dilutive funding opportunities.
- Identify opportunities for operational efficiency, streamlining workflows, and implementing systems to optimize productivity.
What You’ll Bring
- A positive self-driven attitude, capable of figuring out what needs to be done and making it so.
- A background in HR, Legal, or finance from the private sector.
- Direct knowledge and experience with venture capital-backed companies.
- Demonstrated ability to lead people (even across departmental lines) and achieve results through others as demonstrated by a clear record of accomplishments.
- Experience working in a matrix environment.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver on time, on budget in a fast-paced lean environment.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to interface, negotiate and influence multi-disciplinary teams and with different levels of personnel.
- Ability and willingness to travel 10% of the time, domestically.
What We’ll Offer
- 22 days of PTO with the possibility to carry over 10 days to the following year.
- Company Holidays, plus your Birthday off!
- Company-sponsored benefit plans, including medical, dental, and vision insurance plus life, STD, and LTD coverage, and 401(k).
- Flexible work schedule
- And more to come!
Why Now?
This is an exciting time to be at Universal DX. We are growing rapidly and starting our US operations by building up our team, starting our lab and business operations, and establishing strategic partnerships.
We are looking for passionate changemakers to be a part of our journey in this expansive time for us.
