CEO Office Associate Operations Management Trainee

This is an early career career management track role similar to a management trainee position with a frontier investment bio fund that requires interest and capabilities to work in a highly entrepreneurial environment, with top-notch operational excellence.

Please Read This Carefully

• This is not a personal assistant role.
• This is not a finance, investment, or strategy-only role.
• This is not a role for people seeking polish over substance.
• This is a high-responsibility, execution-heavy role at an early-stage, mission-driven organization operating in frontier science and long-horizon innovation.
• Most of the work is real, messy, operational, and unglamorous — by design.
• If you are energized by ownership, precision, and learning through doing, keep reading.
• If you are looking for prestige, clear playbooks, or clean job boundaries, this role is likely not for you.

About the Organization

Our clien is a purpose-driven organization headquartered in Singapore, focused on supporting long-term, frontier initiatives in areas such as advanced biology, biotechnology, and related infrastructure.

Many of the domains we work in

• Are scientifically complex
• Have unclear short-term commercial outcomes
• Are overlooked by mainstream capital
• Require patience, rigor, and real execution

Our work spans operations, research support, coordination, infrastructure setup, and ecosystem-building, not just ideas or analysis.

The Role

This is an early founder's office/ceo office associate/management trainee type of role, with heavy emphasis on operational support and execution.
You will work closely with the core team to ensure that things actually get done — correctly, on time, and with accountability.
Personal assistant–type tasks are not the focus of this role. However, company-level “dirty work” is unavoidable and expected. This role is designed for someone who is:

• early in their career, or
• at a first inflection point, and
• intentionally seeking steep responsibility and long-term growth

Long term, this role is intended to grow into a leadership position, but only after sustained hands-on execution.

What You Will Do

This is not a theoretical role. Examples of work include

• Owning real-world execution tasks end-to-end
• (e.g. office setup, vendor coordination, construction or renovation execution, logistics, documentation, compliance)
• Turning vague objectives into clear steps, timelines, budgets, and risk assessments
• Working with external parties (contractors, service providers, institutions) and ensuring follow-through
• Researching unfamiliar topics quickly and factually, especially in scientific or technical domains
• Preparing materials and decisions grounded in objective information, not speculation or buzzwords
• Handling many small but critical tasks with consistency and care
• Acting as a reliable extension of the core team — not waiting to be told what to do

In short

You are the person who ensures things move from “should happen” to “actually done”.

Non-Negotiable Traits

1. Ownership & Reliability

• You take responsibility seriously.
• You follow things through.
• You respond and act when needed, including across time zones.

1. Comfort With Ground Work

• You are not allergic to repetitive, operational, or manual tasks.
• You do not see such work as beneath you.
• You understand that real competence is built through execution.

1. Intellectual Rigor

• You value accuracy, evidence, and clarity.
• You avoid overconfidence and hand-waving.
• You are comfortable saying “I don’t know” — and then figuring it out.

1. Learning Speed & Judgment

• You can self-learn unfamiliar domains quickly.
• You can distinguish reliable information from noise.
• You use AI tools intelligently — without outsourcing thinking or responsibility.

1. Language Ability

• Professional fluency in English and Mandarin Chinese for research and operational work
• Able to communicate clearly and precisely in both
• Comfortable evaluating English technical or scientific content

Backgrounds That Tend to Fit Well (Not Requirements)

We do not require finance or investment backgrounds.

We tend to value

• Science, engineering, medicine, law, or other rigorous academic training
• Research, lab, manufacturing, or hands-on operational exposure
• Early-stage startup or execution-heavy environments
• Individuals 1–3 years into their career reassessing their trajectory
• Recent Master’s or PhD graduates seeking real-world responsibility

We are generally less excited by

• Purely finance- or presentation-oriented roles
• Profiles optimized mainly for soft skills without hard execution
• Candidates avoiding operational responsibility

Practical Details

• Location: Singapore
• Travel: occasional
• Working hours: flexible, but expect intensity
• AI tools: encouraged, judgment required
• Driving license: a plus

Final Note

• This role is intentionally demanding.
• If reading this makes you uncomfortable, that is a useful signal.
• If it makes you curious or energized, we would like to hear from you!

For interested candidates, please contact

[email hidden — sign in] with a short introduction of yourself and why you are interested in the position, together with your CV.

EA License: 25C3090

• Visit the company's website for more information
• Visit website