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Specialist / Senior Procurement Specialist

Lila Sciences · Cambridge, MA USA · One Charles Park, Cambridge, MA

Bio & Science AIonsitemid-senior$68k–$117k
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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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