Office Manager
What We’re Building
At Medra, our mission is to use AI, robotics, and biology to accelerate life science research, with the ultimate goal of eradicating disease. We are building the foundational layers of our Physical AI Scientist platform, which includes:
- 🤖 Physical AI that can operate scientific instruments with human-level dexterity.
- 🧪 Scientific AI that can analyze results, reason about next steps, and close the loop autonomously.
The Team
We are a team of passionate, mission-driven engineers and scientists from companies like Tesla, Amazon, SpaceX, and Neuralink. We are collaborative and love moving fast, both with our product and on team trips skiing or go-karting! As a team, we love nerding out about engineering and robotics, as well as other topics like race cars or cooking. We like learning new things and then sharing our new knowledge with each other. Our team is opinionated and straightforward. We don't mind intense discussions about design tradeoffs. If we have arguments or miscommunication, we resolve conflicts quickly and empathetically.
The Role
We are looking for a highly organized, scrappy, and people-focused Office Manager to own the day-to-day operations of our San Francisco office. This person will be the backbone of the workplace experience: keeping the office running smoothly, supporting employees onsite, coordinating vendors and facilities, managing meals and snacks, and helping bring a new space to life as the company grows. This person will play a critical role in shaping the employee experience and helping our office scale thoughtfully as we grow.
In this role, you will:
- Own daily office operations for our San Francisco office.
- Partner with a designer to help set up and operationalize a new office space.
- Manage facilities-related needs, including maintenance requests, office upkeep, and landlord coordination.
- Serve as the main point of contact for building issues such as HVAC, access, repairs, and other workplace needs.
- Cookordinate vendor relationships across office services, supplies, meals, maintenance, and related partners.
- Support basic IT and workplace technology coordination, including office devices, access systems, and troubleshooting with external partners as needed.
- Administer office systems and tools such as badge access and Ring.
- Handle mail, deliveries, and package receiving.
- Open doors for visitors, deliveries, and service providers as needed.
- Maintain a clean, organized, and welcoming office environment.
- Anticipate operational gaps and solve problems quickly with minimal direction.
Let's Talk
If you have:
- Experience in an Office Manager or similar workplace/office operations role.
- Strong organizational skills and excellent attention to detail.
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and keep things moving in a high-velocity environment.
- Highly autonomous and resourceful; able to identify what needs to happen and make it happen.
- Strong project management instincts and follow-through.
- Comfortable being hands-on with day-to-day office needs.
- A clear communicator with strong interpersonal skills.
- A positive, service-oriented mindset with a willingness to jump in wherever needed.
- A handy, practical, and scrappy approach to problem-solving (optional).
Bonus Points
If you have:
- Experience with facilities coordination.
- Experience planning office events or team gatherings.
- Experience supporting an office build-out, move, or new space setup in partnership with external vendors or design teams.
- Familiarity with tools such as Slack, Google Workspace, badge access systems, and Ring.
Compensation Range
$70K - $90K