Manager, Business Operations • Passion Placement

Remote/Boston, MA

Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA) is a high-growth, well-capitalized public biotech company in Boston that is redesigning the living world to solve some of the globe’s growing challenges in health, energy, food, materials, and more. Ginkgo is constructing, editing, and redesigning the living world in order to answer the globe’s growing challenges in health, energy, food, materials, and more. Our mission to “make biology easier to engineer” is poised to disrupt multiple industries by leveraging innovative data, automation, and scale in biological engineering.

Ginkgo’s Business Operations (Biz Ops) team is the primary cross-functional team at Ginkgo, using tradecraft from consulting, finance, and investing to work on the most challenging problems in the business. Primarily focused on solving problems around scaling Ginkgo’s operations, Biz Ops acts as the analytical and strategic arms and legs of the business. Our team bridges decision support and long-term planning for Ginkgo leadership with data insights and special projects for business partners both technical and commercial. The Biz Ops Associate* will be responsible for building infrastructure, executing analysis, and leading special projects that align with these goals.

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Responsibilities

Deep thinking on scaling: Help define the path, build decision frameworks, and lead special projects for scaling Ginkgo’s mission

Cross-functional partnering: Arm business partners across all parts of Ginkgo with analysis and data to ensure alignment across the organization and balance between short- and long-term goals

Model: Own long-term operational and financial modeling for certain business areas, and Ginkgo as a whole, by incorporating a deep understanding of business drivers

Special projects: Assist with evaluating and navigating key initiatives, business models, risks, and opportunities as they arise across Ginkgo’s technical, commercial, capital planning, and corporate development teams

Desired Experience & Capabilities

We will consider any educational background

1-4 years of relevant financial, management consulting, and/or investing experience, particularly within a high-growth environment

Strong level of proficiency with operational / financial modeling, data analysis; experience with strategic planning

Excellent stakeholder management skills, with demonstrated ability to drive cross-functional projects to completion

Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

Excellent verbal/written communication skills and attention to detail, with the ability to efficiently organize information, analyze large datasets, and present data in a clear and high impact manner

High-level ability to build strong relationships and influence technical, business, and operational decisions

Strong multitasking skills, with the ability to work on multiple, concurrent projects and adapt to changing priorities

Motivation for promoting Ginkgo’s culture of inclusion and collaboration to drive results

Enthusiasm about being a part of Ginkgo’s mission

To learn more about Ginkgo, check out some recent press:

What is it really like to take your company public via a SPAC? One Boston biotech shares its journey (Fortune)

Ginkgo Bioworks resizes the definition of going big in biotech, raising $2.5B in a record SPAC deal that weighs in with a whopping $15B-plus valuation (Endpoints News)

Ginkgo Bioworks CEO on scaling up Covid-19 testing: ‘If we try, we can win’ (CNBC)

Ginkgo raises $70 million to ramp up COVID-19 testing for employers, universities (Boston Globe)

Ginkgo Bioworks Redirects Its Biotech Platform to Coronavirus (Wall Street Journal)

Ginkgo Bioworks Provides Support on Process Optimization to Moderna for COVID-19 Response (PRNewswire)

The Life Factory: Synthetic Organisms From This $1.4 Billion Startup Will Revolutionize Manufacturing (Forbes)

Synthetic Bio Pioneer Ginkgo Raises $290 Million in New Funding (Bloomberg)

Ginkgo Bioworks raises $350 million fund for biotech spinouts (Reuters)

Can This Company Convince You to Love GMOs? (The Atlantic)

We also feel that it’s important to point out the obvious here – there’s a serious lack of diversity in our industry, and that needs to change. Our goal is to help drive that change. Ginkgo is deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all of its practices, especially when it comes to growing our team. Our culture promotes inclusion and embraces how rewarding it is to work with people from all walks of life.

We’re developing a powerful biological engineering platform, so we must remain mindful of the many ways our technology can – and will – impact people around the world. We care about how our platform is used, and having a diverse team to build it gives us the best chance that it’s something we’ll be proud of as it continues to grow. Therefore, it’s critical that we incorporate the diverse voices and visions of all those who play a role in the future of biology.

It is the policy of Ginkgo Bioworks to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants.