Company: Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford
Location: Oxford
Posted: April 17th, 2026
At the Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT), we're on a mission to translate scientific discovery into real world impact. We bring together visionary scientists, technologists, policy makers, and entrepreneurs to tackle humanity's greatest challenges in four transformative areas: Health, Medical Science & Generative Biology; Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture; Climate Change & Managing CO₂; Artificial Intelligence & Robotics. This is ambitious work that demands curiosity, courage, and a relentless drive to make a difference. Explore more at www.eit.org.
Welcome to the Generative Biology Institute: Led by Founding Director Jason Chin, the Generative Biology Institute (GBI) at the Ellison Institute of Technology is tackling the key challenges in making biology engineerable, and thereby unlocking the unrivalled power of biology for the benefit of humanity. The vision of the GBI is to lay the foundations for engineering biology and unlock its potential for good. To achieve this, we must overcome two key challenges: (1) writing in the natural language of biology to enable rapid and scalable synthesis of entire genomes with precision, and (2) understanding what to write – determining which DNA sequences will generate biological systems that perform the desired functions. Addressing these challenges will allow us to harness the full power of biology to create transformative solutions across health, agriculture, clean energy and more.
GBI will have sustained and substantial funding to support the unique scale and ambition of its ground-breaking vision for engineering biology. GBI researchers will be supported by cutting-edge technology hubs including mass spectrometry, flow cytometry, sequencing, automation, imaging, and bioprocessing, along with substantial compute resources for scientific compute, bioinformatics, and machine learning. The environment at GBI will enable researchers to undertake ambitious, long-term, collaborative research, and we will actively support the translation of research to commercial applications, where appropriate. The Generative Biology Institute commenced operations in 2025, occupying newly renovated bespoke space in the Oxford Science Park. The team will later move to a purpose-made facility in the Oxford Science Park, currently under construction. Once complete, this state-of-the-art facility will include more than 40,000 m² of research laboratory and office space, housing over 30 groups and up to 600 employees focused on solving the two critical challenges in making biology engineerable and applying the solutions to addressing global challenges encapsulated in EIT\'s Humane Endeavors.
We are seeking an experienced and detail oriented Operations Manager to support GBI\'s COO in driving the strategic growth of the institute. In this role, you\'ll help design and implement scalable business processes, provide PMO support across key operational and infrastructure projects, and keep multiple workstreams moving through strong coordination and stakeholder management. You\'ll act as a go-to problem solver, support high-impact strategic initiatives, and contribute to shaping GBI\'s organisational strategy and future direction. The role also includes working closely with external partners and helping coordinate core operational functions for new spin-out companies. This is an opportunity to play a central role in enabling world-class research and building the foundations of a rapidly growing institute.
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