Head of Procurement, London

Isomorphic Labs is applying frontier AI to help unlock deeper scientific insights faster breakthroughs and life-changing medicines with an ambition to solve all disease.

The future is coming. A future enabled and enriched by the incredible power of machine learning. A future in which diseases are curtailed or cured starting with better and faster drug discovery.

Come and be part of an interdisciplinary team driving groundbreaking innovation and play a meaningful role in contributing towards us achieving our ambitious goals while being a part of an inspiring and collaborative culture.

The world we want tomorrow is the one were building today. It starts with the culture at this company. It starts with you.

About Iso

Isomorphic Labs (IsoLabs) was launched in 2021 to advance human health by building on and beyond the Nobel-winning AlphaFold system. Since then our interdisciplinary team of drug discovery experts and machine learning specialists has built powerful new predictive and generative AI models that accelerate scientific discovery at digital speed.

Our name comes from the belief that there is an underlying symmetry between biology and information science. By harnessing AIs powerful capabilities we can use it to model complex biological phenomena to help design novel molecules anticipate how drugs will perform and develop innovative medicines to treat and cure some of the worlds most devastating diseases.

We have built a world-leading drug design engine comprising AI models that are capable of working across multiple therapeutic areas and drug modalities. We are continually innovating on model architecture and developing cutting-edge capabilities to advance rational drug design.

Every day and with each new breakthrough were getting closer to the promise of digital biology and achieving our ambitious mission to one day solve all disease with the help of AI.

Your impact

We have an exciting opportunity for a strategic hands on and analytical Procurement Lead to build our sourcing function from the ground up. Reporting directly to the Finance Director you will lead on building and implementing a durable value-driven sourcing strategy. We are looking for a builder; this role offers the unique challenge of establishing a function within a rapidly scaling mission-driven environment. Your leadership will bridge the gap between commercial discipline and groundbreaking science ensuring our operational engine is as innovative as our AI models.

What you will do

Your primary focus will be on managing RFPs vendor selection and strategy negotiation and vendor onboarding.

• Strategy & Architecture: Design and implement the companys first formal procurement policy and strategy.
• Vendor selection and negotiation: Partner with Function Leads Technical Program Managers and Operating Partners to lead the selection negotiation and onboarding of vendors.
• Category Management: Oversee spend across G&A software licenses and databases IT/SaaS and Professional Services.
• Cost Optimisation: Identify and execute cost-saving initiatives (e.g. volume discounts preferred vendor programs) to stretch our capital further and empower a commercial mindset across relevant stakeholders. Benchmark supplier quotes and negotiate with vendors on price and other key terms.
• Risk Mitigation: Ensure all vendors understand and meet stringent compliance quality and data security standards. Implement multisourcing to introduce redundancy for business critical situations.
• Vendor onboarding: Manage the vendor onboarding process including Vendor Security Assessments and Finance systems enrollment.

Skills and qualifications

• Depth of experience in procurement ideally within the Biotech/Pharma or or Tech/SaaS industry
• Proven track record of building scaling or significantly transforming a procurement function from the ground up including writing policies and establishing governance.
• Deep understanding of sourcing strategies across critical spend areas specifically IT infrastructure enterprise software licenses data/databases and professional services.
• Advanced negotiation skills with a strong grasp of commercial contract law IP considerations and data security/privacy regulations (e.g. GDPR) relevant to vendor onboarding.
• Ability to work autonomously in a high-growth venture-backed rapidly scaling environment.
• Systems: Hands on experience selecting implementing or optimising ERP/e-Procurement software (e.g. NetSuite Coupa or Jaggaer).
• Exceptional relationship-building skills with the ability to partner with influence and educate highly technical and scientific stakeholders.
• Bachelors degree in business would be an advantage but is not essential.

Culture and values

We are guided by our shared values. Its not about finding people who think and act in the same way. These values help to guide our work and will continue to strengthen it.

Thoughtful
Thoughtful at Iso is about curiosity creativity and care. It is about good people doing good rigorous and future-making science every single day.

Brave
Brave at Iso is about fearlessness but its also about initiative and integrity. The scale of the challenge demands nothing less.

Determined
Determined at Iso is the way we pursue our goal. Its a confidence in our hypothesis as well as the urgency and agility needed to deliver on it. Because disease wont wait so neither should we.

Together
Together at Iso is about connection collaboration across fields and catalytic relationships. Its knowing that transformation is a group project and remembering that what were doing will have a real impact on real people everywhere.

Creating an extraordinary company

We believe that to be successful we need a team with a range of skills and talents. Were building an environment where collaboration is fundamental learning is shared and every employee feels supported and able to thrive. We value unique experiences knowledge backgrounds and perspectives and harness these qualities to create extraordinary impact.

We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of sex race religion or belief ethnic or national origin disability age citizenship marital domestic or civil partnership status sexual orientation gender identity pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis protected by applicable law. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation please do not hesitate to let us know.

Hybrid working

Its hugely important for us to share knowledge and build strong relationships with each other and we find it easier to do this if we spend time together in person. This is why we follow a hybrid model and would require you to be able to come into the office 3 days a week (currently Tuesday Wednesday and one other day depending on which team youre in). If you have additional needs that would prevent you from following this hybrid approach wed be happy to talk through these if youre selected for an initial screening call.

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Director

Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1