Specialist / Senior Procurement Specialist
Lila Sciences · Cambridge, MA USA · One Charles Park, Cambridge, MA
Bio & Science AIonsitemid-senior$68k–$117k
At a glance
Highlights
- Run the first dedicated buying desk for an AI-driven R&D organization.
- Own requisition-to-PO execution end to end for research teams.
- Grow catalog coverage so routine buying becomes self-service.
What they offer
- Competitive base compensation with bonus potential
- Generous early-stage equity
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
- Employer-paid life and disability insurance
- Flexible time off with company-wide holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Educational assistance program
- Commuter benefits and subsidized lunch program
Ideal candidate
A hands-on, service-minded procurement operator who thrives on throughput and accuracy under volume, partnering closely with scientists to keep fast-paced research moving.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Life Sciences or related field or equivalent experience
- 3+ years of procurement, purchasing or procurement operations experience, ideally supporting research
- Experience with major procurement platform such as Coupa, Ariba or Jaggaer
- Hands-on supplier onboarding, qualification, screening and vendor master management
- Ability to prioritize overloaded queue and maintain accuracy under volume
- Ability to travel up to 10%
Lab profile
About Lila Sciences
Building an autonomous science platform where AI, automation, and biology co-evolve for medicine and materials.
What they build
- Autonomous Science Platform
- AI-designed biologics validated in wet-lab
- Electro-optic materials and photonic devices
Known for
- Large-scale automated data generation
- High-throughput protein purification and analytics
- Protein design and BioML modeling
- Robotic orchestration and lab simulation
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